Mr Charles Manzoni KC, SC > Temple Chambers > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Charles Manzoni KC, SC
Position
As a qualified Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Charles worked in the international development department of a multi-national blue chip industrial company for five years before qualifying as a lawyer and entering private practice. Charles’s work involves mainly international litigation, arbitration and mediation across a broad spectrum of commercial work. He acts as counsel in the High Courts of London and Hong Kong, in international and domestic arbitrations, acts as a mediator and conciliator in cross border disputes and regularly sits as a sole arbitrator or as part of a three man tribunal. He has an expanding Sports law practice, and sits as an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
He was appointed QC in London in 2009 and SC in Hong Kong in 2012.
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Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong Bar > Commercial disputes
(Leading Silks)Charles Manzoni SC – Temple Chambers ‘Charles is a very powerful advocate who presents compelling submissions and cuts to the core issues of a case. He has strong emotional intelligence, is popular with clients, and is a safe and experienced pair of hands.’
Temple Chambers garners praise as ‘the pre-eminent set of barristers’ chambers in Hong Kong, with unrivalled strength in commercial law’. Amongst the silks of the set, Charles Manzoni SC (who is a silk both in Hong Kong and in England and Wales, where he is also a member of 39 Essex Chambers ) has a strong reputation for handling international litigation, arbitration, and mediation proceedings in commercial disputes concerning the construction and technology sectors. Alexander Stock SC is another notable senior counsel, and his commercial practice encompasses disputes concerning banking matters, company law, insurance cases, professional negligence, and shareholders disputes. Abraham Chan SC is acting in the case of Xu Hongbiao v. Oasis Investment Group Ltd and Others, a complex multi-jurisdictional dispute between former partners of a large property joint venture. Also of note is Charles Hollander KC, who has a dual tenancy at Brick Court Chambers in London. Anthony Chan SC took Silk in 2023, and the set also houses a number of impressive juniors, including Elizabeth Cheung, who is instructed in the case of Xiamen Xinjingdi Group Co Ltd v Eton Properties Ltd, which concerned a dispute regarding an agreement surrounding the right to develop land in Xiamen. Queenie Lau is another key name, and she is fluent in Mandarin. Tim Parker joined the set in November 2023 from Denis Chang’s Chambers – he remains a dual tenant with Blackstone Chambers in London.
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration > Arbitration counsel
(Leading Silks)Charles Manzoni KC – Temple Chambers ‘A very powerful advocate and an experienced pair of hands.’
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration > Arbitrators
(Leading arbitrators)Charles Manzoni KC, SC – Temple Chambers (also 39 Essex Chambers in London and Singapore)