Jonathan Chang SC
张天任 资深大律师
张天任 资深大律师
"He's very to the point and his advocacy is very good. He's very good at focusing on the main theme of case and is a great strategic adviser who is very precise and concise in his advice." - Chambers Greater China 2023

2001: 获认可为香港执业大律师
2003: 开始执业
2020: 获认可为资深大律师
2010: 获认可为英国有效争议解决中心(CEDR)调解员

学历

  • 伦敦国王学院法学硕士
  • 香港大学法学专业證书
  • 香港大学法学士

联络方法

电邮:jchang@templechambers.com
电话:(+852) 2523 2003

秘书

姓名:Fanny Chang
电话:(+852) 2248 1870

引述

语言

英文,广东话及普通话

执业范畴

  • 商业纠纷
  • 公法 / 司法复核
  • 仲裁
  • 禁制令 / 藐视法庭
  • 财产及物业转移
  • 税务
  • 委任及公职

  • 香港大律师公会名誉秘书 (2019年)
  • 香港高等法院暂委法官 (2022年6至9月; 2023年2至4月)
  • 香港讼辩培训学会主席 (2022年至今)
  • 会计及财务汇报复核审裁处主席 (2023年至今)
  • 处置可行性覆检审裁处主席 (2024年至今)
  • 处置补偿审裁处主席 (2024年至今)
  • 市政服务上诉委员会副主席 (2021年至今)
  • 地产代理监管局成员(2022年至今)
  • 物业管理业监管局成员 (2022年至今)
  • 奖学金 / 奖项

  • 大律师奖学金
  • 专业经验

    张天任资深大律师的执业范围广泛,尤其擅长处理商业纠纷、司法复核、税务及遗产等领域的诉讼,自2022年起于不同时段出任香港特别行政区高等法院原讼法庭暂委法官,现为香港大律师公会核下香港讼辩培训学会主席,负责培训香港执业及实习大律师的庭审技巧,并不时到内地、英国、新加坡及马来西亚就普通法讼辩技巧授课。

    张资深大律师在香港仲裁领域经验丰富,常以仲裁员或代理人身份参与案件。他多次在香港国际法律人才培训学院举办的涉外仲裁培训班中为内地律师及执业者主讲香港仲裁法律制度。

    经验

    商业纠纷+
  • Haller AG & Anor v Vestey International Group Ltd & Anor [2023] 1 HKLRD 39 (setting aside leave for service out under the necessary or proper party gateway)
  • Remedy Asia Ltd v Patrick Tong Hing Chi & Ors [2020] HKCFI 398 (defending a complex commercial claim against de facto/shadow directors for causing a company to carry on business when there was no prospect of trading out of insolvency) (led by Rimsky Yuen SC)
  • China Citic Bank Corporation Ltd (Quanzhou Branch) v Li Kwai Chun & Ors [2019] HKCFI 2540 (resisting an application to set aside the registration of a Mainland judgment for enforcement in Hong Kong) (led by Jat Sew-Tong SC)
  • Re Pacific Wire & Cable Co Ltd (HCCL 16-18/2009; on appeal CACV 90, 91, 93-96/2012; before the Appeal Committee (2014) 17 HKCFAR 710) (claim for a previously listed Taiwan company in an asset recovery action against its senior officers and third parties) (led by Anthony Neoh SC, Godfrey Lam SC, and Eugene Fung SC)
  • Tang Chung Wah Alan & Anor v Jonathan Russell Leong & Ors (HCA 1691/2011, on appeal CACV 38/2016) (partnership dispute between majority and minority partners in an accountancy firm)
  • Lin Man Yuan v Kin Ming Holdings International Ltd & Anor (HCA 216/2008) (claim by a purchaser for specific performance of a contract involving the sale and development of the Strait City in Xiamen, China) (led by Anthony Neoh SC)
  • Toyota Tsusho (HK) Corp Ltd v Chimei Innolux Corp & Anor (HCA 1173/2011) (fraudulent misrepresentation claim on sale of goods and L/C)
  • 仲裁+
  • Representing a group of purchasers in a claim against the seller for bitcoin mining equipment in excess of USD 20 million in HKIAC arbitration
  • Representing a syndicate of lenders against a Chinese natural gas company in a claim for outstanding principal of a USD 400 million credit facility in HKIAC arbitration
  • Representing a Swiss company engaged in R&D of artificial intelligence against a Chinese investor for unpaid investment of CHF 1.5 million in HKIAC arbitration
  • Representing a joint venture partner in a dispute in the development of a commercial complex in Nanjing, China in HKIAC arbitration (conducted in Chinese/Putonghua)
  • Representing the organizer of a football tournament in Guangzhou, China in a USD 1.65 million dispute with a German marketing agency in HKIAC arbitration
  • Representing a local football club in a sports arbitration relating to the right to participate in the regional premier club football tournament
  • Representing two French investors in a misrepresentation claim against their joint venture partners relating to an aborted project to organize yearly musical festivals and launch jazz cafés in China in HKIAC arbitration
  • 财产及物业转移
  • Kwan Chun Investments Ltd v Sik Tak Kwong & Ors [2021] HKCFI 714 (representing the landowner in a dispute on the right to use part of a Buddhist monastery as columbarium)
  • Recall International Ltd v Panten Ltd (CACV 43/2017) (whether a third party claim in respect of common part of a building affects title to the sale of a unit within the building) (led by Audrey Eu SC)
  • Big Most Ltd v Chau Wa Hung [2012] 4 HKLRD 599 (duty to show good title by delivering original of mortgage and clarifying position of carparking space)
  • Tsang Kwok Hung Frederick v Ching Lai Tuen (CACV 48/2009) (purchaser under no duty to accept vendor’s offer to stakehold part of the purchase price to meet possible remedial works costs as proof of good title)
  • 公法 / 司法复核+
  • Sham Wing Kan v Commissioner of Police [2020] 2 HKLRD 529 (necessity of a police warrant before examining the digital contents of a seized mobile phone upon arrest) (led by Johnny Mok SC)
  • Tang Hanbo v SFC [2018] 1 HKLRD 272 (legality of search warrant and SFC’s transmission of materials to the China Securities Regulatory Commission in combatting cross-border market manipulation) (led by Benjamin Yu SC)
  • TVB v Takeovers and Mergers Panel [2017] 5 HKLRD 541 (legality of conditions imposed for the grant of whitewash waiver on mandatory general offer for shares in a listed company) (led by Benjamin Yu SC)
  • Waddington Ltd v SFC (HCAL 199/2015) (SFC’s discretion whether to commence formal investigation of a complaint) (led by Horace Wong SC)
  • AA & Anor v SFC [2019] 2 HKLRD 16 (constitutionality of production orders issued under s.181 SFO and SFC’s transmission of information to overseas securities regulatory) (led by Benjamin Yu SC)
  • Chang Li Hsien Leslie v SFC (HCAL 164/2014) (stay of Market Misconduct Tribunal proceedings) (led by Horace Wong SC)
  • 调查委员会 / 研讯
  • Representing the main contractor in the Commission of Inquiry into the Construction Works at and near the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project (led by Paul Shieh SC and Sean Wilken QC)
  • 禁制令 / 藐视法庭+
  • Target Insurance Co Ltd v Ng Yu & Ors [2022] HKCFI 1362 (representing an insurer in the taxi insurance market in Hong Kong in application for freezing injunction over assets worth in excess of US$150 million)
  • Secretary for Justice v Chin Po Fun [2021] HKCFI 598 (criminal contempt for breach of injunction prohibiting obstruction of the operation of the Hong Kong International Airport)
  • Secretary for Justice & Anor v Persons Unlawfully and Wilfully Conducting Themselves in Any of the Acts Prohibited under Paragraph 1(A), (B) and (C) of the Indorsement of Claim [2019] 5 HKLRD 500 (injunction restraining doxxing activities against police officers and their families)
  • Secretary for Justice v Persons Unlawfully and Wilfully Obstructing Occupying or Remaining on or Hindering or Preventing the Passing and Repassing of the Public Highway [2019] 5 HKLRD 334 (injunction restraining protestors from causing nuisance to police quarters and obstructing nearby streets)
  • Airport Authority v Persons Unlawfully and Wilfully Obstructing or Interfering with the Proper Use of the Hong Kong International Airport [2019] HKCFI 2104 (interlocutory injunction restraining protestors from interfering with the operation of the airport) (led by Benjamin Yu SC)
  • MTR Corporation Ltd v Persons Unlawfully and Wilfully Obstructing or Interfering with the Proper Use of and Operation of the Railway as defined in the Mass Transit Railway Ordinance (Cap 556) [2019] 4 HKLRD 446 (interlocutory injunction restraining protestors from interfering with the operation of the MTR) (led by Benjamin Yu SC)
  • Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Ltd v Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo [2015] 5 HKLRD 905 (interlocutory injunction restraining a professional footballer from joining a rival club)
  • 税务+
  • Feng Hongyan v The Collector of Stamp Revenue [2018] 2 HKLRD 1471 (whether a cancellation agreement is subject to stamp duty as a conveyance on sale)
  • Wong Suet Foon Shirly v The Collector of Stamp Revenue [2019] 2 HKLRD 227 (whether an assent is subject to stamp duty as a voluntary disposition inter vivos)
  • Nomura Funds Ireland Plc v The Collector of Stamp Revenue [2019] HKDC 406 (whether a merger proposal of two foreign funds holding a portfolio of Hong Kong stocks is subject to stamp duty as a transfer of Hong Kong stocks)
  • Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Datatronic Ltd [2009] 4 HKLRD 675 (profits tax implication arising from contract processing arrangement entered with a Mainland subsidiary) (led by Chua Guan-hock SC)
  • Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Kwong Mile Services Ltd [2003] 3 HKLRD 874 (whether profits acquired through underwriting contracts with Mainland developer are subject to profits tax) (led by Chua Guan-hock SC)
  • 证券法及监管
  • Re Tianhe Chemicals Group Limited (stock code 1619) (appointed as the Presenting Officer in an inquiry before the Market Misconduct Tribunal)
  • SFC v Chin Jong Hwa & Ors [2019] HKCFI 2735 (misfeasance claim under s.214 SFO against directors of a listed company) (led by Horace Wong SC)
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