Tanner De Witt ranked second tier for employment by Doyles Guide 2018

Tanner De Witt is pleased to be ranked in the second tier for employment by Doyles Guide’s Leading Employment Lawyers – Hong Kong, 2018 and Leading Employment Law Firms – Hong Kong, 2018. Partners Kim Boreham and Russell Bennett are both listed as Leading and…Read More

28May2018

Ian De Witt and Jeff Lane to speak at Asset Recovery Asia Singapore

We are delighted to announce that Insolvency and Restructuring Partner Ian De Witt and Fraud and Asset Tracing Partner Jeff Lane will both be attending and speaking at Asset Recovery Asia, held on 5 to 6 June at the InterContinental Singapore. Ian will be speaking on…Read More

24May2018

Legal update: Court of Final Appeal’s answers on the issue of establishing a defence to indecent assaults on underage victims

In October 2017, we wrote about the magistracy appeal decision of香港特別行政區訴蔡偉麟 (HKSAR v Choi Wai Lun) (unreported HCMA 620/2016, 31 July 2017): Is a genuine belief that an underage victim is over 16 a defence to an indecent assault? On 9 May 2018, the Court of…Read More

20May2018

Tanner De Witt-sponsored Discovery Bay Football Club wins Masters Cup in HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens

We are delighted to report that Discovery Bay Football Club has won the Masters Cup in this year’s HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens! Discovery Bay Football Club played five matches over the three-day tournament against the KCC Veterans, Playon Pros, Wallsend Boys Club, HKFC Masters and…Read More

17May2018

Q&A with Pádraig Walsh – Corporate and Commercial Partner

Pádraig Walsh recently joined us as Partner in our Corporate and Commercial practice. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Pádraig qualified in Ireland in 1998 and Hong Kong in 2000. This week we had a chance to chat with Pádraig to find out why he chose to become…Read More