Veronica Chan > Tanner De Witt > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Tanner De Witt
17TH FLOOR, TOWER ONE, LIPPO CENTRE,
89 QUEENSWAY,
HONG KONG
Hong Kong

Work Department

Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Partner

Career

Veronica is a partner in our Restructuring and Insolvency department having joined the firm as a solicitor in 2015. Prior to joining Tanner De Witt, she practised at a renowned international law firm in Hong Kong. She acts and advises in a variety of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, including acting for liquidators, receivers, creditors and directors.

Veronica acts and advises in various high-profile matters from bankruptcy to cross border insolvency matters and focuses on a variety of bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency proceedings, including acting for liquidators, receivers, creditors and directors. She also advises and acts in general commercial litigation including shareholders’ disputes, commercial and contractual disputes and contentious intellectual property matters, in particular, trademark disputes.

As the Asia Regional Vice Director of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), she is devoted to enhancing and promoting the professional status of female within the field amongst the 7 Asia Networks.

 

Languages

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Memberships

Professional memberships

  • Asia Regional Vice Director of International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
  • International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International)
  • Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty (RIF)
  • Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
  • The Law Society of Hong Kong

Education

Veronica read Law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and completed her Legal Practice Course diploma at the College of Law, London followed by her Postgraduate Certificates in Law at the University of Hong Kong.

Although not practising PRC law, Veronica is a Mandarin speaking Hong Kong lawyer who has a strong network of contacts in Mainland China and has been dealing with various cases involving PRC elements. She speaks and writes fluently in English, Cantonese and Mandarin and can read and write both simplified and traditional Chinese.