Corporate and Commercial

Tanner De Witt's Corporate and Commercial practice is at the heart of our firm and deals with a wide range of non-contentious business on behalf of our clients.

We pride ourselves on the personal and attentive services offered to our clients, who include public and private companies, partnerships and individuals involved in a wide range of industries, both within Hong Kong and internationally.

Our lawyers, many of whom have City firm backgrounds, have extensive experience within Hong Kong and Asia. Our understanding of the local business environment, our knowledge, our experience and proven track record mean that we add real value to your business decisions.

Our Services

Lawyers in our Corporate and Commercial group have extensive experience in advising on:

• Business and asset sales and purchase
• Commercial arrangements and contracts
• Corporate reorganisations
• Distributorship and agency agreements
• Employment and immigration
• Establishment of new companies and businesses
• Financing arrangements
• Intellectual Property protection and licensing
• Joint ventures and shareholders' agreements
• PRC related commercial matters
• Private equity and venture capital transactions
• Share sales and purchase
• Sports event sponsorship arrangements and acquisition of event rights

Our Experience

Examples of our lawyers' wide experience include:

• Advising a large Taiwanese conglomerate in connection with the sale of one of its cable television franchises in Taiwan to a company owned by large US private equity group.
• Advising in connection with the Asia Pacific aspects of the sale by a European multinational of its worldwide ATM interests to a large US ATM manufacturer, involving a total consideration of US$90,000,000.
• Advising a major US electrical component distributor on its acquisition of two Hong Kong businesses, one of which has extensive interests in the Asia region. One of the businesses was acquired from a Hong Kong listed company, the other from an individual owner.
• Advising a Hong Kong construction company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in connection with its restructuring of approximately HK$1,103,000,000 of liabilities, which involved compromises with 16 secured and unsecured creditors and shares from the company's parent (itself the subject of administration proceedings in Japan) and subsequently making a general offer for all outstanding shares in the Company.
• Advising a Hong Kong listed company involved in the construction industry on its buy-back of a minority stake in an existing joint venture from the joint venture partner. This turned into a lengthy transaction, due to the break-down of the relationship between the parties and the existence of numerous guarantees in relation to banking facilities and uncompleted projects.
• Acting in connection with the establishment of wholly foreign-owned enterprises and joint ventures in Mainland China.
• Advising upon the licensing for sale and manufacture in China of specialised components.