Location Hong Kong, Asia Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC) Gender Male
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Mark is Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution at independent law firm Tanner De Witt. With more than thirty years of experience Mark is a highly awarded litigator whose practice today focuses on contentious regulatory matters with additional experience in matrimonial asset tracing and disputes within professional partnerships. Mark
has extensive commercial litigation experience acting for shareholders, high net worth individuals, financial companies, public companies and accountants.
Most recently Mark has conducted landmark employment action in Hong Kong acting for the leaving partner of a well-known Hong Kong firm and for a number of years he has conducted litigation for a major PRC bank handling cases concerning letters of credit and the extent of a banker’s duty of care to customers. Sources regard him as a “strategically very strong, mindful of our concerns and [he] always explains the contributing factors to his advice” (Chambers Asia).
A part of Mark’s work is for the Law Society’s Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the Disciplinary Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and involves the hearing of professional negligence complaints within these professions.
Another part of Mark’s professional practice involves appearances before the Tribunals and administrative bodies that control the affairs of many regulated professions and industries in Hong Kong. These include the Liquor Licensing Board, the Municipal Services Appeals Board, the Registration of Persons Tribunal, and the Securities and Futures Appeals Board.
Mark is a CEDR accredited mediator (see the websites at www.CEDR.com and www.CEDR-Asia-Pacific.com). Mark is a member of the CEDR Mediation Panel.
Mark was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1986 and worked in the City of London before moving to Hong Kong in 1992. After qualifying as a solicitor in Hong Kong, Mark worked at two City of London international law firms. Before joining Tanner De Witt in 2000, Mark headed the litigation department of one of Hong Kong’s largest law firms. He was born in England, studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.
