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Bernard Man SC
Bernard Man SC
Bernard Man SC
"One of the very top silks operating in Hong Kong right now"... with "superb advocacy," "spectacular client management skills" and the ability "to think outside the box and provide a solution to the problem, regardless of the complexity of the issues." - Chambers Greater China 2023

Call: 2000 (HK); 2000 (England & Wales)
Inner Bar: 2015
CEDR Accredited Mediator: 2010
Member of the HKIAC List of Arbitrators

Education

  • Law Moderations (Distinction), University of Oxford (St Anne's College)
  • BA in Jurisprudence (Law) (First Class), University of Oxford (St Anne's College)
  • BCL, University of Oxford (St Anne's College)
  • Bar Vocational Course

Contact

Email:bman@templechambers.com
Tel:(+852) 2523 2003

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languages

Fluent in English, Cantonese and Putonghua

Practice Areas

  • Commercial
  • Probate / Succession
  • Family / Matrimonial
  • Securities & Regulation
  • Insolvency
  • Arbitration
  • Public Law / Judicial Review
  • Company
  • Property & Conveyancing
  • Equity / Trust
  • Banking / Finance
  • Employment
  • Rating & Valuation
  • Mental Health
  • Injunction / Contempt
  • Civil Fraud / Asset Recovery
  • Professional Liability
  • Mediation
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Restitution / Unjust Enrichment
  • Confidentiality / Privacy
  • Defamation / Media
  • Disciplinary

    • Appointments And Public Office

  • Member, Electoral Affairs Commission (2023-present)
  • Chairman, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal (2024-present)
  • Member of the Hospital Governing Committee, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (2023-present)
  • Chairman, Hong Kong Examinations And Assessment Authority Appeal Review Committee (2022-present)
  • Securities and Futures Commission, Disciplinary Chair Committee, Member (2022-present)
  • Deputy High Court Judge, Hong Kong (2018-2022, 2024)
  • Chairman, Standing Committee on Land, Trust and Probate, Hong Kong Bar Association (2016-2018, 2022-present)
  • Barristers Qualification Examination – Panel on Company Law (Member 2015-2020; Convenor 2020 to present)
  • Member, Bar Council (2015-2016)

    • Scholarship And Prizes

  • Bar Scholarship
  • Winner of the Middle Temple Mooting Competition
  • Hong Kong Oxford Scholarship
  • St Anne’s College Prize for Final Honours School
  • St Anne’s College Law Prize
  • St Anne’s College Scholarship
  • Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship for Overseas Studies

    • Profile

    Bernard Man SC has a broad commercial litigation practice, with particular experience in banking, insolvency (corporate and personal) and company disputes. He also has a substantial chancery and family law practice.

    Bernard is cited as a "Band 1" silk in the commercial dispute resolution category in the Chambers & Partners guides (Global and Asia Pacific), and described as "one of the very top silks operating in Hong Kong right now" with "superb advocacy" and the ability "to think outside the box and provide a solution to the problem, regardless of the complexity of the issues".

    Experience

    Commercial+
  • Shearman & Sterling (a firm) v Asia-Pac Infrastructure Development Limited [2021] HKCFI 1380; [2022] HKCFI 218
  • Yu Man Fung Alice v Chiau Sing Chi Stephen [2020] HKCFI 2923; [2021] HKCA 1456
  • Delco Participation BV v Chiho Environmental Group [2021] HKCFI 249; [2021] HKCFI 1272
  • Yifung Developments Ltd v Liu Chi Keung, Ricky [2021] HKCA 1641
  • Eton Properties Ltd v Xiamen Xinjingdi Ltd [2016] 2 HKLRD 1106; (2020) 23 HKCFAR 348
    • Banking / Finance
  • Wang Haihong v JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd [2021] 4 HKLRD 770
  • DBS Bank v San Hot [2013] 4 HKC 1
    • Company+
  • Lu Yongliang v Bank of China Ltd, Dongguan Branch [2021] HKCA 1048
  • Ng Christina v Capella Capital Ltd [2020] 2 HKLRD 274
  • Elliott International LP v Bank of East Asia Ltd [2018] 4 HKLRD 396
  • Waddington Ltd v Chan Chun Hoo Thomas CACV 10/2014 (14 Oct 2016)
  • Re China Medical Technologies Inc [2016] 2 HKLRD 962
    • Insolvency
  • Pan Sutong v Bank of China Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1450
    • Equity / Trust
  • A v B [2022] HKCFI 1031
  • Fok Chun Yue Benjamin & others v Fok Chun Wan Ian & others HCA 92, 274, 275/2016
  • Leung Ping Chiu, Roy v Wai Wai Chen [2019] 3 HKLRD 162; [2020] 3 HKC 363; [2021] HKCA 941
  • Herman Budihardjo v Di Gunawan [2018] HKCFI 1450
    • Arbitration
  • Astro Nusantara International BV v PT Ayunda Prima Mitra (2018) 21 HKCFAR 118
  • X v Y [2021] 2 HKC 68
    • Injunction / Contempt+
  • Yan Yu Ying v Leung Wing Hei [2022] HKCFI 1660
  • Cheng Siu Fai v Swenson Global Opportunities Funds SPC [2021] HKCA 1005
  • Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand) Co Ltd v Wong Kam Wai [2020] HKCA 351
  • Galsworthy v Liu Por [2019] HKCFI 2397
  • DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd v Tian Wen Quan HCA 3228/2016 (12 Oct 2017)
  • Arrow ECS Norway AS v Xin Cheng Holdings Co Ltd HCA 239/2016 (12 May 2016)
    • Others
  • Wanzhou Meng v HSBC HCMP 251/2021

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