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Chinese New Year Office Opening Hours
Hong Kong will celebrate Chinese New Year this week and our office will be closed Thursday 19th and Friday 20th February. We will reopen as usual on Monday 23rd February. Please see our Contact page for further details. The team at Tanner De Witt wishes…Read More
Supporting the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association
Tanner De Witt members attended the first Hong Kong Investment Funds Association New Year Dinner for the asset management industry this month. Mark Side, Russell Bennett, Jeff Lane, and Edmond Leung were joined by guests this February 2015.
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
