Tanner De Witt

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Jeff is a partner in the Dispute Resolution department and leads the firm’s Fraud and Asset Tracing practice. He has a strong commercial practice with a focus on cross-border fraud and cybercrime. Jeff is the sole Hong Kong representative recognised in Who’s Who Legal: Global Thought Leaders (2017 – 2021 Editions) for Asset Recovery and is highly regarded by other legal publications.

Jeff has practiced as a litigator in Hong Kong for more than thirty years and is Hong Kong’s go-to legal professional in the area of cyber fraud enforcement. Jeff advises victims of all types of domestic and multi-jurisdictional financial fraud. This includes identity theft, CEO and employee fraud, romance frauds, immigration fraud and crypto fraud. Jeff works closely with the Hong Kong Police, the judicial court system and domestic and international banks to make urgent applications for Mareva injunctions and disclosure orders on behalf of his clients often securing applications for the recovery or preservation of funds within 24 hours of receiving instructions. Jeff is also often asked by clients to advise on the correct protection of business and commercial assets, proactively developing strategies to protect companies against cyber fraud.

Jeff is the sole Hong Kong representative of globally recognised and highly ranked lawyer network FraudNet, membership of which is by invitation only. FraudNet is an international network of specialist fraud practitioners established by the International Chamber of Commerce in 2004. This network combined with Jeff’s long-standing relationships with banks in Asia allows for an extremely high success rate of recovery of client funds. Jeff has been involved in matters undergoing judicial review; the outcome of these matters will impact how the courts and Hong Kong police are able to preserve and hold assets.

A number of Jeff’s matters involve white collar crime elements. Jeff is able to apply litigation tactics to achieve successful outcomes for his clients facing court proceedings.

Professional memberships

FraudNet (sole Hong Kong representative; international network of specialist fraud and leading civil asset recovery specialists established by the International Chamber of Commerce) ThoughtLeaders4 Fraud, Insolvency, Restructuring, Enforcement (FIRE) The Law Society of Hong Kong

Other memberships

Hong Kong Club Hong Kong Football Club