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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Veronica Chan Runs for a Claus
This Friday 1 December, Restructuring & Insolvency Solicitor Veronica Chan will be donning a funny Christmas costume and sprinting all over Hong Kong, solving GPS-triggered challenges all in the name of charity. KPMG’s Run for a Claus is the game, and Veronica is one of…Read More
Joanne Brown and Elizabeth Seymour-Jones attend Pathfinders Charity Dinner
On the evening of Saturday 18 November, Partner Joanne Brown and Paralegal Elizabeth Seymour-Jones donned mysterious masks to support migrant charity PathFinders at their Mardi Gras themed Anniversary Dinner. Held every year in November, this year’s dinner was an especially poignant one for the charity,…Read More
Tanner De Witt ball sponsor at this year’s Sandy Bay Mini Rugby Festival
Mini rugby teams from all over Hong Kong will be competing in the HKU Sandy Bay RFC Mini Rugby Festival at Cyberport this Sunday 26 November. We’re very proud to announce that we are once again sponsoring the festival this year, this time as Ball Sponsor!…Read More
Tanner De Witt wins 2017 Pro Bono Law Firm Bronze Award
We are pleased to announce that we have won a Bronze Award for our pro bono work in this year’s Law Society of Hong Kong Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme. The award recognises a local or international law firm that has made an outstanding…Read More
Running for clean seas in the Discovery Bay 10k!
Tanner De Witt had its biggest turnout ever for this November’s Discovery Bay 10k with 9 members of staff pushing themselves around the course. This year more than $140,000 was raised for charity with 414 runners in total. All proceeds will go to Plastic Free…Read More
Legal update: Court of Appeal upholds insider dealing and fraud decision in favour of SFC against two solicitors
Case background On 9 November 2017, the Court of Appeal (“CA”) dismissed the appeal by a solicitor, Eric Lee, and Eric’s two sisters, Patsy Lee and Stella Lee, against the judgment by the Court of First Instance (“CFI”) finding them guilty of insider dealing and…Read More
Tanner De Witt Silver Sponsor at Turnaround Management Association’s Asia Pacific Conference
Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce confirmation of its Silver Sponsorship at the upcoming 2017 TMA Asia Pacific Conference in Hong Kong. About the 2017 TMA Asia Pacific Conference Held on 15 to 17 November 2017 at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, the TMA…Read More
Tanner De Witt attends The Hong Kong Mental Health Conference 2017
Partner Joanne Brown and Paralegal Elizabeth Seymour-Jones recently attended The Hong Kong Mental Health Conference 2017. Held on Friday 3 November to Sunday 5 November at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the Conference hosted a variety of sessions, some of which are below: Mental Health…Read More
Tanner De Witt supports 2017/18 season of Mini Rugby in Hong Kong
We are once again delighted to support Hong Kong’s 2017/18 season of mini rugby through the sponsorship of balls for every new player. This is the second year that we have supported Hong Kong’s mini rugby clubs by enabling each player to have their own…Read More
Press release: Tanner De Witt further develops China and Family Practices
PRESS RELEASE 2 November 2017 For immediate release Tanner De Witt announces with great pleasure the promotion of solicitors Joanne Brown and River Stone to its partnership; the promotions were effective Wednesday 1 November. Joanne will serve as Head of the Family Department. This demonstrates…Read More
Jeff Lane joins London panel on cyber fraud
Partner Jeff Lane participated in the panel session “Spotlight – Cyber Fraud” at the Asset Tracing and Recovery Forum, Tuesday 31 October at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel London. Jeff was joined by Michael Coonan (Partner, McCann Fitzgerald), Sophie Eyre (Partner, Bird & Bird) and Florian Kirstein (Counsel,…Read More
