Ian De Witt is partner and founder of Tanner De Witt, one of Hong Kong’s largest and best-known independent law firms. As co-head of the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice, Ian has focused on commercial litigation and insolvency matters, including asset tracing and the enforcement of judgments, preemptive actions such as injunctions and court appointed receivers and liquidators. He has been involved in most of the major restructurings and insolvencies in the region and the development of the law in Hong Kong in many areas.
Ian has also acted in respect of investigations and regulatory matters and has advised in a wide range of commercial and contractual disputes and professional negligence claims. With almost three decades’ experience, Ian is consistently ranked as a leading disputes lawyer and one of the most prominent insolvency/restructuring lawyers in Hong Kong, Who’s Who Legal recently recognising him as a Thought Leader and ‘a star of the Hong Kong market.’
Ian De Witt is partner and founder of Tanner De Witt, one of Hong Kong’s largest and best-known independent law firms. As co-head of the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice, Ian has focused on commercial litigation and insolvency matters, including asset tracing and the enforcement of judgments, preemptive actions such as injunctions and court appointed receivers and liquidators. He has been involved in most of the major restructurings and insolvencies in the region and the development of the law in Hong Kong in many areas.
Ian has also acted in respect of investigations and regulatory mat...
Publications
Co-author of the Hong Kong chapter in the Commercial Litigation and Cross-border Enforcement Law Guide , published 13 September 2023 , alongside Natalie Lam .