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Catherine Leung

Catherine LeungPartner and Head of Employment

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I am an employment Partner in our Hong Kong office, and have been practicing in Hong Kong since 2006.

I am qualified in Hong Kong and in England & Wales and speak both English and Cantonese. I spent my early years in Canada, and obtained my law degree and PCLL from the University of Hong Kong with one year spent on a legal exchange scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. Having studied and lived in Hong Kong over the past 28 years, I am familiar with the local culture and have extensive legal knowledge of employment law.

My clients come from a wide range of industry sectors including financial services, luxury retail and tech firms. I enjoy working closely with legal, HR and senior executives to provide practical and strategic advice on a full range of employment law issues including redundancies, bonus entitlement disputes, team moves, data privacy, and complex discrimination and sexual harassment cases. I also advise clients in relation to investigations brought by the Labour Department and the Equal Opportunities Commission. A lot of my work has an international element to it, and I work closely with colleagues in our Ius Laboris firms across Asia Pacific on regional employment law projects and navigate clients through complex cross border issues.

I speak at external seminars and provide internal client training on topical employment issues, most recently on diversity and inclusion. I have contributed articles to numerous trade publications including Asian Legal Business, Hong Kong Economic Times, HK Lawyer and HR Magazine. I was also a contributing editor to the Lexis Practical Guidance for Hong Kong employment.


我是專門負責香港僱傭事務的律師,擁有逾12年的工作經驗,我亦就工作場所衍生的所有法律問題提供意見,不論事件是否具爭議性。

我從事多個業務範疇,主要負責:

  • 裁員
  • 獎金資格糾紛
  • 複雜的歧視和性騷擾個案
  • 因病缺勤
  • 申訴和紀律事宜
  • 團隊行動
  • 高層人員解僱
  • 所有亞太區主要司法管轄區內主要地區的僱傭法律項目
  • 數據私隱。

與我合作的客戶來自多個行業,包括金融服務、奢侈品零售和科技公司等。我享受與法律、人力資源和高級行政人員緊密合作,協助他們解決各種僱傭問題,提供可行及經濟的客戶為本解決方案。

我在2019年加入香港世勤律師事務所。我在2003年獲得香港大學法律學士學位,其後在2006年和2008年分別在香港以及英格蘭和威爾斯取得律師資格。

我獲得 Asia Pacific Legal 500 和 Chambers Asia Pacific 的認可,近期評語如下:

梁家茵是一名表現突出的律師,她『勤奮、反應迅速和高度專注』。客戶喜歡與她合作,稱讚她『回應迅速,提供的意見優秀和全面。』」

梁家茵也曾經參與Jefferies的錯誤解僱案。她是一位專業的僱傭律師,獲得客戶一致好評,其中一名客戶表示:『我們認為她的職業操守、知識和執行能力堪稱業內典範。』」

我參與過的知名香港僱傭案件包括:Grant Williams v JefferiesSunny Tadjudin v Bank of AmericaNational Association

我亦經常在研討會和培訓活動上演講,同時身兼法律從業者組織 Lexis Practical Guidance 的作者。

 

 

Awards and recognition

  • Leading Individual in Doyle’s 2022 Guide (Employment: Hong Kong)
  • Chambers Asia Pacific 2021 (Employment) - "She is really one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. She has a very engaging way of communicating with clients; she's very articulate and able to explain complex issues with clear language"
  • Legal 500 - Recommended as Next Generation Partner
  • Chambers Asia Pacific - “Catherine Leung is singled out as a “diligent, very responsive and attentive” lawyer. Clients enjoy working with her, praising her for offering “prompt replies and excellent, thorough advice.”
  • Chambers Asia Pacific - “Catherine Leung was also involved in the Jefferies wrongful dismissal case. She is a specialist employer lawyer who attracts impressive reviews from clients, with one reporting: “We found her work ethic, knowledge and execution to be nothing short of exemplary.”
  • Chambers Asia Pacific – Listed as Associate to Watch 2014 to 2016
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