Labour and employment

Baker McKenzie

With extensive experience in defending major Labour Tribunal claims and overseeing sexual harassment investigations, Baker McKenzie leverages its regulatory, tax, and ethics expertise to provide commercial solutions. The firm routinely represents domestic and international clients from across the TMT, consumer goods, and financial services spheres. ‘Very responsive’ co-head Tess Lumsdaine is an expert in contractual disputes, restraint litigation, and safety-related prosecutions. The second co-lead, Jonathan Isaacs, brings in-depth insight into termination and data privacy issues to the outfit, while Roberta Chan concentrates on all aspects of commercial and corporate litigation. Sonia Wong regularly supports companies on employment due diligence, Ken Ng focuses on post-termination restrictive covenants, while Emily Rayner is hailed as an ’absolute stand-out’ for her cross-border work.

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Testimonials

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‘I work with the team responsible for Hong Kong labour law affairs. The team has many members with rich labour law knowledge and experience, who can provide practical and operational suggestions based on the characteristics of the clients, and provide great help and support for us.'
‘I have been working with Sonia Wong and Ken Ng recently. They both have a solid legal foundation and rich practical experience. They can work in multiple languages (English, Mandarin and Cantonese), which makes communication smooth and convenient.'
‘Tess Lumsdaine is one of the best partners I've worked with. She gives very practical advice, and simplifies them for better appreciation. I appreciate Tess's approach of highlighting the higher risk issues and helping us focus on these concerns vis-à-vis lower risk matters.'
'‘Tess Lumsdaine - very responsive. Always offer practical solutions to our legal issues. Able to keep her advice simple and shot, but with quality, which makes it very easy to understand. Also, her team is able to support high volume work.’
‘Emily Rayner is an absolute stand-out for her phenomenal APAC-regional knowledge, ability to synthesise client approach with local limitations, and incredible work ethic and good humour.’
'I have partnered with Sonia on Hong Kong employment matters for many years. She is responsive and always attends to our questions and requests diligently. I appreciate her responsiveness and professionalism in providing solid legal advice.’
‘Ken Ng knows the HK market quite well. On top of solid knowledge about HK employment regulations and legal technicalities, he is able to provide more hand-holding advice to clients' in-house HR during the preparation of local arbitration proceedings to alleviate the anxiety of some stakeholders in clients.’
‘Emily Rayner is very responsive. Emily provides practical advice that is given with her having an in-depth understanding of her client's business. Emily works hard to offer accurate and timely advice to deliver results.’