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SFC reprimands and fines SFM HK Management Limited HK$1.5 million over illegal short selling
Case Background The Securities and Futures Commission announced on 6 December 2018 that it has reprimanded and fined SFM HK Management Limited (“SFM”) for HK$1.5 million for its naked short selling, contrary to section 170 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (“SFO”). SFM is licensed…Read More
Legal update: New claim values for District Court and Small Claims Tribunal in effect
Increases to the maximum claim values in the jurisdiction of the District Court and Small Claims Tribunal came into effect on 3 December 2018, following a consultation launched by the Judiciary in August 2015 and a passing of the resolution by the Legislative Council on…Read More
Tanner De Witt attends The Law Society of Hong Kong’s Annual Cocktail
We were pleased to attend The Law Society of Hong Kong’s Annual Cocktail, which was held at the Hong Kong Club on Wednesday 28 November. Over 570 guests were in attendance, including The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li, GBM, Secretary for Justice Ms. Teresa…Read More
Jeff Lane speaks on online webinar about fraud and asset tracing
On Thursday 6 December Fraud and Asset Tracing Partner Jeff Lane spoke on a LexisNexis webinar about online fraud in the Asia-Pacific region. It was delightful to see so many users tune in from around the world to listen to Jeff and his co-speaker Douglas Wolfson…Read More
Tanner De Witt mini rugby ball spotted at 11th Centaurs International Mini & Youth Rugby Tournament 2018 in Singapore
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Partner Mark Side was in Singapore last month to attend the 11th Centaurs International Mini & Youth Rugby Tournament, which was held at the Centaurs Sports Park. Mini rugby teams from the U5 (under 5 years old) to U17 categories all participated…Read More
Running to help the homeless in the Discovery Bay 10K!
On Saturday 1 December, eight Tanner De Witt runners ran the annual Discovery Bay 10K – an event that we have supported for several years as Title Sponsor! Tim Drew, Phil Swainston, Jan Willem Möller, Rowan Varty, Katherine Ng, Adrian Au, Natalie Lam and Raymond Ko all raced, with Tim Drew…Read More
Results of 2019 Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted once again to be recognised by Chambers & Partners in their 2019 Asia-Pacific Guide for each of its main practice areas in particular its Band 1 rankings for Restructuring and Insolvency and Labour and Employment. 2019 Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms (Band…Read More
Business of Sport Network’s panel on Women in Sport held at Tanner De Witt
On Thursday 29 November we had the pleasure of hosting the Business of Sport Network (BOSN)‘s networking event and panel on Sports business: Women at the top of the game. Close to 50 guests attended the event and enjoyed networking over a selection of healthy…Read More
Legal update: What’s the problem with “gweilo” and various local slangs applied to certain ethnicities?
A discrimination claim was recently lodged with the District Court in Hong Kong by a British construction worker, against his former employer, after his employment was terminated, alleging he was racially harassed and treated less favourably by his employer and his colleagues because of his…Read More
Jeff Lane to speak at LexisNexis Webinar on Online Fraud
Fraud and Asset Tracing Partner Jeff Lane will be speaking at an online LexisNexis seminar on Thursday 6 December. The presentation, titled ‘Online Fraud: Asia Pacific’s next big threat’ is open to all; more information and details on registration can be found at this link….Read More
Tanner De Witt Tech Talks: Lessons from the Gig Economy: Its Rise, Fall… and Rise?
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE It started as the technological utopia of the sharing economy. Now, we have the gig economy business platform designed to enable freelance work for hire. Is the vision tarnished, or has reality set in? In this TDW…Read More
Tanner De Witt supports the 10th Private Banking and Family Office Summit Asia 2018
We were delighted to sponsor the recently concluded 10th Private Banking and Family Office Summit Asia 2018, which was held at the St. Regis Hotel Shenzhen on 14 to 15 November. Corporate and Commercial Partners Eddie Look and River Stone attended the Summit along with…Read More
