Deacons

Employment and Pensions practice group

Partner, Head of Corporate Commercial practice group

Cynthia is head of the Corporate Commercial group and also leads the Employment and Pensions practice.

She is recognised as a Band 1 Lawyer in Employment (China) in Chambers Asia-Pacific, “Hall of Fame” for Labour and Employment in Legal 500 Asia Pacific and a Thought Leader in Labour & Employment and Pensions & Benefits in Hong Kong by the Who’s Who Legal.

She has 27 years of experience in all kinds of advisory work related to employment and labour and on retirement schemes and provident funds. She advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious labour matters and the preparation of trust deeds and related documents for retirement and pension schemes. Her clients include employers who are multi-national companies and statutory bodies and MPF/ORSO service providers.

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Member of the Retirement Scheme sub-committee of the Law Society

Member of the Guidelines Committee of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority

Vice Chair of the Municipal Services Appeal Board

Chief Adjudicator of Immigration Tribunal

Executive Committee Member and Honorary Legal Adviser, The Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association

Vice President, Employment Law Alliance

Member, The Law Institute of Victoria, Australia

Member, The Law Society of England and Wales

Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong

BCom, University of Melbourne, Australia

LLB, University of Melbourne, Australia