Simmons & Simmons

Employment

Fiona advises on all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring strategies; negotiation of employment terms and contract drafting; protection of confidential information, and enforcement of, and issues relating to, business protection restrictions; dispute resolution and litigation, including applying for and defending applications for injunctions; privacy and data protection; the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions and restructurings, share option/stock purchase schemes; and audits of human resources procedures. Fiona also has particular experience in dealing with the defence of equal opportunities and discrimination claims.

Fiona Loughrey has worked as a lawyer in Hong Kong since 1987, and is head of the employment team in China of around 20 fee-earners across Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. She was one of the first lawyers in Hong Kong to specialise in employment law, and is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (1985), Hong Kong (1987) and Australia (ACT) (1990). She has extensive experience of advising financial institutions and multi-national employers in various sectors, and has a special interest in discrimination and privacy laws. Fiona is the current chair of the Employment Law Committee of the Hong Kong Law Society and sits on the Legal Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. She was head of the employment and immigration law committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association for two terms, before stepping down in 2013. She is a frequent invitee speaker and participant at conferences on employment issues both in Hong Kong and internationally, and the author of numerous contributions to legal textbooks and journals.