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  • Nesting Arrangements – will separating parents flock to this concept?

    For separating and divorcing parents, one serious consideration often is: how will this relationship change affect our children? And rightly so.    While the separation and divorce process involves the breakdown of the parent’s relationship, the children’s lives are inevitably turned over.  Often, the children will…Read More

  • 2022 Joint Circular of SFC and HKMA on Virtual Asset Dealing and Advisory Service

    The Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) recently published a joint circular on intermediaries’ virtual asset-related activities on 28 January 2022 (the “Circular”). The Circular supersedes the earlier circular to intermediaries on distribution of virtual asset funds on 1…Read More

  • Marketing and Business Development Manager

    THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Job Description Tanner De Witt is an established independent business law firm based in Hong Kong with more than 45 fee earners (including 15 partners). The firm has an international client base with a…Read More

  • Legal Update: Employment (Amendment) Bill 2022 introduces proposed amendments relating to sickness and vaccination requests

    The Hong Kong Government had recently tightened the already severe social-distancing measures in view of the 5th wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong and made announcements of other policies it intended to implement in the future. Vaccine Pass Regulation The Government had made…Read More

  • Legal Update: Proposed amendments to abolish MPF offsetting arrangement relating to statutory severance and long service payments

    On 11 February 2022, the Government of the HKSAR published the Employment and Retirement Schemes Legislation (Offsetting Arrangement) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the “Amendment Bill”) in the Gazette. The Amendment Bill was given the First Reading at the Legislative Council on 23 February 2022.  Currently, employers…Read More

  • Recent District Court decision on whether ‘gweilo’ remark discriminatory

    Introduction More than three years ago, we published an article on this site in respect of a District Court claim lodged by a British construction professional (the “Employee”) who alleged that his former employer (the “Employer”) had discriminated against him on the ground of his…Read More

  • Important points for making discrimination claims highlighted in a recent District Court case by a former student against a local university

    The background The Claimant in the case of C v The Chinese University of Hong Kong [2022] HKDC 77 is a former postgraduate student in the Chinese University (the “University”) who was suffering from depression and generalized anxiety disorder during her studies. The Claimant’s studies…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt seeks a Litigation and Arbitration Lawyer (2-5PQE)

    THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Tanner De Witt seeks a litigation and arbitration lawyer with 2-5 years’ PQE to join our Dispute Resolution Department. This role is good opportunity for a lawyer to grow one’s practice within an established…Read More

  • Senior Regulatory Solicitor

    THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Senior Regulatory and Compliance Solicitor (8-15 PQE) Tanner De Witt is seeking a highly experienced Regulatory Lawyer to champion the Regulation and Compliance Practice, further expanding the depth of our Corporate and Commercial Group….Read More

  • Tanner De Witt White Collar Crime and Regulatory Lawyer (2-6PQE)

    THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Tanner De Witt seeks a 2-6PQE Litigator to join its growing Criminal Law, White Collar Crime and Regulatory Practices. This lawyer will support Consultant and Practice Head Philip Swainston. This role is an opportunity…Read More

  • Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous Year of the Tiger! 祝您虎年吉祥身體健康! (Office closed 1-3 February)

    Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous Year of the Tiger! 祝您虎年吉祥身體健康! Our offices will be closed from Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 February for Chinese New Year. We will resume normal office hours on Friday 4 February at 9am.

  • The Legal 500 2022 rankings are announced for Asia-Pacific

    Tanner De Witt is proud to be recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2022 for employment, restructuring and insolvency, dispute resolution and technology, media, telecommunications (TMT). Legal 500’s Hall of Fame includes Partners Ian De Witt and Robin Darton and Consultant Kim Boreham, while Pamela Mak and Russell Bennett are recognised as Leading Individuals. Sunny Hathiramani is listed as…Read More