Lewis Silkin

Catherine has been advising clients on all aspects of Hong Kong employment law over the last 16 years. Her strengths lie in her attention to detail and the ability to provide practical and strategic advice to clients on all employment-related issues ranging from hiring to firing, discrimination and data privacy. Catherine has been a speaker in a number of engagements including the British Chamber of Commerce, the Women’s Foundation, and the Hong Kong Law Society. As part of her practice, she also provides full coverage advice on issues relating to global mobility and immigration to our corporate and senior executive clients.

David Kong

David's clients come from a range of sectors, including start-ups, tech firms, retail and financial institutions. He advises on a full range of employment law issues including redundancies and terminations of employment, reviewing and drafting of employment contracts, employee handbook, bonus policies etc, leading regional employment law projects across all major Asia Pacific jurisdictions, grievance and disciplinary matters and data privacy. He has particular experience advising on employment disputes and recently assisted a client to settle a Labour Tribunal claim brought by its former senior employee in relation to his termination payments.

Gladys Ching

Gladys's clients come from a broad range of industries including financial services, technology and communications, media and entertainment, and retail and hospitality. Her work often involves an international element and she supports clients on the full spectrum of the employment lifecycle including recruitment processes, negotiating employment contracts, immigration matters, workplace policies, employee relations, data privacy, team moves and exits, and post-termination restrictive covenants.Gladys has experience in leading international employment law projects, partnering closely with our Ius Laboris colleagues, to provide strategic advice to her clients on complex cross border issues.

Jezamine Fewins

Jezamine's practice focuses on both employment and intellectual property matters and has acted for local companies and multi-nationals with operations in Hong Kong on various high-profile cases litigated in the jurisdiction. Jezamine is renowned for her work on High Court employment law matters such as team moves, the enforcement of restrictive covenants and the misuse of confidential information. She also advises on other employment disputes (including discrimination and whistleblowing), as well as immigration, and is experienced in conducting investigations in respect of sensitive issues. Additionally, Jezamine is skilled in IP and commercial litigation.

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Kenneth Leung

Kenneth has 22 years of experience advising financial services organisations, multinationals, government agencies and NGOs on employment and pensions issues.He has a broad practice covering hiring and selection processes, discrimination issues, restrictive covenants, grievance procedures, redundancy and outsourcing arrangements. Also advises on termination agreements for senior executives, employment and pension issues on M&A deals, pension and reward scheme structuring and tax issues relating to pensions, award schemes and mobility.Kenneth has been named in the world's top 100 leading tax lawyers by Tax Directors Handbook between 2008 and 2016.

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