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Biography

José-Antonio Maurellet S.C. is a Hong Kong born Eurasian. He is an English, Cantonese and French native speaker. He also can speak some Mandarin. He is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association. He read law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. He has sat as a Deputy High Court Judge for periods between 2018 to 2021 and since October 2021 has been appointed as a Recorder of the Court of First Instance. He is an Associate Member of 3 Verulam Buildings in London. He is a member of the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators and the Panel for Financial Services Disputes; as well as the HKIAC Panel of Emergency Arbitrators. He currently is a Council member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center as well as a former member of its Appointments Committee.