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Tanner De Witt attends HKRU celebration of men’s Sevens wins
On 19 October 2018, Partner Eddie Look, Solicitors Herman Pang and Jonathan Yeung and Trainee Solicitor Joanne Lam attended a reception hosted by the Hong Kong Rugby Union (“HKRU”) to celebrate the recent Gold medal wins of the Hong Kong national men’s Sevens team in…Read More
Tanner De Witt supports The Hub HK’s Charity Ball 2018
We were delighted to support The HUB Hong Kong‘s 2018 Charity Ball, held at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong on 19 October, as Bronze Sponsor. This year’s Ball was themed after recent hit film (and bestselling novel) Crazy Rich Asians, and attendees enjoyed celebrating Crazy…Read More
Padraig Walsh speaks at ZegalCon 2018
Corporate Commercial Partner Pádraig Walsh spoke at a ZegalCon 2018 seminar alongside Brian Elders, Founder of Crypto IB. Pádraig and Brian’s seminar was titled “Decoding Blockchain: Challenges and Opportunities from a Legal Perspective”, and presented the angle of a conversation between a blockchain business owner and an…Read More
Mark Side judges ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition 2018
Partner Mark Side of our Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice recently had the opportunity to judge submissions at the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition – HK. Winnie judged a preliminary round, while Mark judged one of the Semi-final rounds. In addition, Tanner De Witt was…Read More
Tanner De Witt Tech Talks: Tokenising the ever-changing world: Best practices in ICO
For our inaugural Tanner De Witt Tech Talk, we have a panel comprising: Brian Elders, Founder, Crypto IB Kevin Loo, Chief Strategy Officer, Crypt AM Loic Engelhard, Founder, PrivateMarket Technologies Pádraig Walsh, Partner, Tanner De Witt (moderator) Date: Thursday 25 October Time: 6:30 pm to…Read More
Jeff Lane attends FraudNet Meeting in Milan
Tanner De Witt Partner Jeff Lane recently attended FraudNet’s Conference and Meeting in Milan. Held over three days, the Meeting connects all FraudNet members from all over the globe. This year’s Milan meeting is the largest gathering of FraudNet members to date. About FraudNet FraudNet is an…Read More
Legal update: When do judges refer matters to prosecuting authorities and regulatory bodies for consideration of criminal behaviour or regulatory misconduct?
Introduction When judges learn of a possible crime or professional misconduct during the trial of a matter, they sometimes refer the factual issues to the Secretary for Justice (“SJ”) and/or regulatory bodies for further investigation. In most cases judges do not specify whether they are…Read More
Tanner De Witt renews Hong Kong Rugby referee sponsorship for three more years
We are delighted to announce that we are renewing our gold sponsorship of the domestic rugby league referees from the Hong Kong Society for Referees for another three years. We first started to support the domestic rugby league referees in 2015, as part of our ongoing…Read More
Tanner De Witt in the press: Hong Kong Rugby Union promotes work and play in the city in an effort to gain new players
We are delighted to share that Tanner De Witt was recently featured in a video by the Hong Kong Rugby Union on attracting rugby players with Hong Kong ties to work and play in Hong Kong. The video, which features a selection of key members…Read More
Tanner De Witt attends the ANZ Kiwi Ball 2018
We were delighted to attend and support the ANZ Kiwi Ball 2018, an annual non-profit event hosted by Kiwi Events Hong Kong. We were Silver Sponsor of this year’s Ball. Since 2012, the Ball has aimed to bring New Zealanders and friends of New Zealand together. It…Read More
Asialaw 2019 rankings announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce Asialaw’s 2019 rankings of domestic law firms which can be found here. Each firm ranking is divided into the following categories: Outstanding; Highly recommended; Recommended; and Notable. All of our firm rankings, as in previous years, are ‘Highly recommended’…Read More
Legal update: Same sex spouses to receive dependant visas after policy reversal by Immigration Department
In its judgment handed down on 4 July 2018 the Court of Final Appeal upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision that the Director of Immigration’s exclusion of same-sex married or otherwise formalised couples from the dependant visa policy was unlawful. Effective 19 September 2018, the…Read More
