{"id":29052,"date":"2023-01-03T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prelive-tdw.visibleone.app\/insight-and-news\/tanner-de-witt-promotes-two-solicitors-to-partner-veronica-chan-and-tim-au\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:27:53","slug":"tanner-de-witt-promotes-two-solicitors-to-partner-veronica-chan-and-tim-au","status":"publish","type":"insight-and-news","link":"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/insight-and-news\/tanner-de-witt-promotes-two-solicitors-to-partner-veronica-chan-and-tim-au\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanner De Witt promotes two solicitors to Partner \u2013 Veronica Chan and Tim Au"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n\n<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/wp-content\/themes\/tanner-de-witt\/images\/insightdetails.jpeg')\"\n    class=\"insight-news-detail-hero\" id=\"insight-news-detail-hero\">\n\n\t\t<div style=\"background-color:\" class=\"insight-news-detail-hero-overlay \"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"z-[0]\">\n                <div class=\"insight-news-breadcrumbs flex items-end practice-areas-featured-breadcrumbs \">\n                    <a class=\"page-link no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/\">Home<\/a>                <\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"hero-title\">\n                    <h1>\n                        Tanner De Witt promotes two solicitors to Partner \u2013 Veronica Chan and Tim Au                    <\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                    <div style=\"\" class=\"hero-date \">\n\n                        <span class=\"month\">Jan<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"day\">03<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"year\">2023<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n    \n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script >\n    (function () {\n        document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", () => {\n\n            const breadCrumbsContainer = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\".practice-areas-featured-breadcrumbs\"));\n\n            breadCrumbsContainer.forEach(container => {\n                const breadCrumbLinks = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.page-link'));\n                const breadCrumbSeperators = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.separator'));\n\n                if (Array.from(breadCrumbLinks).length === 1) {\n                    const homeNode = breadCrumbLinks[0];\n\n                    if (!homeNode) {\n                        return\n                    }\n\n                    const postTypeNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n                    postTypeNode.textContent = \"Insights and News\";\n                    container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                    container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', postTypeNode)\n                    breadCrumbLinks.push(postTypeNode);\n\n                    if (\"News\") {\n                        const categoryNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n\n                        categoryNode.textContent = \"News\";\n                        container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                        container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', categoryNode)\n                        breadCrumbLinks.push(categoryNode);\n                    }\n\n\n                    const titleNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n\n                    titleNode.textContent = \"Tanner De Witt promotes two solicitors to Partner \u2013 Veronica Chan and Tim Au\";\n                    container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                    container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', titleNode)\n                    breadCrumbLinks.push(titleNode);\n\n\n\n\n                }\n\n                breadCrumbLinks.forEach((link, index) => {\n\n                    link.classList.add('practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-name');\n                    const origin = window.location.origin;\n                    const href = window.location.href;\n\n                    const originSplitter = window.location.href.includes(\"insight-and-news\") ? \"insight-and-news\" : window.location.href.includes('insights-and-news') ? \"insights-and-news\" : \"\"\n\n                    const paths = href.split(originSplitter);\n                    const links = paths[1].split(\"\/\").filter(Boolean)\n\n\n                    const resolvedOrigin = originSplitter ? 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Restructuring Confederation) and won the IWIRC Rising Star award in 2021, an international award.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Veronica remarks:<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u201cI joined Tanner De Witt in April 2015 and was promoted to Consultant in June 2022.\u00a0 \u00a0Now I have climbed another step up the ladder within half a year. \u00a0I am truly excited and thankful to all the Partners and staff members at Tanner De Witt for all their support, patience and guidance throughout these years.\u00a0 I am also grateful to have clients who always have trust in me. \u00a0Without them, my path would not be smooth to get me where I am.\u00a0 I look forward to the new journey with you all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim<\/strong> joined the firm as a trainee in 2012 and it is satisfying to see another one of the firm\u2019s trainees being promoted to partner. \u00a0His focus is on restructuring and insolvency matters with a particular focus on contentious cases. \u00a0He regularly advises insolvency officeholders and corporate clients on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency issues including recovery of assets in insolvency estates, recognition of foreign appointments and foreign restructuring processes in Hong Kong, debt recovery matters and a wide range of court applications in relation to bankruptcies and liquidations. \u00a0He has a strong interest in schemes of arrangement with cross border elements and advises on contentious scheme matters. \u00a0Tim has extensive experience in trials concerning a variety of litigation matters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tim remarks:<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u2018I joined Tanner De Witt 10 years ago as a trainee and it is surreal to be able to now call my mentors partners. \u00a0I was only able to achieve this with the remarkable support from the partners and staff at Tanner De Witt and the clients and contacts who have entrusted matters to me. \u00a0Thank you. \u00a0It is truly an honour for me to be part of this family and to grow together.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robin Darton, Partner and Co-Head of Restructuring and Insolvency said:<\/strong><em>\u201cI am extremely happy to see Veronica and Tim promoted to partner. \u00a0Having worked closely with them both for a number of years, I know first-hand the level of dedication they both give to the business of the firm and to the legal and insolvency communities. \u00a0I am confident that their promotion will help the firm go on to greater successes in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Tanner De Witt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tanner De Witt is an established and recommended independent law firm in Hong Kong. \u00a0Many of our lawyers have international law firm backgrounds and our firm and its lawyers receive top ratings from industry publications such as Chambers and Legal 500.<\/p>\n<p>We provide legal advice and representation in the following areas: Corporate and Commercial; 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