Hong Kong Law Firm

29Apr2016

Tanner De Witt supports the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation at the 2016 CNCF Ladies Long Lunch

Tanner De Witt continues to support the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation. Partners Kim Boreham and Pamela Mak hosted a table at the 6th Annual CNCF Rugby Sevens Ladies Long Lunch, a unique event that is designed to be genuinely fun and all for a powerful…Read More

19Apr2016

The Child Abduction Legislation

The Child Abduction Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2014 (the “Amendment Ordinance”) recently came into operation on 5 April 2016 to expand the scope of application of the current Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance (Cap 512) (“CACO”) to strengthen the powers of the courts and law…Read More

15Apr2016

TMA Race Night – Wednesday 20 April at Happy Valley Racecourse

The Hong Kong Chapter of TMA (Turnaround Management Association) will hold a Race Night on Wednesday 20 April at Happy Valley Racecourse. This event is jointly sponsored by Tanner De Witt and Mayer Brown JSM. Event date: Wednesday 20 April Time: 6pm Venue: Happy Valley…Read More

08Apr2016

Tanner De Witt proud supporter of Hong Kong Women’s 7s 2016

Tanner De Witt, proud gold sponsor of the HKRU Domestic League Referees, was pleased to see the HK Women’s Rugby Sevens Referees 2016 in their kit at the tournament yesterday with the Tanner De Witt logo on the front – it was an unexpected bonus…Read More

24Mar2016

Happy Easter 2016!

The team at Tanner De Witt wishes you a Happy Easter… Our offices will be closed for the Easter Holiday on Friday 25th March and Monday 28th March. For legal emergencies please email Mark Side. For criminal emergencies please call Phil Swainston +852 9466 1700.

03Mar2016

Legal wedding checklist when preparing for marriage

Marriage is a legal matter.  An important part of marital planning is to ensure that the implications of marriage on your legal status are well considered with ample time before the wedding.  Planning takes time.  Time will be short as the big day approaches. Consider…Read More

21Jan2016

Tanner De Witt wins a 2015 China Business Law Award

Tanner De Witt is thrilled to be a winner in the 2015 China Business Law Awards for its restructuring and insolvency practice. The China Business Law Awards are presented by the China Business Law Journal and will be published in a special report in the…Read More

16Dec2015

Tanner De Witt proud sponsor of Hong Kong Rugby’s domestic league referees

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting local organisations in the region, we are delighted to announce that we are the official gold sponsor of the Hong Kong Society for Referees for the domestic rugby league on a three year sponsorship contract beginning 2015….Read More

14Dec2015

Tanner De Witt grows litigation and corporate capabilities

Tanner De Witt is delighted to welcome two new staff. Commercial litigator Derek Cheuk and corporate solicitor Katherine Ng joined in recent months to strengthen our commercial litigation and our corporate practice areas. Katherine is working under partners Eddie Look, Tim Drew and Edmond Leung…Read More

03Dec2015

ESF Lions player scores double hat trick!

Tanner De Witt would like to congratulate Alex Gannon, one of the ESF Lions Academy players, who recently scored 6 goals in one HKFA Youth League match. Tanner De Witt is proud sponsor of the ESF Lions Youth Football Programme which has been providing after…Read More

03Dec2015

Legal update: Tax update: Hong Kong is removed from Italy’s blacklists

Following the tax treaty between Italy and Hong Kong that was entered into on 14th January 2013, Italy removed Hong Kong from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions (also know as “Italian blacklists”) on 30th November 2015. It is expected that this development will boost…Read More

11Nov2015

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