Abraham Chan SC
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Administrative & Public Law: The Bar + 1 more ranking
Band 1
Band 2
About
Provided by Abraham Chan SC
Practice Areas
Abraham Chan SC’s practice spans commercial, constitutional and administrative law. He advises and acts as advocate in a wide range of complex, high-impact disputes for individuals and institutions at all levels of court in Hong Kong.
Much of Abraham’s advocacy is at the appellate levels, where he is often brought on fresh to lead in appealing or defending earlier judgments. Abraham has also acted as an independent, court-appointed amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) in matters involving novel and difficult points of legal principle before the Court of Final Appeal, Court of Appeal and Court of First Instance, and as counsel for the Secretary of Justice intervening in the public Interest.
Abraham has been cited in the Chambers & Partners guides (Global and Asia Pacific) as “a very intelligent and articulate barrister” with “an excellent brain and exceptional presentation skills” who “commands the court’s respect”.
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Abraham Chan SC of Temple Chambers is very active in the field of administrative and public law, winning widespread recognition for his proven record of deftly handling judicial review cases.
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He's very good at dealing with whatever aspects of administrative law the courts will need; he's very clear about what the court will require to make a decision."
"He's very user-friendly and approachable. He's also intelligent and novel in the way he looks at things and adapts very quickly to legislation."
"Abraham is the best go-to silk to engage in public law matters, especially in difficult uphill cases."
"Abraham is a known authority for public law matters in Hong Kong."
"We are very pleased with Abraham Chan's performance. He offered very good strategic planning and ability to appreciate the client's concerns from a holistic perspective."
"Abraham is very easy to work with."
"He's very user-friendly, accommodating, fantastic value for money, very articulate and the bench in Hong Kong like him."
"We have thus far found him to be very competent and user-friendly."
"He's very good at dealing with whatever aspects of administrative law the courts will need; he's very clear about what the court will require to make a decision."
"He's very user-friendly and approachable. He's also intelligent and novel in the way he looks at things and adapts very quickly to legislation."
"Abraham is the best go-to silk to engage in public law matters, especially in difficult uphill cases."
"Abraham is a known authority for public law matters in Hong Kong."
"We are very pleased with Abraham Chan's performance. He offered very good strategic planning and ability to appreciate the client's concerns from a holistic perspective."
"Abraham is very easy to work with."
"He's very user-friendly, accommodating, fantastic value for money, very articulate and the bench in Hong Kong like him."
"We have thus far found him to be very competent and user-friendly."
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