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  • Tanner De Witt recognised by ALB for its M&A work in Hong Kong

    Tanner De Witt is pleased to be included in Asian Legal Business’ M&A rankings for Hong Kong in its September 2016 issue. Tanner De Witt’s Corporate and Commercial practice has grown in recent years to a team of over 10 lawyers. Led by partners Eddie…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt against JLA Asia in touch rugby friendly

    On 31 August 2016 a select team of Tanner De Witt staff (Derek Cheuk, Troy Greig, Sunny Hathiramani, Natalie Lam and Anthony Marrin) played in a friendly touch rugby night hosted by JLA Asia in So Kon Po Recreation Ground in Causeway Bay. Three games (10-minute…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt seeks Corporate Commercial Legal Secretary 2+ years’ experience

    This position has been filled. Responsibilities: Provide secretarial support to a team of Corporate and Commercial lawyers Update and maintain filing system Coordinate meetings and schedule daily activities when necessary Requirements: Good PC knowledge and skilled in MS Office applications Good command of spoken and…Read More

  • Legal update: An introduction to Parental Alienation

    Introduction Parental alienation refers to alignment of a child with one parent whilst rejecting a relationship with the other “without legitimate justification”1. This often results from the continued denigration of one parent by the other to the child / children of the family. In doing…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt proud sponsor of the Fat Boys 10s since 2005

    This year a number of sport-loving Tanner De Witt staff members including Ian De Witt, Mark Side, Robin Darton, Tim Drew and Anthony Hill will fly once again to the Philippines to support the Fat Boys 10s Rugby and Golf Tournaments, held for the 13th…Read More

  • Q&A with Jan Willem Möller – Corporate and Commercial Lawyer

    Jan Willem Möller is a Dutch lawyer who specialises in corporate and commercial work and banking and finance matters. Jan Willem joined Tanner De Witt in 2016. We had a chance to find out his reasons for becoming a lawyer, how he spends his spare…Read More

  • Shareholders’ disputes and directors’ fiduciary duties – lessons from Poon Ka Man Jason v Cheng Wai Tao [2016] HKEC 759

    In a stagnant economic climate, entrepreneurs are generally keen to structure their businesses in such a way as to limit the damage that a non-performing business unit may have on the rest of their operations.  One of the ways in which this can be achieved…Read More

  • Legal update: Stored Value Facilities: Are you ready for the 13 November 2016 deadline?

    With the rapid development and growth of non-traditional and digital payment and settlement facilities in recent years, a new regulatory regime was needed in Hong Kong to protect users of stored value facilities (“SVFs”).  In particular, regulators wanted to ensure that issuers and operators of…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt instructed on groundbreaking restructuring case: Kaisa Group Holdings Limited

    Tanner De Witt (“TDW”) recently advised Kaisa Group Holdings Limited (“Kaisa”) in the multi-jurisdictional restructuring of the company’s offshore debt of approximately USD 2.6 billion (nearly RMB 17 billion).  Kaisa is a Cayman Islands incorporated company and is listed on the Main Board of the…Read More

  • IFLR recognises Tanner De Witt’s insolvency and restructuring team

    Tanner De Witt is  delighted to confirm that Partners Ian De Witt and Robin Darton and Consultant Anthony Hill have been endorsed as Leading Lawyers for Restructuring and Insolvency following client and peer recommendations during IFLR1000’s 2017 Edition research process. IFLR has been ranking lawyers…Read More

  • An introduction to company mergers in Hong Kong

    Introduction Generally speaking from a corporate law perspective a merger or amalgamation is a legal process under which the assets and liabilities of two or more companies merge and are brought under one of the original companies or a newly incorporated company (as the case…Read More

  • River Stone competes in Hong Kong Table Tennis Association Cup 2016

    Congratulations to Partner River who competed in team 28 in the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association (HKTTA) Cup held at the Cornwall Street Squash and Table Tennis Centre in Kowloon Tong on Saturday 20 August. The HKTTA Cup is the highest-level table tennis game in Hong Kong…Read More