
The ‘very skilled and knowledgeable’ team at Lewis Silkin effectively advises the firm’s global employer base on their APAC employment and mobility needs, as well as continuing to pick up an increasing number of mandates for local clients. Team head Catherine Leung is particularly skilled at handling multi-jurisdictional mandates for large global financial institutions, professional services firms and technology companies, handling employment issues associated with corporate restructuring, investigations, global redundancies, M&A and all aspects of HR matters. On the contentious front, the ’top-notch’ Jezamine Fewins has handled numerous high-profile reported cases relating to the enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants.
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- 'They are very skilled and knowledgeable about employment and labour law matters and handle many multi-jurisdictional employment law matters in efficient and practical ways.'
- 'Jezamine Fewins is top-notch and likely the best Hong Kong litigator for employment/HR matters.'
- 'Gladys Ching and Catherine Leung are skilled in handling multi-jurisdictional employment law matters.'
Key clients
- Deliveroo
- Hannover Rück SE
- AIA International Limited
- Anthony Mackay
Work highlights
Successfully defended Deliveroo having struck out a frivolous and vexatious claim for employee compensation brought by a former contractor.
Assisted Hannover Rück SE in striking out the plaintiff's claim in the High Court on the grounds that his claims were within the Labour Tribunal’s exclusive jurisdiction.
Advising an individual on his claims against his former employer, Chi-X Asia Pacific Holdings Limited for, among other things, failure to make various termination payments, LTIP and bonus.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Catherine Leung
Other key lawyers
Jezamine Fewins; Gladys Ching; David Kong
