{"id":12975,"date":"2024-04-24T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prelive-tdw.visibleone.app\/our-people\/kritika-sethia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:35:21","slug":"kritika-sethia","status":"publish","type":"our-people","link":"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hant\/our-people\/kritika-sethia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kritika Sethia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"bg-whitemdlight \">\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"people-info \" id=\"people-info\">\n        <div class=\"basic-info-container relative\">\n            <a href=\"\/our-people\"\n                class=\"group flex flex-row items-center gap-[12px] cursor-pointer absolute left-0 top-7\">\n                <div \n                    class=\"flex flex-row justify-end items-center gap-[12px] cursor-pointer max-w-5\">\n\n                    <svg class=\"rotate-[180deg] fill-primary scale-[80%] group-hover:translate-x-[-20%] transition-all   \"\n            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      <\/a>\n\n                        <h1 class=\"people-name !font-[400]\">Kritika Sethia<\/h1>\n            \n            <p class=\"people-job-title\">Associate <\/p>\n\n\n            <div class=\"people-detail-icons-container\">\n                \n                            <\/div>\n\n\n            \n            \n\n\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"people-image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TDW_April_20247203-1.png\" alt=\"logo\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"people-info-switch-tab flex items-center px-1 gap-3 sticky sticky-tabbar w-full bg-white\"\n    id=\"people-info-switch-tab\">\n    <div class=\"mb-prev 3xl:hidden\">\n        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"25\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 25\" fill=\"none\">\n            <path\n                d=\"M15.9707 2.92091L6.4249 12.2315C6.28024 12.3728 6.28024 12.627 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hidden\">Biography<\/h3>\n                \n                \n                                                                                <p>Kritika is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution Practice, focusing on civil and commercial disputes as well as white collar crime.\u00a0 She is a dual-qualified lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Kritika advises clients in a broad range of contentious matters.\u00a0 She is experienced in handling large-scale Court trials and successfully secured an acquittal for the defendant in a litigation involving ICAC investigation into criminal fraud. Kritika advises clients in \u00a0commercial matters involving debt recovery, breach of fiduciary duties of directors, contempt applications for enforcement of injunctions. \u00a0Kritika has handled summary judgment applications from the plaintiff and the defendant sides.\u00a0 Kritika also works on contentious intellectual property matters.<\/p>\n<p>In India, Kritika has worked in the mergers and acquisitions practice of a leading Indian law firm as well as \u00a0a civil and commercial litigator.<\/p>\n<p>Kritika is also a strong believer in diversity and inclusion. As a committee member of the Women in Law Hong Kong, she organised the WILHK Mentoring Programme- 2023 for young female lawyers. She is committed to WILHK\u2019s Everyday Behaviour Project to make the Hong Kong legal space more inclusive. Kritika finds purpose in giving and is actively involved in\u00a0<em>pro bono<\/em>\u00a0initiatives and has volunteered with various NGOs in her personal capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Kritika studied law in India at the National University of Juridical Sciences and earned the University Gold Medal for her academic performance in the B.A.LLB (Hons.) degree. Kritika completed her master\u2019s in law at the University of Oxford (Somerville College) where she read for the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL). Her subject of focus was commercial dispute resolution.<\/p>\n                    \n                \n\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"people-full-info-left-section editor-wysiwyg tab\">\n                <h3 class=\"text-black !heading3 !font-[400] full-detail-title mb-[20px] hidden\">Biography<\/h3>\n                \n                \n                                                                                <ul>\n<li>Secured the acquittal of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Defendant in a a significant white-collar criminal trial relating to conspiracy to defraud and statutory fraud under the\u00a0Theft Ordinance (Cap. 159) (see <a href=\"http:\/\/legalref.judiciary.hk\/lrs\/common\/ju\/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=160450&amp;currpage=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HKSAR v. Leung Wing Keung Albert and Leslie Harry Swann, [2024] HKDC 768<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Advising in contentious intellectual property cases involving copyright and trade marks infringement, passing-off and breach of confidentiality<\/li>\n<li>Acting for the plaintiffs in a large cryptocurrency case involving breach of duties by the former director, misappropriation of assets and criminal conduct<\/li>\n<li>Acting for the plaintiffs in a contempt application<\/li>\n<li>Advising the beneficiaries in a contentious probate matter<\/li>\n<li>Acting for a client in a disclosure application in aid of foreign proceedings for recovering stolen funds from recipients in Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Advising in a civil case involving dissipation of assets and duties of directors of a company<\/li>\n<li>Assisting in debt recovery proceedings including issuance of statutory demand<\/li>\n<li>Handling claim for costs in taxation proceedings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                    \n                \n\n            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