Corporate and Commercial Law
Tanner De Witt attends Hong Kong M&A Forum 2019
Members of our Corporate Commercial Group attended the Hong Kong M&A Forum 2019, which was held at the St Regis Hong Kong on Thursday 20 June. Tim Drew, Eddie Look, Caroline De Souza and Katherine Ng were part of the 200+ delegates that attended this premier…Read More
River Stone and Tim Au attend conference on Non-Performing Loans in Xiamen
Corporate Commercial Group Partner River Stone and Insolvency and Restructuring Solicitor Tim Au were in Xiamen this past weekend to attend a conference on Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). We were delighted to be one of four sponsors of this conference, which was very well attended by…Read More
Russell Bennett and Edmond Leung attend APAC HR Law Congress 2019 in Singapore
Partners Russell Bennett and Edmond Leung were in Singapore early this week to attend the APAC HR Law Congress 2019. Organised by RHT Academy at the Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, this year’s Congress discussed evolving labour law changes and key discussion points such as:…Read More
Tim Drew and Pádraig Walsh attend 29th IPBA Annual Meeting and Conference in Singapore
Corporate Commercial Group Partners Tim Drew and Pádraig Walsh were in Singapore earlier this month to attend the Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s 29th Annual Meeting and Conference. Themed “Technology, Business and Law – Global Perspectives”, the conference examined the legal challenges arising from global regulatory and…Read More
Q&A with Tara Chan – Corporate Commercial Lawyer
Tara joined Tanner De Witt as a Trainee Solicitor in September 2016 and recently qualified into our Corporate Commercial Group. Tara graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. During her degree, she went on an exchange program to the Tecnológico de Monterrey and moved to…Read More
River Stone and Katherine Ng attend the 2019 Annual China Intellectual Property Conference
Corporate and Commercial Partner River Stone and Solicitor Katherine Ng recently attended the 2019 Annual China Intellectual Property Conference, which was held at the Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel on 18 April 2019. Over 200 delegates attended this conference, which discussed: China’s Patent System and Latest…Read More
Tanner De Witt hosts two-part Tech Talk series on Security Token Offerings
A select group of industry insiders gathered at the Tanner De Witt office over two Wednesdays (10 and 17 April) to attend our two-part TDW Tech Talk event series “A toolkit for conducting a Security Token Offering”. The first part of the event series saw…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
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’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
Padraig Walsh speaks on panel at Italian Chamber of Commerce New Year Gathering
Corporate and Commercial Partner Padraig Walsh recently had the pleasure of speaking on a panel about the Asian startup ecosystem at a New Year’s Afterwork Gathering. Co-hosted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce, the Bocconi Alumni Association of Hong Kong and Hawksford, the event was held…Read More