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  • Legal update: Visa requirements for US citizens taking evidence in Hong Kong

    Hong Kong residents are sometimes asked to provide witness statements or depositions for use in the United States and attorneys from the United States may travel to Hong Kong to take such statements or depositions for use in proceedings in the United States. Generally, a…Read More

  • Accumulators and Lehman Brothers Minibonds: Know the products, know your rights

    Recently there has been a lot of discussion among legislators, regulators and investors concerning the mis-selling of accumulators and Lehman Brothers Minibonds. Since the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, many investors, be they individual or institutional, have suffered huge losses from their investments,…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt wins two top 2015 legal industry awards

    Tanner De Witt has been chosen as one of the world’s top 250 leading firms by Intercontinental Finance and has secured the top spot in the China Business Law Awards for Restructuring and Insolvency. The full results of the awards will be published in a…Read More

  • Five Tanner De Witt lawyers chosen as Leading Lawyers by Asialaw 2015

    NEWS: Five Tanner De Witt lawyers have been identified as some of the most highly acclaimed legal specialists in Hong Kong. Asialaw made the decision to include these Partners following an extensive survey of senior corporate executives, in-house counsel and private practice lawyers. – Ian…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt seeks Insolvency/Restructuring Lawyer 3-6 PQE

    THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Tanner De Witt is a business law firm based in Hong Kong providing legal services to clients worldwide who have business interests in Hong Kong, China and the Asia Pacific Region. We are seeking…Read More

  • Legal update: Can an employee continuing to work amount to acceptance of a unilateral variation of terms in an employment contract?

    When an employee simply continues to work after an employer’s unilateral change in terms and conditions of an employment contract, can this constitute acceptance? We examine the case of Wess v Science Museum Group. Background The employee was initially employed on “Civil Service” terms until…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s Fraud and Asset Tracing Consultant Jeff Lane Joins as Partner

    Hong Kong law firm Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce that Jeff Lane has joined as Partner effective 1 January 2015. Jeff joined Tanner De Witt in January 2014 as a Consultant specialising in Commercial Litigation. The Fraud and Asset Tracing practice is a…Read More

  • Partner Tim Drew gets top spot in DB charity race

    We are delighted to show our support to Tim Drew who  ran the Discovery Bay Race For Charity this weekend in aid of the Watchdog Early Education Centre. Tim, who co-heads the Corporate and Commercial practice, came 30th in the 10km race. About Watchdog Founded in…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt – One of the best law firms in Hong Kong according to IFLR 2015

    We are delighted to be featured as a top Hong Kong law firm in the 2015 IFLR guide, published earlier this week. Our Restructuring and Insolvency practice ranked in Tier 1 again this year, naming co-heads of the department Ian De Witt and Robin Darton as…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt raises funds for Hong Kong’s Cancer Fund

    Hong Kong law firm Tanner De Witt is proud to show its support to the Cancer Fund by way of a Pink Revolution which took place at our offices in Admiralty on Friday! Solicitors and support staff were pretty in pink, adorning wigs, feather boas, novelty…Read More

  • Divorce is not the only option: Some key facts about mediation

    Mediation followed by consent court applications is becoming an increasingly popular way for spouses to part ways amicably. With marital breakdown becoming a growing trend in Hong Kong there is greater need for individuals in legally binding relationships to be aware of their options. Mediation involves…Read More

  • Legal update: The Changing Nature of the Insolvency and Restructuring landscape in the PRC

    We would like to thank the international restructuring and insolvency professionals who participated in Friday’s symposium co-hosted by the Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i and Hong Kong’s Turnaround Management Association. The conference, titled Unlocking Value in the PRC: The Changing Nature of Restructurings…Read More