Commercial Dispute Resolution: The Bar

Bernard Man SC is widely viewed as one of Hong Kong's leading advocates across a range of commercial and chancery instructions, and operates in such varied cases as company law, banking and financial services regulatory disputes, in addition to contentious trusts, probate and family matters.

Bernard is a brilliant mind and quick on his feet.

Bernard is wonderful to work with and has a very good bedside manner with clients. He is super smart and very user-friendly.

He is undoubtedly a very well-rounded and experienced senior counsel.

Bonnie Cheng conducts an impressively diverse practice covering a wide range of complex commercial, public law and private client cases, with company, financial regulatory and family law disputes featuring with notable frequency alongside an established judicial review capability.

She is user-friendly, deals with legal issues capably and has a great ability to speak Chinese and work with Chinese clients, which is a great help.

Bonnie is very good at the law, presenting complex legal issues and peparing advice for a layman client to understand easily.

Bonnie is commercial and has strong advocacy skills.

Charles Manzoni KC conducts an international practice, embracing both litigation and arbitration and incorporating a substantial construction component, to which he brings the insights of a qualified engineer. He is also active across a broad range of commercial, technological and professional liability matters, many of which share the common factor of being highly complex.

Charles’ advice was not only commercially astute but also concise, user-friendly and directly relevant to our needs.

Charles is very hands-on and responsive to urgent requests.

Charles is hardworking, very knowledgeable and pragmatic. He is excellent on his feet.

Eva Sit SC conducts a multifaceted and much-admired commercial and public law practice which embraces, among other things, insolvency and competition matters, shareholder disputes, civil fraud claims and judicial review work.

Eva is one of the best at the bar. She is very impressive in court and an excellent advocate. She is a joy to work with.

Eva is simply amazing. She grasps the situation quickly and advises thoroughly.

Eva is at the cutting edge of company and insolvency matters and is very structured in her submissions.

Jat Sew Tong SC regularly receives praise for the versatility of his practice, which embraces, among other things, banking and finance disputes, securities-related issues, defamation and contentious probate matters.

He's got raw brilliance.

Given Jat's experience and advocacy skills, he is someone you would need when you need to argue difficult points of law at the appellate court.

Paul Shieh SC regularly receives plaudits for his remarkably versatile commercial and public law practice, while maintaining his particularly high profile in the judicial review sphere.

Paul is quick on his feet, with a highly persuasive yet smooth advocacy style. He is capable of seeing the bigger picture and is highly trustworthy in his steer.

He is an extremely experienced advocate who can give you a view on practically all matters.

Rimsky Yuen SC brings exceptional experience to the table, being not only an accomplished litigator of corporate, commercial, insolvency and financial services-related disputes and a seasoned arbitration counsel and arbitrator of international matters, but also a former Hong Kong Secretary for Justice, having held that post between 2012 and 2018.

He is commercially astute and very user-friendly.

We worked with Rimsky on an arbitration matter and he was fantastic. His advocacy and understanding of the dispute was tremendous.

Rimsky is the best advocate in arbitration, and is well connected and commercially savvy.

Victor Dawes SC draws praise for the versatility of his practice, which covers chancery and commercial matters ranging from contentious trusts and probate matters to company law, securities and banking disputes.

Victor's advocacy is punchy. He is also very practical and commercial, which is appreciated by lay clients a lot.

He is well respected by all the judges and is a solid, complete lawyer.

Victor is a wonderful advocate. He is super smart, user friendly and incredibley well respected by the judiciary

Victor Joffe KC maintains a versatile practice, covering a broad spectrum of matters, including commercial, fraud, insolvency and trust-related issues, but he is especially well known as an exceptionally accomplished handler of company cases in general, and of shareholder disputes in particular.

Victor is an outstanding advocate who is very grounded, sensible, doesn't have airs and graces and gives very sensible, practical advice. I couldn't speak more highly of him.

He is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in shareholder disputes.

Wong Yan Lung SC is able to draw on 35 years' experience at the Hong Kong Bar in maintaining a wide-ranging practice that spans commercial and public law disputes, including land, planning trust and company law issues. He is a counsel of choice for many high-profile cases.

Wong Yan Lung is the brains behind the strategy.

Abraham Chan SC continues to draw praise for his versatile practice, which combines strong public law expertise with skilful handling of commercial litigation. In addition to undertaking judicial review proceedings, he is also instructed on securities, banking, planning and property cases and is developing in the competition space.

Abraham doesn't get rattled and can always pivot in real time. He is not only thoroughly prepared but he anticipates any potential pitfalls.

Abraham would be our go-to silk for most types of cases. He has a strong all-round skillset.

Abraham is fantastically articulate and I will always try to use him for public law matters and an increasing number of other commercial disputes. He offers excellent value for money.

Charles Hollander KC is acclaimed for the wide-ranging commercial litigation and arbitration expertise which secures him frequent instructions on competition, banking and company law disputes.

Charles understands the issues in complex cases quickly and expresses himself succinctly. He is a brilliant advocate and highly recommended for cases involving cross-examination of witnesses.

Keith Lam is a much sought-after junior who combines a broad civil and commercial capability, which has seen him practise at all levels of the Hong Kong court system, up to and including the Court of Final Appeal, with a noted focus on matters involving high net worth individuals.

He is very talented and strong in advocacy.

Keith is diligent, responsive and sharp.

Tim Parker combines an advisory and advocacy practice, specialising in public international and regulatory law, and is also particularly active on civil liberties cases and constitutional law matters, as well as competition law disputes.

He is a very bright junior and very eloquent in delivery and advocacy in court.

Tim is the full package and is absolutely superb, covering a wide variety of areas. He is brilliantly clever and fantastically savvy and tactically astute, and produces outstanding documents.

Eugene Fung SC balances his litigation activity with a busy advisory practice, focusing closely on chancery matters covering tax, property, wills and trusts. He also provides skilful handling of commercial disputes, with experience in civil fraud and company law cases.

Mr. Fung SC is very helpful and responsive to client needs.

James Man maintains an impressive commercial dispute resolution practice, which spans company law, contractual disputes, and contentious property and securities issues.

James is hardworking and dedicated.

I am amazed by James' fast turnaround time. He is always able to give practical advice to clients.

James is one of the juniors I go to when I have a testing or difficult case. He is very responsive, thorough and knows the law. He is a clever barrister who will go far.

Justin Ho focuses his practice on multi-jurisdictional cases, offering experience across a wide range of civil and commercial instructions, including company law and insolvency disputes in addition to contentious real estate, trust and probate matters.

Justin is diligent, intelligent and strategically intuitive.

Justin is practical, user-friendly and knowledgeable.

Justin has a very active practice in contentious insolvency matters and he has never failed to impress.

Laurence Li SC commands widespread acknowledgement and respect for his assured handling of financial regulatory issues generally and securities-related matters in particular, but is also noted for his versatility across a broad spectrum of commercial work.

Laurence is my go-to silk for disputes involving financial and regulatory elements.

He is very competent and user-friendly.

Alexander Stock SC offers clients an array of expertise in commercial dispute resolution, with substantial experience in the field of international commercial arbitrations, including with regard to challenging awards before the Hong Kong courts.

Alex is a strong advocate and delivers complex legal and factual issues in clear and forceful submissions. He is very meticulous and is able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the case.

Alex naturally commands a lot of respect in court. He knows what points to pursue and has very good judgement.

I am always impressed by Alex's quality of work and analysis.

Anthony Chan earns recognition for his broad stable of insolvency, family and estate disputes, in addition to familiarity with general commercial disputes.

Anthony makes excellent written submissions, with an ability to get to the heart of the matter very quickly.

Pao Jin SC combines his commercial practice with a substantial body of public law and judicial review work which revolves significantly around financial regulatory, constitutional and administrative law issues.

Jonathan Chang SC has significantly broadened his practice since taking silk in 2020, taking on a higher - and more varied - selection of commercial cases while maintaining a strong focus on the public law and judicial review sphere where his reputation is particularly well established.

Jonathan is punchy; he is a good counsel to have on your side when oral evidence and cross examination is crucial. He never disappoints.

Julian Lam maintains a broad civil and commercial practice which embraces both litigated and arbitrated matters and within which admiralty, tax and securities-related issues feature particularly prominently.

Julian came up with a lot of good arguments for us to make and is very articulate and able to cut through a lot of stuff.

I'm impressed by his ability to comprehend complex matters and provide practical solutions.

Julian is a super bright junior with very strong research skills. He is also good as a sole advocate.

Law Man-Chung SC advises on an array of commercial disputes, with broad experience spanning construction disputes, probate claims and the enforcement of arbitral awards.

Man-Chung is highly approachable and provides very practical solutions.

He is first class in every respect; exactly what you would expect from a silk and more.

Man-Chung is a senior counsel who rolls up his sleeves and gets into the details of a case. He is practical, honest with his advice and an effective advocate.

Martin Ho combines a broad company and commercial practice with a noted line in the representation of the Hong Kong authorities in criminal contempt and so-called 'doxxing' cases involving the unauthorised publication of information concerning police or judicial officers and their families.

Martin is very pleasant to work with and provides practical advice.

Martin has impressed; the hearing involved a complicated procedural history and he was able to deliver quickly.

Martin is quick and understands client's needs.

Sara Tong is admired for the versatility of her commercial practice, which showcases noteworthy levels of activity in the professional negligence, employment, company law and probate spheres.

She is a very good barrister who is intelligent, tenacious and easy to work with.

Sara is an excellent advocate and is capable of maintaing her sharpness and resilience in an apparently unfavourable situation. She is also highly exprienced in gauging the court's view.

Sara is extremely hands-on and responsive. She has great attention to detail and her written submissions are clear and persuasive.

Byron Chiu is a solid junior whose practice encompasses commercial disputes pertaining to competition and securities law. He is also equipped to handle enforcement of PRC arbitral awards.

Byron is solid in law and advocacy.

Byron is very good at all he does. He goes above and beyond for clients and is also very practical.

Joshua Chan handles a broad spectrum of cases, with a practice spanning contentious financial services, restructuring and insolvency and competition matters, as well as estate disputes.

He is very responsive and gives sensible advice.

Joshua is a very talented young barrister and easy to work with.

Queenie Lau SC maintains a busy and varied caseload of commercial and company law disputes, offering extensive experience in the handling of shareholder disputes, fraud and professional negligence cases, in addition to defamation, land, employment and family law matters.

Queenie is excellent; she is intelligent, drafts well and is very responsive.

Queenie is a reliable safe pair of hands who is proactive, pragmatic and highly competent. I am particularly impressed by her never-give-up style of advocacy.

Queenie is hardworking and responsive.