About

I am the Head of Employment in our Hong Kong office, recognised as a leading employment lawyer by legal directories. As a strategic ally for organisations, I strive to cultivate a culture of clarity and confidence. By empowering HR professionals and legal counsel to navigate the complexities of employment law with ease, my innovative strategies not only mitigate risks but also drive success. I believe that a healthy workplace culture is fundamental to organisational effectiveness, and I collaborate closely with clients to align legal practices with business goals.

I advise on a full spectrum of employment law matters, including redundancies, bonus entitlement disputes, team moves, data privacy, and complex discrimination and sexual harassment cases. I am also adept at managing investigations from the Labour Department and the Equal Opportunities Commission, and to provide comprehensive advice on global mobility and immigration issues.

My client portfolio features multinationals and high-net-worth individuals across diverse sectors such as financial services, professional services, luxury retail, and technology. With a strong international focus, I collaborate with lawyers across the Asia Pacific region, helping navigate complex cross-border employment law challenges.

Experience

Technology

  • Advising leading employment focused social media platform on a multi-jurisdictional reorganisation and harmonised employment contract templates across 7 APAC jurisdictions
  • Advising a global digital asset and blockchain leader in reviewing and revising sales bonus plan documentation

Retail

  • Advising a global luxury fashion house on employment law issues arising from an employee's long term health condition
  • Conducting an extensive review and revision of the Employee Handbook for one of the world's largest toy retailers

Financial services

  • Advising a national bank in defending a Labour Tribunal claim for reinstatement and unreasonable variation of employment terms brought by a former senior employee
  • Advising a multinational hedge fund on various employment issues including on redundancies, performance-related terminations, and post-termination restrictions

Professional services

  • Acting for law firms on their own internal employment and immigration law needs, as well as supporting the clients of other firms that do not have their own employment practice
  • Advising an international law firm on the downsizing of its capital markets team in Greater China and related redundancies
  • Assisting a law firm to recover funds misappropriated by a former employee

Testimonials

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"The practice is especially skilled in advising on data privacy matters and complex immigration affairs, as the head Catherine Leung is an expert on the whole spectrum of employment-related work."
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
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