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  • Legal update: Liquidators in the Labour Tribunal

    To prevent legal costs making it prohibitive for employees to pursue claims relating to their employment, lawyers are not able to represent clients in Labour Tribunal proceedings.  Where a party is a company, under Hong Kong law, only an “officer or servant” of that company…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s referee kit in action!

    As some of you may know, in 2015 we signed on as Gold Sponsor of the Hong Kong Society for Referees for the domestic rugby league. We committed to a three-year sponsorship period to show our support for this integral part of sporting: referees must…Read More

  • Edmond Leung to speak at TTN Hong Kong Tax Conference

    Partner Edmond Leung will be speaking at this year’s Transnational Tax Network Hong Kong Tax Conference. Held at The Park Lane Hotel in Causeway Bay on 5 February, the Conference is one of three worldwide conferences that TTN is hosting this year, with Miami and…Read More

  • Ian De Witt to speak at IBA Law Firm Management Conference

    Partner Ian De Witt will speak at the upcoming IBA Law Firm Management Conference: Growth Prospects for Law Firms in Asia. The Conference will be held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on 18 and 19 January. Ian will speak on the panel, “Using technology to enhance…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt wins Pro Bono Awards from Law Society of HK

    Partner Joanne Brown, Consultant Philip Swainston and Solicitor Rowan Varty represented Tanner De Witt at the Pro Bono and Community Service Award Presentation Ceremony, which was held at the Department of Justice on 13 December 2017. We are pleased to announce that we won a Bronze…Read More

  • 2017: a year full of sponsorships, sports and speaking opportunities

    2017 has been a year of growth for Tanner De Witt with two new partners, 15 new joiners, 5 newly qualified lawyers, 4 new trainees, 1 new practice area, 1 new office, more than 80 events…and we turned 18! As one of Hong Kong’s largest…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt wishes you a very Merry Christmas

    Holiday Opening Hours Monday 25 December, Tuesday 26 December, Monday 1 January  – Office is Closed Wednesday 27 December – Friday 29 December – Normal Opening Hours

  • Reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments on matrimonial and related matters

    Introduction Hong Kong and Mainland China have entered into a new arrangement on the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of civil judgments in matrimonial and family cases (the “Arrangement”) on 20 June 2017. The Arrangement is a significant step to providing clearer legal protection for relevant…Read More

  • Results of 2018 Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide announced

    Tanner De Witt is pleased once again to be recognised by Chambers & Partners in their 2018 Asia-Pacific Guide for each of its main practice areas in particular its Band 1 rankings for Restructuring and Insolvency and Labour and Employment. Joanne Brown is a new…Read More

  • Pantone’s Colour of the Year is Tanner De Witt purple

    Colour authority Pantone has just announced their Colour of the Year for 2018, and they have selected a shade not at all dissimilar to our Tanner De Witt purple! Their shade is called Ultra Violet, and it’s been described as ‘inventive and imaginative’ as well…Read More

  • Veronica Chan elected as Vice-Chair of International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

    We are delighted to announce that Restructuring and Insolvency Solicitor Veronica  Chan has been elected Vice-Chair of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Hong Kong. This year is Veronica’s second on the board. As Vice-Chair, Veronica will play a big part in developing the…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt supports BVI High School Fundraiser Ball

    We were very pleased to support BVI House Asia’s fundraiser for the British Virgin Islands (BVI) by attending a Fundraiser Ball  at the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbourview Hotel. We were one of the top pledgers at the event. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently suffered…Read More