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Tanner De Witt promoted in ALB’s Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2016
Tanner De Witt is pleased to move up two spots in the ALB Top 50 Largest Law Firms list this year. With a total of 10 partners and 17 associate lawyers we are ranked as the 13th largest domestic law firm in Hong Kong. You…Read More
Tanner De Witt’s biggest turnout yet at the DB Run for Charity 2016
We are very pleased to announce that we were one of the headline sponsors of this year’s DB Run for Charity 10km held on Saturday 12 November raising money for The Hub HK. A record HK$192,833 was raised on the day! We also had the…Read More
Asialaw 2017 rankings announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce Asialaw’s 2017 rankings of domestic law firms which can be found here. Corporate/M&A – highly recommended Tanner De Witt’s corporate practice has a strong focus on the mid-tier market and works with multinational corporations in Hong Kong and…Read More
Police arrest procedures for breaches of Injunction Orders made against violent spouses and cohabitants under the Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance Cap 189
Introduction The Hong Kong Police Force recently reviewed procedures for the handling of cases involving breach of an Injunction Order with an authorisation of arrest attached made under the Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance (Cap 189) (“DCRVO”). Injunction order Section 3 of the DCRVO…Read More
Federico Donnet serves as ambassador to Italy on Bellissima Italia 2016 committee
Tanner De Witt Senior Associate and Italian native Federico Donnet is serving on the formal committee to Bellissima Italia – a festival of Italian culture and lifestyle – alongside other notable Hong Kong figures including Miss Sabrina Ho, Miss Charmaine Ho and Miss Queenie Rosita…Read More
Guilty plea discounts in sentencing guidelines for Hong Kong
In the appeal case of HKSAR v Ngo Van Nam CACC 418/2014, the Court of Appeal set down new guidelines for determining the amount of discount in sentence to be given to a defendant for a guilty plea. Prior to this decision a defendant received…Read More
Jeff Lane gives talk on Internet Fraud to Zhong Lun Law Firm in Hong Kong
Tanner De Witt Partner Jeff Lane gave a presentation to the Hong Kong office of Zhong Lun Law Firm on Wednesday 5 October 2016. The talk was arranged with Dorothy Siron who heads up Zhong Lun’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and the topic was…Read More
Tanner De Witt recognised by ALB for its M&A work in Hong Kong
Tanner De Witt is pleased to be included in Asian Legal Business’ M&A rankings for Hong Kong in its September 2016 issue. Tanner De Witt’s Corporate and Commercial practice has grown in recent years to a team of over 10 lawyers. Led by partners Eddie…Read More
Legal update: An introduction to Parental Alienation
Introduction Parental alienation refers to alignment of a child with one parent whilst rejecting a relationship with the other “without legitimate justification”1. This often results from the continued denigration of one parent by the other to the child / children of the family. In doing…Read More
Q&A with Jan Willem Möller – Corporate and Commercial Lawyer
Jan Willem Möller is a Dutch lawyer who specialises in corporate and commercial work and banking and finance matters. Jan Willem joined Tanner De Witt in 2016. We had a chance to find out his reasons for becoming a lawyer, how he spends his spare…Read More
Shareholders’ disputes and directors’ fiduciary duties – lessons from Poon Ka Man Jason v Cheng Wai Tao [2016] HKEC 759
In a stagnant economic climate, entrepreneurs are generally keen to structure their businesses in such a way as to limit the damage that a non-performing business unit may have on the rest of their operations. One of the ways in which this can be achieved…Read More
Legal update: Stored Value Facilities: Are you ready for the 13 November 2016 deadline?
With the rapid development and growth of non-traditional and digital payment and settlement facilities in recent years, a new regulatory regime was needed in Hong Kong to protect users of stored value facilities (“SVFs”). In particular, regulators wanted to ensure that issuers and operators of…Read More
