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Tanner De Witt’s Restructuring and Insolvency team sweeps Who’s Who Legal’s 2021 rankings
Tanner De Witt’s Restructuring and Insolvency practice is listed in Who’s Who Legal’s 2021 Restructuring and Insolvency guide as one of three Leading Firms in the Asia-Pacific region. It is the sole firm in Hong Kong to have this accolade. Both Ian De Witt and…Read More
The Legal 500 2021 rankings are announced for Asia-Pacific
Tanner De Witt is proud to be recommended this year in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2021 for its four main practice areas; corporate and commercial, employment, restructuring and insolvency and dispute resolution. Notably, partners Ian De Witt, Robin Darton and Kim Boreham are ranked in the Hall of Fame, while Pamela Mak is recognised…Read More
Results of 2021 Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted once again to be recognised by Chambers & Partners in their 2021 Asia-Pacific Guide for each of its main practice areas. Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms (Band 2) Full ranking here. What the team is known for Covers the full range of…Read More
Robin Darton to speak at OffshoreAlert vGLOBAL 2020 conference
Restructuring and Insolvency Partner and Co-Head Robin Darton will speak on a panel at this year’s OffshoreAlert vGLOBAL conference, which will be held from 7 to 11 December. The vGLOBAL conference is a virtual event on intelligence and investigations for stakeholders in high-value, cross-border finance….Read More
Ian De Witt speaks on panel at American Bankruptcy Institute’s International Insolvency Forum 2020
Restructuring and Insolvency Partner and Co-Head Ian De Witt was recently invited by the American Bankruptcy Institute to speak on a panel at their annual International Insolvency Forum. Held virtually this year from 18 to 20 November, the panel featured speakers such as former US…Read More
Press release: Sunny Hathiramani named in ALB’s “40 Under 40” list of most outstanding young lawyers in Asia
For media: Download a PDF copy of this press release at this link. Tanner De Witt announces with great pride and pleasure the inclusion of Restructuring and Insolvency Partner, Sunny Hathiramani, in Asian Legal Business’ list of 40 Under 40 lawyers. This year’s line up features a…Read More
Veteran insolvency lawyer Anthony “Clem” Hill retires from Tanner De Witt after illustrious career
Anthony “Clem” Hill joined Tanner De Witt as a Consultant in 2007 after a career spanning several decades in Australia and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Tanner De Witt’s Restructuring and Insolvency team, he was Partner at several law firms in Hong Kong and a…Read More
Asialaw 2021 rankings announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce Asialaw’s 2021 rankings of domestic law firms which can be found here. All practices and lawyers have maintained their rankings from the previous year. Our 2021 awards are as follows: OutstandingLabour & EmploymentRestructuring and Insolvency Highly RecommendedCorporate and…Read More
Asset Recovery Lawyer Jeff Lane on tracing fraud proceeds and more
Below, in an interview with Who’s Who Legal who ranks Jeff as a Global Elite Thought Leader for Asset Recovery in their 2020 Edition, Partner Jeff Lane answers a range of questions addressing the ever-changing methods of fraudsters as well as his background and inspirations…Read More
Ian De Witt and Jeff Lane speaking at Thought Leaders FIRE virtual event
Partners Ian De Witt and Jeff Lane will be speakers at Thought Leaders FIRE Asia Virtual event on 30 June and 1 July. Jeff’s session on 30 June is, “The Crucial First Few Hours” and begins at 5:05 pm HKT and will cover best practices…Read More
Liquidators do not require Court Approval for Litigation Funding Agreements
Re Patrick Cowley and Lui Yee Man, Joint and Several Liquidators of the Company, is another welcome decision of the Hong Kong Companies Court supporting third-party funding in the insolvency context, write Robin Darton of Tanner De Witt and James Wood, Barrister-at-law. Background On 27…Read More
Benchmark Litigation again ranks Tanner De Witt highly, listing twice as many practice groups as previous rankings
Partners Ian De Witt, Robin Darton and Jeff Lane were also selected as “Litigation Stars” in dispute resolution Tanner De Witt is delighted to be ranked Tier 1 for Insolvency, Tier 2 for Commercial and Transactions, Recommended in Private client – Domestic firms, and recognised…Read More
