Jose-Antonio Maurellet SC
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 2 : Commercial Dispute Resolution: The Bar
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José-Antonio Maurellet S.C. is a Hong Kong born Eurasian. He is an English, Cantonese and French native speaker. He also can speak some Mandarin.
José read law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University.
He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2000 and to the Inner Bar in 2016. He was admitted in 2020 as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands circuit. He is also a registered foreign lawyer with rights of audience in the Singapore International Commercial Court.
He has sat as a Deputy High Court Judge for periods between 2018 to 2021 , and since October 2021 has been appointed as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance.
José is an Associate Member of 3 Verulam Buildings in London.
He has advised and acted in numerous shareholder disputes, winding up petitions, and applications arising out of liquidations of companies (for example applications for provisional liquidators, receivers, validation orders, private examinations, unfair preference proceedings). He is a member of the International Insolvency Institute. He has also dealt with director disqualification proceedings commenced by the Official Receiver as well as the SFC.
He has appeared in cases arising out of
– corporate insolvency (including winding petitions) or restructuring related to or arising from: China Evergrande Group , China Huiyuan Juice Group, Peking University Founder Group, Tsinghua Unigroup Co Ltd , Fantasia Investment Holdings, Hsin Chong Construction Company Ltd, China Solar Energy Holdings, HNA Group Co Ltd, CW Advanced Technologies Ltd and China City Construction Co Ltd, Hua Han Health Holdings , Grand China Shipping HK Co Ltd, MF Global HK Holdings Ltd, China Medical Technologies Inc, Trinity Management Services Ltd, Reignwood International Investment group Ltd , Re HK Airlines Ltd, Dangdai International Investments Ltd , Ming Yuen Ltd (a subsidiary of Logan Group Co Ltd)
– in disputes involving shareholders or directors involving for example Convoy Global Holdings, China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd, The Bank of East Asia, Hong Kong Airlines Ltd, Pacific Bulk Investment Ltd and Ping An Securities Group Holdings
He also appeared in schemes involving:
– Privatisations ( re Mason Group Holdings Limited , Re Rivera Holdings Ltd, Re SHK HK Industries Ltd, Re Joyce Boutique Group Ltd, Re China Agri-industries Holdings Ltd, Re Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd, Re China Power Clean Energy Development Company, Re HAECO, Re eContext and Re Wheelock Properties) as well as
– Creditor schemes (Re China Evergrande Group, E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Ltd , Kaisa Group Holdings, Mongolia Mining Corporation and Z-Obee Holdings, Re Century Sun Intl Ltd, Re NewOcean Energy Holdings Ltd, Re Tai Kam Construction Engineering, Re UDL Holdings Ltd)
He regularly acts in disputes arising from banking/financial services, in particular alleged mis-selling of financial products.
He has previously acted for the Securities and Futures Commission as well as the Listing Division of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. He has appeared before the Listing Appeals Committee , the Takeovers and Mergers Panel as well as the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal.
Mr. Maurellet is a member of the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators and the Panel for Financial Services Disputes; as well as the HKIAC Panel of Emergency Arbitrators. He currently is a Council member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center as well as a former member of its Appointments Committee.
He is also on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Center.
He regularly appears as counsel in arbitrations, and has acted in Court related proceedings such as injunctions in aid of arbitral proceedings as well as applications for leave to enforce and leave to set aside arbitral awards. He also sits as an arbitrator from time to time both a member of a panel of three or as chairman of the panel.
He is also a CEDR accredited mediator.
He was a Contributing Editor of the Hong Kong Civil Procedure (“the White Book”) from 2003 to 2018, is a Consultant Editor of the Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest and is also a Contributing Editor of “Company Law in Hong Kong.”
For more information, please refer to https://www.dvc.hk/members/jose-antonio-maurellet
Languages Spoken
English, Cantonese, Putonghua
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Jose-Antonio Maurellet SC maintains an impressively broad commercial dispute resolution practice, with a focus on company law matters, alleged malpractice in the financial services sector and cases involving distressed companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He's a pleasure to work with and very bright and very busy."
"Jose remains the expert of the field. His advice is on-point and insightful."
"Jose is a very popular counsel who is quick and responsive."
"He's a super charismatic man who is excellent with clients and has a very good relationship with judges; he's extremely good at reading judges."
"He's a pleasure to work with and very bright and very busy."
"Jose remains the expert of the field. His advice is on-point and insightful."
"Jose is a very popular counsel who is quick and responsive."
"He's a super charismatic man who is excellent with clients and has a very good relationship with judges; he's extremely good at reading judges."
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