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  • Ian De Witt speaks at American Bankruptcy Institute’s Spring Meeting 2019

    Insolvency and Restructuring Partner Ian De Witt had the pleasure of speaking at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Annual Spring Meeting, which was held at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. from 11 to 14 April 2019. Ian spoke on a panel about asset recovery and cross border…Read More

  • Mark Side judges The Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2019

    Litigation and Dispute Resolution Head Mark Side was delighted to take part in judging this year’s Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The competition was hosted by Vis East Moot Foundation Ltd, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch) and City University of…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt supports the DutchCham Business Awards 2019 as Silver Sponsor

    We are delighted to support this evening’s Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong’s Business Awards 2019 as Silver Sponsor. The gala dinner, which will be held tonight at the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel, promises to be a wonderful evening of awarding business excellence….Read More

  • Veronica Chan and Natalie Lam visit Elderly Home in North Point

    Restructuring and Insolvency Solicitors Veronica Chan and Natalie Lam spent the morning of Saturday 16 March with the residents of an Elderly Home in North Point. This visit was organised by the Community Relations Commitee of The Law Society of Hong Kong, which endeavours to…Read More

  • Jeff Lane attends C5 Conference 2019 in Geneva

    Fraud and Asset Tracing Partner Jeff Lane was in Geneva, Switzerland this week to attend the Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference 2019. Organised by C5 Communications, the conference was a jam-packed two days of panels, fireside chats and networking. Topics included: Hurricane Brexit Making…Read More

  • Kevin Bowers gives talk on defamation to Haymarket journalists

    Litigation and Dispute Resolution Consultant Kevin Bowers recently visited the Hong Kong office of international media group Haymarket to give a defamation update to its Hong Kong journalists. The talk, which was held on Monday 11 March, discussed: the definition of defamation; the statutory framework…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s Restructuring and Insolvency practice wins China Business Law Award 2019

    We are delighted to announce that our top tier Restructuring and Insolvency practice has won an industry award from the China Business Law Journal’s China Business Law Awards 2019.  This accolade was published in the February issue of China Business Law Journal. The China Business Law Awards are…Read More

  • Happy International Women’s Day 2019!

    From all of us at Tanner De Witt, Happy International Women’s Day! We are celebrating this wonderful occasion by supporting a number of events: On Friday 1 March, we were a Silver Table Sponsor at The Women’s Foundation‘s International Women’s Day Gala Lunch. Kim Boreham,…Read More

  • Corporate and Commercial Group attends IFLR’s Annual Asia M&A Forum 2019

    Corporate and Commercial Group Partners Eddie Look, Tim Drew and Edmond Leung and Solicitor Katherine Ng recently attended the 14th Annual IFLR Asia M&A Forum 2019, which was held at the Island Shangri-La on 6 to 7 March. The two-day forum is one of the region’s…Read More

  • Tim Drew and Edmond Leung attend IBA’s 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum 2019 in Tokyo

    Corporate and Commercial Group Partners Tim Drew and Edmond Leung recently attended the International Bar Association’s 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference, which was held in Tokyo from 27 February to 1 March 2019. The conference was presented by the IBA Asia Pacific Regional…Read More

  • Robin Darton and Jeff Lane attend Asset Recovery International 2019 in Dublin

    Partners Robin Darton and Jeff Lane were recently in Dublin to attend the 2019 edition of Asset Recovery International, which was held at the Conrad Hotel from 27 February to 1 March. Known as the foremost conference for asset recovery practitioners,  the conference featured a…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt to host Hodl A Drink: the Blockchain Week Edition

    We are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Blockchain Week edition of Hodl A Drink, a monthly networking meetup organised by Crypto IB. The meetup will be held at our office from 7pm on Tuesday 5 March; it is an official side event…Read More