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  • Kevin Bowers gives talk on defamation to Haymarket journalists

    Litigation and Dispute Resolution Consultant Kevin Bowers recently visited the Hong Kong office of international media group Haymarket to give a defamation update to its Hong Kong journalists. The talk, which was held on Monday 11 March, discussed: the definition of defamation; the statutory framework…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s Restructuring and Insolvency practice wins China Business Law Award 2019

    We are delighted to announce that our top tier Restructuring and Insolvency practice has won an industry award from the China Business Law Journal’s China Business Law Awards 2019.  This accolade was published in the February issue of China Business Law Journal. The China Business Law Awards are…Read More

  • Happy International Women’s Day 2019!

    From all of us at Tanner De Witt, Happy International Women’s Day! We are celebrating this wonderful occasion by supporting a number of events: On Friday 1 March, we were a Silver Table Sponsor at The Women’s Foundation‘s International Women’s Day Gala Lunch. Kim Boreham,…Read More

  • Corporate and Commercial Group attends IFLR’s Annual Asia M&A Forum 2019

    Corporate and Commercial Group Partners Eddie Look, Tim Drew and Edmond Leung and Solicitor Katherine Ng recently attended the 14th Annual IFLR Asia M&A Forum 2019, which was held at the Island Shangri-La on 6 to 7 March. The two-day forum is one of the region’s…Read More

  • Tim Drew and Edmond Leung attend IBA’s 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum 2019 in Tokyo

    Corporate and Commercial Group Partners Tim Drew and Edmond Leung recently attended the International Bar Association’s 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference, which was held in Tokyo from 27 February to 1 March 2019. The conference was presented by the IBA Asia Pacific Regional…Read More

  • Robin Darton and Jeff Lane attend Asset Recovery International 2019 in Dublin

    Partners Robin Darton and Jeff Lane were recently in Dublin to attend the 2019 edition of Asset Recovery International, which was held at the Conrad Hotel from 27 February to 1 March. Known as the foremost conference for asset recovery practitioners,  the conference featured a…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt to host Hodl A Drink: the Blockchain Week Edition

    We are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Blockchain Week edition of Hodl A Drink, a monthly networking meetup organised by Crypto IB. The meetup will be held at our office from 7pm on Tuesday 5 March; it is an official side event…Read More

  • Jan Willem Möller hosts DutchCham Panel at Tanner De Witt

    On Wednesday 21 February, Tanner De Witt hosted a Dutch Chamber SME Academy event on how to go from a great business idea to an actual business. Speakers Paul du Long (BlueMeg), Iris ten Teije (Neat) and Tina Goguia (Pandasia Digital) discussed three important pillars…Read More

  • Jeff Lane joins Advisory Committee for C5 2019 Conference in Hong Kong

    Jeff Lane, Head of our Fraud and Asset Tracing practice, is one of eight globally recognised opinion leaders that comprise this year’s Advisory Board for the C5 Conference in Hong Kong. Known as one of the top conferences in the world for fraud litigation and…Read More

  • Ian De Witt and Jeff Lane featured in Who’s Who Litigation Guide 2018

    We are delighted to announce that Partners Ian De Witt and Jeff Lane have been included in Who’s Who Legal’s Litigation Guide 2018. This list of the world’s top litigation practitioners only includes twenty-three lawyers from Hong Kong, so we are extremely pleased that two of…Read More

  • Kim Boreham to speak on AmCham Women of Influence panel

    We are delighted to announce that Employment Co-Head and Partner Kim Boreham will be speaking on a panel co-hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong’s Women of Influence committee and Women in Sports Empowered HK. Titled “From the athletic field to the business…Read More

  • (Office closed) Wishing you a happy and prosperous Year of the Pig

    Happy Chinese New Year from all of us at Tanner De Witt! We hope that you have a wonderful festive season with your loved ones. Our office will be closed on Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 February for Chinese New Year. We resume…Read More