Tanner De Witt

Employment Practice, China Practice Group

Partner

Mark is a Partner in our Employment Practice having joined the firm in 2018. Prior to joining Tanner De Witt, he worked as an Assistant Legal Counsel at the Equal Opportunities Commission of Hong Kong, specialising in advising and representing discrimination/ harassment complainants with their claims under the Anti-Discrimination Ordinances. His practice involves advising employers and employees on different aspects of employment law regarding recruitment, termination, separation, post-termination restrictions, discrimination, harassment, drafting of handbooks and other HR related policies/documents and other labour disputes. Mark has experience in contentious employment law and litigation in the Labour Tribunal, the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal.

He has conducted a number of internal investigations by employers into potential misconduct and serious breaches of employment contracts by employees. He also assisted clients in relation to criminal investigations relating to employment related matters.

He is fluent in English and Cantonese and proficiency in Mandarin.

English, Cantonese, Mandarin

The Law Society of Hong Kong

Co-opted member of the Constitutional and Human Rights Affairs

Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong

Member of the Working Party on Data Privacy

Records Management of the Law Society of Hong Kong

He read law at the University of Durham and completed his Postgraduate Certificates in Law at the University of Hong Kong.