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Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms) - China
What the Team is Known For
Tanner De Witt is a respected, independent Hong Kong firm acknowledged for its broad commercial disputes offering. Its areas of expertise include professional negligence claims, shareholder disputes, debt and asset recovery, fraud, and contentious trusts and probate. The team often acts for clients in the financial services sector, international investors, and high net worth individuals and families.
Strengths
They are excellent, in particular on recovery actions. They're one of the best in Hong Kong for that work and are very quick in getting injunctions.
Tanner De Witt is strong in language and commercial skills for Mainland clients.
They have a real ability to use the court system to further the client's objectives, offering strategic thinking and creativity.
Work Highlights
Tanner De Witt advised the liquidators of China City Construction International, a collapsed PRC-based construction and infrastructure group which defaulted on CNY2.5 billion in bonds, on litigation over various commercial deals.
Notable practitioners
Pamela Mak is head of Tanner De Witt's China practice group in Hong Kong and often acts in contentious probate cases, as well as shareholder disputes and asset tracing and recovery.
Pamela is really good; pragmatic and very detail-minded. She manages clients well too. I highly recommend her.
Pamela is an excellent litigator.
She's really good with Mainland Chinese clients and has a good manner with clients. She has good Mandarin skills and is strong on company shareholder and insolvency matters.