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  • 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

  • The New Profit Tax Exemption Regime for Funds in Hong Kong

    Introduction The Inland Revenue (Profits Tax Exemption for Funds) (Amendment) Bill 2018 (“Bill”) which introduces a new set of preferential profit tax treatment for both eligible onshore funds and offshore funds, was published in the Government Gazette on 7 December 2018. The Bill, if made…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt joins Mind Over Matter Hong Kong Corporate Quiz 2019

    Tanner De Witt’s finest quizzing minds were on show at the fifth edition of the Mind Over Matter – Hong Kong Corporate Quiz, which was held on 24 January 2019. Team Notorious TDW, which was composed of Kim Boreham, Phil Swainston, Caroline De Souza and Raymond…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s Corporate department attends StartmeupHK Festival 2019 events

    It was a very busy week for our Corporate and Commercial department as they attended a number of conferences and summits that were part of this year’s StartmeupHK Festival 2019. Partner Edmond Leung and Solicitor Herman Pang kicked things off by participating in the Jumpstarter Conference, which…Read More