News & Media

14Nov2016

Q&A with Veronica Chan – Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer

Veronica Chan joined Tanner De Witt last year having qualified as a lawyer in Hong Kong in 2009. She works with the Restructuring and Insolvency team and is a member of  International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Why did…Read More

14Nov2016

Tanner De Witt supports Hong Kong Family Law Association’s 30th Year Anniversary Celebrations

Tanner De Witt was proud to support the Hong Kong Family Law Association’s 30th Year Anniversary Celebration 2016. Following our silver sponsorship of the HKFLA 30th Anniversary Cocktail held at the Helena May on Thursday 10 November which was attended by Head of our Matrimonial…Read More

11Nov2016

Proud to support Bloomberg Square Mile Relay Hong Kong 2016

Tanner De Witt was extremely proud to support the 2016 Bloomberg Square Mile Relay again this year in Hong Kong. Entering two teams of ten runners we had a great night despite the light rain and slippery surface. Special thanks to organiser Tim Drew and…Read More

10Nov2016

The Legal 500 2017 rankings are announced for Asia Pacific

Tanner De Witt is delighted to be recommended again this year in The Asia Pacific Legal 500 Guide 2017 for its four main practice areas; corporate and commercial, labour and employment, restructuring and insolvency and litigation and dispute resolution. We are proud to announce that…Read More

07Nov2016

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

01Nov2016

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

31Oct2016

Q&A with Caroline De Souza – Corporate and Commercial Lawyer

Caroline joined Tanner De Witt in 2012 and is building a name for herself in the mid cap acquisition space. She has experience across a wide range of industries including luxury fashion, healthcare, technology, F&B and retail. Why did you choose to become a lawyer?…Read More

28Oct2016

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

26Oct2016

Tanner De Witt litigator Anthony Marrin to represent Hong Kong in East Asia Cup

Tanner De Witt’s Anthony Marrin has been selected for the CHK Sportsroad Dragons team to represent Hong Kong in the upcoming cricket East Asia Cup from 2 – 7 November 2016 in Sano, Japan. The East Asia Cup is a T20 tournament and will also…Read More

20Oct2016

Tanner De Witt Partners Mark Side and Robin Darton meet international rugby coach Ben Ryan

Litigation and Dispute Resolution Partner Mark Side and Insolvency and Restructuring Partner Robin Darton met Fiji Rugby Sevens head coach on Sunday 16 October at the Sandy Bay Mini Rugby training session. Former coach of the England Rugby Sevens team, Ben Ryan was in Hong…Read More

18Oct2016

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

12Oct2016

Rachel Hui selected to represent The Law Society of Hong Kong at the International Bar Association Annual Conference in Washington D.C.

Tanner De Witt Restructuring and Insolvency Associate Rachel Hui was selected as one of three young delegates sponsored to represent The Law Society of Hong Kong (the “Law Society”) at the International Bar Association (“IBA”) Annual Conference in Washington D.C. from 18 to 23 September…Read More