Shaun Elijah Tan
Shaun Elijah Tan
Shaun Elijah Tan

Call: 2024 (HK)
Solicitor (England and Wales - non-practising)

Education

  • PCLL, University of Hong Kong
  • BCL, University of Oxford
  • BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford (First Class Honours)

Contact

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

Secretary

Name:Gobby Yau
Email:gobby@templechambers.com
Tel:(+852) 2248 1827

languages

English, Putonghua (fluent)

Practice Areas

  • Admiralty
  • Arbitration
  • Banking / Finance
  • Building / Construction
  • Charity
  • Civil Fraud / Asset Recovery
  • Commercial
  • Company
  • Confidentiality / Privacy
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Defamation / Media
  • Disciplinary
  • Discrimination
  • Employment
  • Equity / Trust
  • Injunction / Contempt
  • Insolvency
  • Insurance
  • Mediation
  • Mental Health
  • Probate / Succession
  • Professional Liability
  • Property & Conveyancing
  • Public Law / Judicial Review
  • Rating & Valuation
  • Restitution / Unjust Enrichment
  • Securities & Regulation
  • Tax / Revenue
  • Technology, Media and Telecommunications
  • Publications And Articles

  • “Anti-arbitration injunctions: jurisdiction and the natural forum precondition” [2020] 2 LMCLQ 211
  • “Pre-emptive Relief against Foreign Judgments Obtained by Fraud” [2018] 2 LMCLQ 204
  • “Restitution and Insurance in the Brussels I Regulation Recast” [2018] LMCLQ 9
  • Scholarship And Prizes

  • 3 Verulam Buildings Prize in Commercial Law
  • St Edmund Hall Open Scholar
  • Represented Oxford for the Oxford v Cambridge Clifford Chance Roman Law Moot Court Competition
  • Champion of the Oxford Legal Assistance Mooting Competition
  • Ranked 3rd Best Speaker in the 7KBW Commercial Law Moot
  • Two-time Semi-Finalist of the Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship
  • Semi-Finalist of the annual Holdsworth Law Society Mooting Competition
  • Profile

    Shaun joined Chambers after completing his pupillage with Mr Bernard Man SC, Mr Benson Tsoi (now Mr Benson Tsoi SC), Ms Elizabeth Cheung and Ms Astina Au. Shaun is developing a broad civil practice in commercial litigation and arbitration and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.

    Prior to joining Chambers, Shaun trained and qualified as a solicitor at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in London. In 2022, he spent 5 months as an Associate at the Listing Division of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), where he was involved with hearings by the Listing Review Committee and various judicial reviews. He was also previously marshal to the Hon Madam Justice Lisa Wong.

    Shaun read law at the University of Oxford, where he graduated with a First Class in BA Jurisprudence (ranking 9th in the year) and a BCL.

    Appointments And Public Office

  • Marshal, High Court, Hong Kong
  • 2018-2019 – Guest Teacher, The London School of Economics and Political Science (Law of Obligations: contract and tort)
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