Wishing you a happy 12 Days of Christmas from Tanner De Witt!
With 2020 featuring heavily on the lump-of-coal-side of Christmas, and only two at a table not feeling very festive, the Tanner De Witt choir understands the need to bring their biggest and best...
View ArticleLegal update: Client facilitation in the execution of residual odd lots
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) issued an FAQ on 18 December 2020 clarifying the applicability of the exemption from the requirement for licensed corporations (“LCs”) to...
View ArticleChange is not coming: Further possible improvements to privacy protection in...
Almost a year ago, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, in collaboration with the Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong, provided its report on recommended changes to personal data privacy law...
View ArticleLegal update: Arbitrator’s duty of disclosure
On 27 November 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd (formerly known as Ace Bermuda Insurance Ltd) [2020] UKSC 48 (see also the...
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Tanner De Witt sets firmwide record for Pro Bono Awards 2020
In a stellar showing of community support, we are delighted to announce that we have won five individual awards and gained firm recognition in The Law Society of Hong Kong Pro Bono and Community...
View ArticleData Breach Response: The importance of training
In a crisis, you don’t rise to the level of your aspiration, you fall to the level of your training. In this article, Pádraig Walsh from the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group of Tanner De Witt...
View ArticleLegal update: Bankrupt’s contact details are not ‘confidential’, ‘private’ or...
A bankrupt’s solicitors can be required to handover to the trustees in bankruptcy the bankrupt contact information, full details of last known whereabouts, and client trust account ledger records,...
View ArticleIntroduction to Restructuring and Insolvency department
Tanner De Witt Restructuring and Insolvency solicitor Veronica Chan introduces our firm, the practice area, type of clients and matters we advise on. Tanner De Witt is an established Hong Kong law...
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The Legal 500 2021 rankings are announced for Asia-Pacific
Tanner De Witt is proud to be recommended this year in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2021 for its four main practice areas; corporate and commercial, employment, restructuring and insolvency and...
View ArticleData Breach Response: The first 24 hours
A data breach can be a crisis, but if you have a plan for the first 24 hour response, you can avoid making a drama out of a crisis. In this article, Pádraig Walsh from the Privacy and Cybersecurity...
View ArticleLegal update: SFC fines company secretary for insider dealing
According to a recent press release issued by the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) on 11 January 2021, Mr. Chow Chiu Chi, the company secretary of China Automation Group Limited (“China...
View ArticleTanner De Witt White Collar Crime and Regulatory Lawyer (2-6PQE)
Tanner De Witt seeks a 2-6PQE Litigator to join its growing Criminal Law, White Collar Crime and Regulatory Practices. This lawyer will support Consultant and Practice Head Philip Swainston. This role...
View ArticleRelocation amidst a pandemic: COVID-19 and a wish to permanently leave Hong...
23 January 2021 marks the one year anniversary of the confirmation that COVID-19 has spread to Hong Kong. In a year filled with uncertainties and challenges, following on from a year of protests in...
View ArticleData Breach Response: The notification
If a tree falls in the woods, but no-one sees or hears it, did it ever really happen? Tough question. Here’s another one. If a data breach occurs, but the data subject does not know of it, did it ever...
View ArticleAccounting Manager (15+ years’ experience)
Tanner De Witt is looking to recruit a motivated team leader to join our independent Hong Kong law firm as our Accounting Manager. Key requirements Bachelor’s degree or Higher Diploma in...
View ArticlePress release: Tanner De Witt boosts technology practice with appointment of...
For media: Download a PDF copy of this press release at this link. Tanner De Witt announces with great pleasure the appointment of technology law veteran Nigel Stamp as Foreign Legal Consultant. The...
View ArticleLegal issues in the booming arts industry – what you need to know
As investors all over the globe are looking to diversify beyond the volatile and uncertain stock and bonds markets, they increasingly turn to alternative investment classes such as wine, watches,...
View ArticleKey Points in the FSTB Consultation Paper to the new licensing regime for VASPs
The Financial Service and Treasury Bureau released a consultation paper on 3 November 2020, proposing amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (Chapter 615,...
View ArticleFour things for directors to keep in mind when considering appointing...
Handing over control of a company to strangers is a tough decision, but is one that is ever-present for a director facing the prospect of insolvency. Ian De Witt and Troy Greig point to some...
View ArticleLegal update: the Supplemental Arrangement Concerning the Mutual Enforcement...
Hong Kong and Mainland China signed the Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) (the...
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