Experience

Tanner De Witt

• Hong Kong
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  • Acted for a multinational insurance company in defending substantial claims made against a performance bond and providing advice and support in relation to related court and arbitral proceedings in Hong Kong.• Acted for a Thai company in relation to recoveries and events of default under a bond issued to raise finance to develop two significant residential developments in the United Kingdom.• Advising and acting for Asian investors in relation to events of default under a bond issued to raise finances to construct and refurbish significant commercial and residential developments within the United Kingdom. This involved identifying routes to recovery and then taking urgent enforcement steps to secure repayment in full.• Acted for the spouse of a high-net-worth Russian individual in an action involving the creation of trusts concerning, among other things, interests in BVI and other foreign entities which maintained substantial funds in various overseas bank accounts.• Acted for a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company in a high-value arbitration.• Advised in relation to events of default and potential liabilities in relation to a luxury fragrances and cosmetics distribution agreement.• Acted for companies within an investment management group which had fallen victim to a high-value email fraud.• Acted for a multinational pharmaceutical company that is the victim of an employee fraud scheme. This matter is complex due to the elaborate steps taken by the perpetrator and his associates to carry out the fraud and conceal evidence of their wrongdoing.• Acted for various individual and corporate clients in the tracing and recovery of monies stolen via internet fraud. Show less

• Paralegal (pending admission)

  • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

• Trainee Solicitor

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2021


Hill Dickinson LLP
• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee
• Summer Legal Intern

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

Dechert LLP
• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee
• Summer Legal Intern

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

Pinsent Masons
• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee
• Summer Legal Intern

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

Squire Patton Boggs
• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee
• Summer Legal Intern

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

Wong Yuen Chi & Co.
• Summer Legal Intern

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2015

Tower Chambers
• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• Mini-Pupil

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

Deloitte
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Corporate Tax Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

David Ravenscroft & Co.
• Summer Legal Intern

  • May 2014 - Jun 2014

AXA
• Italy
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Intern

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2014