Jonathan Chang SC
張天任資深大律師
張天任資深大律師
“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: 獲認可為香港執業大律師
2003: 開始執業
2020: 獲認可為資深大律師
2010: 獲認可為英國有效爭議解決中心(CEDR)調解員

學歷

  • 倫敦國王學院法學碩士
  • 香港大學法學專業證書
  • 香港大學法學士

聯絡方法

電郵:jchang@templechambers.com
電話:(+852) 2523 2003

秘書

姓名:Fanny Chang
電話:(+852) 2248 1870

引述

語言

英文,廣東話及普通話

經驗

  • 商業糾紛
  • 公法 / 司法覆核
  • 仲裁
  • 禁制令 / 藐視法庭
  • 財產及物業轉移
  • 稅務
  • 委任及公職

  • 香港大律師公會名譽秘書 (2019年)
  • 香港高等法院暫委法官 (2022年6至9月; 2023年2至4月)
  • 香港訟辯培訓學會主席 (2022年至今)
  • 會計及財務匯報覆核審裁處主席 (2023年至今)
  • 處置可行性覆檢審裁處主席 (2024年至今)
  • 處置補償審裁處主席 (2024年至今)
  • 市政服務上訴委員會副主席 (2021年至今)
  • 地產代理監管局成員(2022年至今)
  • 物業管理業監管局成員 (2022年至今)
  • 獎學金 / 獎項

  • 大律師獎學金
  • 專業經驗

    張天任資深大律師的執業範圍十分廣泛,尤為擅長處理商業糾紛、司法覆核、稅務、土地業權爭議、證券監管等領域的訴訟。他曾代表客戶於各級法院、稅務上訴委員會、內幕交易審裁處、市場失當行為審裁處及證券及期貨事務上訴審裁處等審裁機構處理不同性質的案件。 他於2022年獲委任為高等法院暫委法官。

    張資深大律師在香港長大及接受教育,他能自如地運用中文草擬法律文件,並多次參與中文的審訊和上訴聆訊,他亦曾於國內的訴訟中擔任香港法的專家證人及出庭以普通話作證。

    張資深大律師贏得的讚譽,包括「能提出精準和簡明意見的優秀策略者」「在法庭上表現非常有力」(Chambers and Partners),「在商務糾紛方面的頂尖資深大律師」(Legal 500 Hong Kong) ,以及「全面的訟辯人,有著冷靜和精確的訟辯風格」(Who's Who Legal – Future Leaders)。

    案件選例

    商業糾紛+
  • 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
  • 財產及物業轉移
  • 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 / 司法覆核+
  • 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)
  • 調查委員會 / 研訊
  • 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 / 藐視法庭+
  • 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)
  • 稅務+
  • 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)
  • 證券法及監管
  • 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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