On 2 May 2024, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") announced that it has commenced criminal proceedings against Segantii...

If you have lost your right of abode in Hong Kong, you will automatically acquire the right to land in Hong Kong.

The inward company re-domiciliation regime finally became effective in Hong Kong on 23 May 2025. The regime allows non-Hong Kong incorporated companies (such as companies incorporated...

Gifts in wills can stir up strong emotions, especially if someone feels they have been treated unfairly by the person who made the will.

An amalgamation is the legal process under which the assets and liabilities of two or more companies incorporated in Hong Kong merge and are brought together under one surviving company.

Tanner De Witt acted for Chan Ho Yin (also known as Michael Chan) of Kroll (HK) Ltd and Elaine Hanrahan, the Joint Liquidators of Bull's-Eye Limited...

In a two-and-a-half-year battle between the Cayman-appointed joint provisional liquidators (Chow Tsz Nga Georgia of Grant Thornton Recovery & Reorganisation Limited, Margot MacInnis...

Nanjing Iron & Steel Group International Trade Co Ltd (HCAJ 177 of 2006)

In Hong Kong, statutory damages for "injury to feelings" can be awarded to victims of unlawful discrimination pursuant to specific provisions of the relevant discrimination Ordinances.

The Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance (Cap. 650) marks a major development in Hong Kong's child‑protection landscape.

On 17 September 2025 the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR delivered his 2025 Policy Address. Amongst the topics were several notable employment related issues.

On 20 March 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") suspended the licenses of Mr Wong Ming Chung ("Mr Wong"), a "finfluencer" also known as Franky Wong...

In the recent decision of Re Aoyuan Group Limited ("Aoyuan"), Harris J sanctioned the inter-linked and inter-conditional schemes of arrangement promulgated by Aoyuan...

In the busy city of Hong Kong, where pet ownership is on the rise and pets are increasingly considered cherished family members, the concept of including pets in pre-nuptial agreements or eve free standing pet nuptial agreements ("Pet- Nup") is gaining traction.

The judgment in the case of Lau Tat Wai v Yip Lai Kuen, Joey appears to be a watershed in the development of a general law of harassment.

Does it excuse misconduct in the eyes of a securities regulator if the company officer did not personally profit from and receive misappropriated funds? John Lee of Tanner De Witt explains that the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong ("SFC") will still enforce.

On 1 March 2025, the Hong Kong Government will launch the refined Immigration Facilitation Scheme for Persons Participating in Arbitral Proceedings ("Scheme").

This Circular extends an initiative of the SFC for deemed applicants announced in a prior Circular on 18 December 2024[2].

Female migrant workers from Guangdong Province will be given priority" (original Chinese wording: 「廣東省新移民女工優先」) is a sentence that appeared...

Cohabitation is on the rise in Hong Kong, as more couples choose to live together before, or instead of, getting married. Yet despite these changing social norms, the law in Hong Kong continues to draw sharp distinctions...