Ms Lisa Zhao > Fangda Partners > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile
Fangda Partners Offices
27/F North Tower Beijing Kerry Centre
1 Guanghua Road Chaoyang District
Beijing 100020
China
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Ms Lisa Zhao
Work Department
Labor and Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Ms. Zhao has over 10 years specialized and comprehensive experience in practicing both contentious and non-contentious labor and employment law in China. Her work includes: (i) helping clients establish and improve internal rules, policies and documents, including offer letters, employment contracts, confidentiality and non-competition agreements, training agreements, labor dispatch agreements, labor outsourcing agreements, employee handbooks and other special policies; (ii) providing legal advice on daily labor and employment questions, including questions related to recruitment, salary and benefits, rest and vacation, training, work-related injury, social insurance, employment of expatriates, labor dispatch, amendment of employment terms, and termination of employment; (iii) conducting employment-related due diligence in the course of commercial transactions such as equity transfers, asset sales, and company restructuring and shutdown, (iv) advising on tailored personnel arrangements and compensation strategies and supporting the implementation of those strategies; (v) creating employee layoff plans; (vi) participating in employee misconduct investigations and advising on employee disciplinary actions; (vii) helping clients draft, review and revise employee share incentive plans and related legal documents; and (viii) representing clients in labor dispute arbitration, litigation and settlement.
Ms. Zhao also has ample experience in corporate law matters. She acted as an external legal consultant to multiple enterprises, and represented clients in their onshore and offshore investment transactions in relation to healthcare, and education and high-tech sectors. This corporate law experience equips her with business acumen, enables her to advise on labor and employment matters in a practical manner befitting client business needs, and prepares her to deal with cross-issues between labor law and other areas.
Ms. Zhao previously worked with two other Red Circle PRC firms as an associate and as a partner after a one-year internship at a US firm.
Languages
English, Mandarin
Memberships
Ms. Zhao is a Committee Member of Beijing Bar Association Legal Risk and Compliance Management Related Legal Affairs Committee and a member of the Beijing Labor Law and Social Security Law Society.
Education
- New York University, Master of Laws
- Shanghai International Studies University, Bachelor of Laws
Lawyer Rankings
China > Labour and employment: PRC firms
Fangda Partners covers the full of array of employment and labour law work, from contentious issues such as wrongful termination and trade secrets disputes to non-contentious work including restructuring projects, labour migration and HR policy implementation. The firm is also recommended for conduct investigations regarding fraud, corruption and behavioural workplace misconduct. Major clients include LinkedIn, Ikea and the Hong Kong Airport Authority. Bo Zhou, a specialist in both employee transfer issues and labour arbitration and litigation, leads the team. He is supported by further key members of the team Lisa Zhao, who handles the full breadth of internal HR matters, and the Guangzhou based Ivan Su.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: PRC firms
- Banking and finance: PRC firms
- Capital markets: PRC firms
- Corporate and M&A: PRC firms
- Data protection: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: PRC firms
- Intellectual property: PRC firms
- Investment funds: PRC firms
- Labour and employment: PRC firms
- Life sciences and healthcare: PRC firms
- Private equity: PRC firms
- Real estate and construction: PRC firms
- Regulatory/compliance: PRC firms
- TMT: PRC firms