East Asia - Hong Kong

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Labour and employment

Clifford Chance

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Clifford Chance's employment practice is widely acclaimed for its ‘very efficient and effective’ management of complex litigation spanning multiple jurisdictions and overseeing diverse employment initiatives; this is particularly notable for clients within the corporate and financial service sectors. Post the pandemic, the team demonstrated its adaptability to meet challenges by harnessing legal technology and data analysis to optimise the delivery of legal services; this strategic approach proved useful in tackling the heightened instances of contentious departures of senior personnel, organisational restructurings, discrimination claims, and the complexities of transitioning back to physical workplaces in the post-pandemic landscape. Leading the team is the ’very detailed-oriented’ Anita Lam, often sought after by clients who seek advice in contentious employment disputes, such as internal investigations and C-suite executive exits.

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  • ‘Professional, responsive, strong teamwork, and good bonding.’

  • ‘Thoughtful, professional, responsive, and friendly.'

  • ‘The team’s capability is very impressive that they not only possess diverse professional background with strong legal expertise and skilled know-how, but also provide abundant practice areas with global coverage to leverage regional lawyers and shared resources to cater for clients’ every single need.'

  • 'The team always demonstrates strong collaboration to support clients with seamless and timely communication, and ensure the delivery of high-quality service. Members of the team are highly capable of providing practical solutions in a holistic and commercial view based on their comprehensive understanding of clients’ needs, challenges and concerns.’

  • 'Anita Lam is a trusted and dependable partner bringing us an extraordinary legal service in the labour and employment practice areas. Her strong commitment to quality service and best solutions for clients differentiates her in the market and she stands out as a valued strategic legal partner to align her professional practices with business perspective for the best outcome to the organisation. We highly appreciate her professionalism, high efficiency and willingness to go above and beyond in handling our legal matters.’

  • 'Anita Lam is my usual contact of Clifford Chance for seeking advice on employment laws in Hong Kong. She always addresses my inquiries timely, and provides professional advice to my firm, including practical suggestions in handling complicated situation.’

  • ‘The team is very efficient and effective. They are willing to go the extra mile. They possess legal expertise with strong communication, collaboration in delivering the result and meeting client's expectations.’

  • ‘Anita Lam is an excellent labour and employment lawyer. She possesses excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with any level of staff and is able to provide the best possible advice with legal implication well presented. She is very detailed-oriented, analytical and able to provide the most viable and optimal solution. She is also compassionate and empathetic towards her clients.’

Work highlights

  • Representing the respondent in a HK seated HKIAC arbitration, a dispute that arose out of a series of Cayman law governed ESOP agreements of the Claimant, which drew on the enforceability of broad non-compete provisions.
  • Assisted the SFC licensed asset management firm with restructuring its business in Hong Kong and managing the exit of its high-profile C-suite executive.
  • Assisted the multinational credit rating agency with swiftly and successfully fending off an employment claim for discretionary bonus and loss of earnings.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Anita Lam

Anita Lam

Clifford Chance LLP

Anita Lam practises across all areas of employment law, with a particular focus on contentious employment, discrimination and data privacy disputes. As a seasoned litigator, Anita is one of the very few solicitors in Hong Kong who has Higher Rights of Audience granted by the Higher Rights Assessment Board. Anita's clients include banks, listed companies, airlines, tertiary institutions, hospitals, theme parks, stock brokers, foreign law firms, railway corporations, tunnel operators, publishers, pharmaceutical companies and fashion retailers. Anita is a member of our global People Risk team.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anita Lam

Other key lawyers

Helen Fu, Ruby Chik

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