Charles Manzoni KC
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 1 : Commercial Dispute Resolution: The Bar
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Provided by Charles Manzoni KC
Practice Areas
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.
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
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.
Strengths
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"He is the most responsive and user-friendly of the leading silks. His preparation is thorough and he works well as part of a team and always has good suggestions for a junior. His presentation and advocacy is first-rate and he has a good ability to read judges."
"He's a supremely skilled advocate who absorbs intricate factual and legal detail with ease: an absolute delight to work with."
"He's a very aggressive fighter. It's a joy instructing him and painful to go against him."
"He's an excellent advocate who is very quick on his feet and at coming up to speed on matters. He has a knack for using his advocacy skills to the advantage of his clients."
"Charlie Manzoni is an exceptional advocate who is incredibly persuasive and has an exceptional ability to build rapport with even the most difficult of decision-makers."
"He is the most responsive and user-friendly of the leading silks. His preparation is thorough and he works well as part of a team and always has good suggestions for a junior. His presentation and advocacy is first-rate and he has a good ability to read judges."
"He's a supremely skilled advocate who absorbs intricate factual and legal detail with ease: an absolute delight to work with."
"He's a very aggressive fighter. It's a joy instructing him and painful to go against him."
"He's an excellent advocate who is very quick on his feet and at coming up to speed on matters. He has a knack for using his advocacy skills to the advantage of his clients."
"Charlie Manzoni is an exceptional advocate who is incredibly persuasive and has an exceptional ability to build rapport with even the most difficult of decision-makers."
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