Member Profiles

Milly was admitted to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1998. She is the Head the Employment and partner of Litigation, Disputes Resolution & Arbitration of Messrs. Hastings & Co. She has over 20 year’s experience to advise on litigatious matters both in civil and criminal cases to the local government, foreign and PRC corporate entities or individuals, specialized in the practices of employment and commercial fraud, aviation and transport, insurance and personal injuries in Hong Kong. Milly has expertized to advise several local airlines in aviation matters and PRC or local insurance companies in Hong Kong insurance matters. She is one of the co-author to the Hong Kong Chapter in Aviation Law Review (2017) and the main author of Hong Kong Chapter in ICLG’s the International Comparative Legal Guide – International Arbitration 2022. Milly has frequently handled contentious or non-contentious employment matters with various quasi-governmental bodies and financial institutions in Hong Kong. With her previous working experiences in the government, she has assisted her clients to settle or claim back those financial losses, both in civil and criminal, as a result of the cybercrime and money laundering in relation to Hong Kong jurisdiction. Milly has been appointed as the Chairman of Appeal Tribunals (Building Ordinance), Adjudicator to the Registration of Persons Tribunal and the member of Transport Tribunal, and currently serves as the member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Professional Qualifications:  Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong – 1998  Civil Celebrant of Marriages – 2007  Member of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators – 2021  WIA of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) – 2021  Member of Hong Kong Insurance Law Association (AIDA) – 2021 Education:  University of Hong Kong (LL.B., 1994)  University of Hong Kong (PCLL, 1995) Language:  English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Since her qualification as a Hong Kong solicitor in 1997, Jennifer has been specializing exclusively in matrimonial practice and has a strong background in general litigation and extensive experience in complex matrimonial cases during the course of which she has represented a number of high-profile clients. Educated in Hong Kong, Australia, and the UK and with an academic background that includes a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, Jennifer is particularly adept and experienced in matters that involve analysis of complex corporate structures and forensic discovery and tracing. In 2005, Jennifer established her own matrimonial boutique firm Jennifer Ip & Co. In creating her own firm, she intends to build a family law practice that has a multitude of clients and a matrimonial practice focused on high net worth individuals. She also seeks to take on more wide-ranging cases that fall within the category of family law and for which she has a real passion including areas such as custody cases, child welfare, and child abduction cases. Jennifer has dealt with numerous big money suits engaging in extensive tracing work. A majority of her cases have involved assets held multi-jurisdictionally and she often comes across work in countries including Australia, Canada, China, France, Indonesia, Middle East, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Additionally, Jennifer often handles cases involving cross-border marriages between China and Hong Kong and works closely with Chinese lawyers in matrimonial matters. She also has a wide range of connections with forensic accountants and private detectives both in Hong Kong and in China to assist her mainland clients in conducting investigation and discovery work as to hidden personal assets, evidence of infidelity and status enquiries. She has also frequently undertaken international cases including cases where there are issues regarding the forum of jurisdiction. With around 20 years of practical legal experience and a compelling commitment to the family law practice, Jennifer is undoubtedly a reputable member in her field. She is in the Family Law Committee of the Law Society and is actively participating in advancing recommendations for changes in the current legislation. She is also a longstanding Committee Member of the Hong Kong Family Law Association. Jennifer is also a co-founder of the Hong Kong Family Law Report and a Hong Kong representative of the Family Law Symposium of China. In 2018, Jennifer became a member of the prestigious International Academy of Family Lawyers – an international group of practicising family law practitioners who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and skilled family law specialists. Since 2007, Jennifer has maintained very close working relationships with matrimonial lawyers in China and has done many cases with the most imminent matrimonial lawyers in Shanghai and Beijing. Jennifer will also travel frequently to Shanghai and Beijing to give talks to the law societies of both Beijing and Shanghai regarding Hong Kong divorce and Mainland cross border divorce cases.

Mrs. Christine Koo is the principal partner of Christine M. Koo & Ip, Solicitors & Notaries LLP located in Hong Kong. Mrs. Koo has over 30 years of experience gained from government and private sectors in Hong Kong and overseas, as well as from working in-house for an international insurance corporation. She specializes in all types of insurance matters including life; general/property; marine; pensions; pension trust; premium financing; captive; special purpose insurance; and reinsurance as well as insurance regulatory matters and trust matters.

Angus Forsyth was admitted as a solicitor in England in 1970 and in Hong Kong in 1971. He was one of the four original founders of the well-established local Hong Kong law firm of Stevenson, Wong & Co. in 1978 and from which he retired in 2017.  Commercial and Company, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Advertising Law and Personal Data Privacy Professional Qualifications: Solicitor of the High Court of England and Wales in 1970; Guildford Law College; Law Society; England (Part II Qualifying Examination, 1970) Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong in 1971; and as Notary Public of Hong Kong in 1978 Language:  English He has represented a wide range of private and corporate clients in all aspects of Commercial and Company, Mergers and Acquisitions, Regulatory Law of Insurance, Securities and Futures, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Advertising and Personal Data Privacy and Commercial and Residential Tenancies. Community Involvement: He is a Former Council Member and Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries and of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal Panel. He was a member of the Competition Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong and was a Member of the Companies Registry and Hong Kong Government Advisory Group on the rewrite of Hong Kong Company Law.  He is a Legal Committee Member of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Council Member of the Hong Kong Internet Professionals Association, Hong Kong & Mainland Software Industry Cooperation Association, Member of the Companies Registry and Hong Kong Government Advisory Group on the rewrite of Hong Kong Company Law. Former Council Member and Former Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries Former Member of Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal Panel (1992-1998) Former Member of Law Society of Hong Kong, Working Party on the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance Member Legal Committee, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Former Trustee and Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Trust Member and past President of The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong Former Committee Member and former Vice Chairman, The Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art Member of Committee of Management of the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong Former Chairman, China Heritage Art Foundation Limited Member of the Board, Arts & Education Limited, (Charitable Grants in aid to East/West Hong Kong Arts causes) principally for the Travel Grants of the Fine Arts students at the University of Hong Kong Chairman and Member of the Board of Governors of Musica Viva Limited – Opera and Music Production Former Governor and legal adviser to eInclusion Foundation Limited – grants for computer use education to bridge the Digital Divide Director of Global Heritage Fund Asia Limited – Hong Kong, China and regional Asian support for cultural heritage preservation projects Former Director of The Kew Asia Foundation Limited – Hong Kong centre for the focus of activities of Kew Foundation London UK Honorary Legal Adviser: Honorary Legal Adviser to New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Former Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Festival Fringe  Honorary Legal Adviser to the Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art Honorary Legal Adviser to the Friends of the Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong Former Committee member and former Honorary Legal Adviser, the Royal Overseas League, Hong Kong Branch Honorary Legal Adviser to the Friends of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited

Jeff Lane leads the Tanner de Witt fraud and asset recovery team. He is Hong Kong’s go-to specialist in the burgeoning area of cyber fraud, and his main activities include litigating and coordinating asset recovery proceedings on behalf of the myriad victims of economic wrongdoing seeking redress through the Hong Kong courts, and developing strategies for the domestic and international search for and recovery of assets. The TDW team regularly advises on all aspects of fraud recovery, including applications for emergency injunctive and disclosure relief, both domestically and in aid of foreign proceedings, liaison with the police and regulatory authorities, business crime defence, offshore disputes, international judicial assistance, the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and tracing and recovering the proceeds of fraud. Jeff has practiced in Hong Kong for more than thirty years and is the sole Hong Kong representative of FraudNet, the international network of specialist fraud practitioners established by the International Chamber of Commerce, which is recognised by Chambers and Partners. FraudNet is an international network of independent lawyers who are the leading civil asset recovery specialists in each country. He is also recognised by Who’s Who Legal 2020 as a Global Elite Thought Leader, who “garners extensive praise as an ‘outstanding lawyer’ from peers around the globe”.