Monthly Archives: October 2016
Q&A with Caroline De Souza – Corporate and Commercial Lawyer
Caroline joined Tanner De Witt in 2012 and is building a name for herself in the mid cap acquisition space. She has experience across a wide range of industries including luxury fashion, healthcare, technology, F&B and retail. Why did you choose to become a lawyer?…Read More
Federico Donnet serves as ambassador to Italy on Bellissima Italia 2016 committee
Tanner De Witt Senior Associate and Italian native Federico Donnet is serving on the formal committee to Bellissima Italia – a festival of Italian culture and lifestyle – alongside other notable Hong Kong figures including Miss Sabrina Ho, Miss Charmaine Ho and Miss Queenie Rosita…Read More
Tanner De Witt litigator Anthony Marrin to represent Hong Kong in East Asia Cup
Tanner De Witt’s Anthony Marrin has been selected for the CHK Sportsroad Dragons team to represent Hong Kong in the upcoming cricket East Asia Cup from 2 – 7 November 2016 in Sano, Japan. The East Asia Cup is a T20 tournament and will also…Read More
Tanner De Witt Partners Mark Side and Robin Darton meet international rugby coach Ben Ryan
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Partner Mark Side and Insolvency and Restructuring Partner Robin Darton met Fiji Rugby Sevens head coach on Sunday 16 October at the Sandy Bay Mini Rugby training session. Former coach of the England Rugby Sevens team, Ben Ryan was in Hong…Read More
Legal update: The new sentencing guidelines on a discount in sentence for a guilty plea
In the recent appeal case of HKSAR v Ngo Van Nam CACC 418/2014, the Court of Appeal set down new guidelines for determining the amount of discount in sentence to be given to a defendant for a guilty plea. Prior to this decision a defendant…Read More