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  • Global Conference on the Recovery of Child Support and Family Maintenance in Asia Pacific

    Tanner De Witt is pleased to announce our family practice lawyer, Joanne Brown, will be participating in the Global Conference on the Recovery of Child Support and Family Maintenance in Asia Pacific this week. They will also be attending the Third Children’s Issues Forum at…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s Rowan Varty competes in Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifier

    Tanner De Witt solicitor and professional rugby player Rowan Varty competed in the Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifier held at Hong Kong Stadium at the weekend. Thousands of fans gathered to watch men and women fight it out for a place in the 2016 Olympic…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt is Hong Kong’s second fastest law firm

    Tanner De Witt is pleased to announce that eight of its team members competed in the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay on Thursday 5th November and achieved an overall result of 43rd place out of 123 teams. The event saw more than one thousand runners race…Read More

  • LINEE – The Lawyers International Network for Employers and Executives

    Tanner De Witt is a member of LINEE – The Lawyers International Network for Employers and Executives. The Lawyers International Network for Employees and Executives (LINEE) is a worldwide network of highly-rated specialist law firms launched in 2013 to meet the growing need of international…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt supports Remembrance Day with Poppy Day Appeal in Hong Kong

    Tanner De Witt is a firm that believes in tradition and we are proud to support the Poppy Appeal for Remembrance Day 2015. About Remembrance Day The poppy is the emblem of Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day) which is a day to remember…Read More

  • Robin Darton chairs opening session at Hong Kong’s 2015 TMA Symposium

    Tanner De Witt was delighted to participate in the 2015 TMA Symposium which took place on Friday 23rd October in Hong Kong. Robin Darton chaired the first session entitled The NPL Portfolio Investment Cycle in the PRC: from Origination to Exit alongside Clement Sun, Director…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt expands its team in Hong Kong

    We are delighted to announce that Anthony Marrin joined our Litigation and Dispute Resolution department in May 2015. Anthony qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2012 and previously worked at a domestic firm in their commercial litigation division. Anthony is passionate about cricket…Read More

  • Financial non-disclosure in divorce proceedings: consent order risk.

    On 14 October 2015, the UK Supreme Court handed down two landmark decisions, Gohil and Sharland, overturning two wives’ financial settlement consent orders made in divorce proceedings due to their husbands’ deliberate non-disclosure of assets. The decisions serve as warnings to any divorcing spouse who…Read More

  • Asialaw recommends Tanner De Witt in its 2015 guide to the leading domestic law firms

    Asialaw profiles, The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Domestic Law Firms has highlighted eight practice areas at Tanner De Witt: Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labour & Employment, Private Equity, Restructuring & Insolvency and Shipping, Maritime & Aviation. Those in bold have also been highly…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt supports Hong Kong Cancer Fund with Dress Pink Day 2015

    Tanner De Witt is committed to supporting important local and international causes. This week – despite having a number of staff absences due to the public holiday – we nevertheless managed a great turnout of ‘Dress in Pink’ supporters to raise awareness of and support…Read More

  • Legal update: Hong Kong Insolvency Law – in need of its own restructuring?

    The purpose of this short note is not to conduct a detailed critique of the law in Hong Kong in this very broad and complex area but to provide a brief sketch as to certain of the challenges faced by industry professionals and what steps…Read More

  • Registration of foreign judgments in Hong Kong

    Foreign judgments can be enforced in Hong Kong by one of two means: Through the Statutory Registration Scheme; or At common law Statutory Registration Scheme Hong Kong has signed reciprocal enforcement agreements with a number of countries, allowing for the enforcement of judgments between jurisdictions…Read More