Temple Chambers

Temple Chambers is ‘one of the best sets in Hong Kong, with a deep bench of talent at all seniority’ with commercial practices spanning disputes over shareholder agreements, securities, and banking and finance, to name a few areas. Charles Manzoni SC is a dual member of 39 Essex Chambers based in London, and he is ’super at cross-examination‘ with a primary focus on disputes surrounding the construction and technology sectors. Fluent Mandarin speaker Bernard Man SC ’is extremely knowledgeable with the law and is also brilliant on his feet’, and his practice includes advocacy in cases surrounding commercial, banking, company, and insolvency disputes. The ‘very intelligent’ Abraham Chan SC frequently represents both individuals and institutions in complex commercial matters spanning trade, insurance, and the financial services. Alexander Stock SC is ’a persuasive advocate‘ who has recently been active in novel cryptocurrency-related mandates, as is demonstrated in his role in Mantra DAO Inc v Mullin and Others, which concerns a dispute over the ownership of cryptocurrencies between the founders of a business. Queenie Lau SC is ’great on her feet‘, and is especially strong in defamation and professional negligence claims. A dual silk in both Hong Kong and London, Victor Joffe SC’s practice encompasses corporate insolvency and injunctions, and of recent note, in the case of Chu Kong v Lau Wing Yan, he represented the latter; this case concerned the parting of two business owners, from which questions arose concerning the ownership of various companies and issues regarding declaration of trusts.