Victor Joffe SC

Senior Counsel Temple Chambers Called 2011 12 appearances

Victor Joffe SC appears as counsel of record in 12 reported Hong Kong judgments (2022–2026), most often before the HKCFI. Member of Temple Chambers.

About Victor Joffe SC

Victor Joffe appears as counsel of record in 12 reported Hong Kong judgments (2022–2026). These were heard before HKCFI (5), HKCFA (4) and HKCA (3).

Source: derived from 12 published Hong Kong judgments, most recent decision 29 May 2026. Published on HKLII.

Professional record

Branch: Barrister
Chambers: Temple Chambers
Year of call (HK): 2011
Inner Bar (SC): 2022
Year of call (UK): 1975

Registry facts from the Hong Kong Bar Association roster.

In the court record

Victor Joffe, called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 2011 (having been called to the Bar in the United Kingdom in 1975) and appointed Senior Counsel in 2022, practises from Temple Chambers. Reported matters between 2022 and 2026 span the Court of Final Appeal, Court of Appeal and Court of First Instance, concentrated in bankruptcy & insolvency, company & shareholder disputes and theft, fraud & dishonesty. Most often instructed as counsel for the defendant or respondent, as in Chu Kong (Suing on Behalf of Himself and All Other Shareholders in (I) Ocean Sino Ltd (Except Lau Wing Yan) and (II) PBM Asset Management Ltd) v. Lau Wing Yan and Others [2026] HKCA 1004, Excellence Raise Overseas Limited, Jolly Admire Limited, High Express Holdings Limited v. ANZ Commodity Trading Pty Ltd [2026] HKCFA 9, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch v. XJ International Holdings Co., Ltd [2025] HKCA 481.

Petitioner-side instructions appear in Re BGA Holdings Ltd (Formerly Known as Beibu Gulf Ocean Shipping (Group) Ltd) [2025] HKCA 752 and [2024] HKCFI 51, while plaintiff-side work includes Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited v. Arjowiggins HKK 2 Limited [2022] HKCFA 11 and [2022] HKCFA 1, and a respondent role in Dennis Kwok Hon Ming v. Poon Sui Cheong Albert and Others [2022] HKCFA 2. At first instance, matters include Highfit Development Co Ltd (In Liquidation) v. Koo Siu Ying and Others [2025] HKCFI 2775, Chu Kong v. Lau Wing Yan (and 1 other) [2025] HKCFI 532, Re XJ International Holdings Co Ltd [2024] HKCFI 1378 and Re Acommerce Group Ltd [2024] HKCFI 2216. Justin Ho appears as co-counsel across a large share of these matters.

What practice areas does Victor Joffe cover before the Hong Kong courts?

Victor Joffe's reported matters between 2022 and 2026 concentrate in bankruptcy & insolvency, company & shareholder disputes and theft, fraud & dishonesty, spanning the Court of Final Appeal, Court of Appeal and Court of First Instance, as in Excellence Raise Overseas Limited and Others v. ANZ Commodity Trading Pty Ltd [2026] HKCFA 9.

At what level of the Hong Kong courts does Victor Joffe appear?

Victor Joffe appears across appellate and first-instance courts, most often the Court of First Instance, including Chu Kong (Suing on Behalf of Himself and All Other Shareholders...) v. Lau Wing Yan and Others [2026] HKCA 1004 and Re BGA Holdings Ltd [2024] HKCFI 51.