Ian De Witt

Ian De Witt is partner and co-head of Restructuring and Insolvency for Tanner De Witt in Hong Kong, where he practices in the areas of insolvency and restructuring, litigation and dispute-resolution, mediation and hospitality, and liquor licensing. Throughout his career, he has focused on commercial litigation and insolvency matters, including debt-recovery, asset-tracing and the enforcement of judgments, pre-emptive actions such as injunctions, court-appointed receivers, and the appointment of provisional<br>liquidators. He acts and advises in a variety of insolvency cases for liquidators, receivers, creditors and<br>directors. Mr. De Witt has also advised and acted for directors, employees and companies in respect<br>of investigations, regulatory matters and prosecutions carried out by the police, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Confederation of Insurance Brokers (CIB) Disciplinary Committee. Additionally, he has advised and acted in a wide range of commercial and contractual disputes, professional negligence claims, partnership and shareholder disputes. Mr. De Witt is also an accredited mediator of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and sits on the Insolvency Committee for the Law<br>Society, technical and editorial committee of the Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty of Hong Kong<br>Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is consistently ranked as a “Leading Lawyer” for restructuring and lnsolvency in Hong Kong by various industry publications, including Chambers and Partners Global from 2014-18 and Asia Pacific Legal 500 2014-18 editions. Previously, after qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1989, Mr. De Witt joined and became a partner in a prominent London law firm, where he worked for many years before coming to Hong Kong in 1996. He obtained an hon-<br>ours degree in law in London.