Sarah Galeski
Tilleke & Gibbins
Tilleke & Gibbins
Client SatisfactionTilleke & Gibbins has a well-established labour and employment practice that advises a broad range of clients across sectors on all aspects of employment law, including staff restructuring, investigations, compliance and labour-management relations. With a specialised dispute resolution group, the team also has considerable experience representing clients in employment claims in court. Kien Trung Trinh, in Hanoi, leads the firm’s employment group and is a sought after expert in the life sciences sector, and also has strong corporate and commercial capabilities. Another key figure in the team is Sarah Galeski in Ho Chi Minh City, who advises on all aspects of employment law, such as drafting labour contracts, internal labour regulations, service agreements and consultancy agreements, as well as employment issues relating to global asset and share transactions.
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Key clients
- Chemonics International
- Ferrero
- FMC Corporation
- Invisalign
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lenovo
- Merck, Sharp & Dohme
- Ogletree Deakins.
- Teva Pharmaceutical
- United Nations International School – Hanoi
Work highlights
- Investigated and advised on a complaint of alleged sexual harassment against a professor at an international university.
- Advising and assisting Lenovo as preferred local counsel on all matters related to labor and employment, including preparing labor contracts and registering new staff members, preparing documents and handling registration of departing staff.
- Assisted a multinational pharmaceutical company with restructuring after the Covid pandemic, by negotiating with employees on mutual termination and avoiding lengthy lawsuits.
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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kien Trung Trinh