Tanner De Witt provides ‘smart, pragmatic, and actionable advice’ to a diverse array of clients, including multinational corporates, SMEs, and public sector bodies, encompassing employment documentation, terminations, suspected breaches, and investigations into discrimination and sexual harassment. The team is highly experienced in Hong Kong employment law and often receives referrals from other law firms and clients seeking expertise for due diligence exercises and various employment-related matters. Leading the practice is the ’smart and incisive’ Russell Bennett, who with his previous tenure in the financial services regulatory industry is frequently sought after by clients from this sector seeking employment expertise in regulatory matters.

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  • ‘Smart, pragmatic, and actionable advice.'

  • ‘Russell Bennett gets to the point and is smart and incisive.’

  • 'They understand the overall implications of a case and do not allow themselves to get distracted by all the noise generated from their opponents.'
  • 'Russell Bennett and Mark Chiu keep their eyes on the big issues of the case, and are not shy to ask the court to completely dismiss a frivolous case against a client. They do not get sucked into the unimportant details.'

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Practice head

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Russell Bennett

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Mark Chiu