About

Provided by Lewis Silkin

Lewis Silkin supports multinationals on the full range of HR law issues both in Hong Kong and across Asia Pacific Lewis Silkin is highly renowned for employment and immigration law


and has received global recognition with Who’s Who Legal awarding us ‘Law Firm of the Year for Labour, Employment & Pensions’. 


Our Hong Kong office offers high quality and cost- effective employment and global mobility support in both Hong Kong and across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. We won Immigration Law Firm of the Year in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards as well as being shortlisted for both the Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year and Rising Law Firm of the Year categories for the fourth year running. 

We advise on the full range of employment and immigration law matters including:

  • day-to-day HR support
  • employment documentation
  • separation agreements
  • employment disputes in the Labour Tribunal
  • restrictive covenants and team moves
  • whistleblowing and discrimination claims
  • transfer of business undertakings
  • restructuring
  • immigration applications
  • employee benefits sand incentives
  • worker status (including worker status claims)
  • advising senior executives

Our Hong Kong office offers a high quality and cost-effective service for all employment and immigration law needs across APAC.


Our specialist international lawyers support multinationals with operations in the APAC region and beyond, acting as a single point of contact.




Chambers Review

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Employment: Hong Kong-based (International Firms) - China

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Lewis Silkin's growing employment practice is garnering a significant reputation within the market for its work advising Hong Kong-based clients and multinationals with operations in the jurisdiction. It advises on the full range of non-contentious matters, from immigration law issues to employment tax, data privacy issues, pensions and employee share schemes. The law firm is also well placed to advise on investigations and contentious employment matters.

Work Highlights

  • Lewis Silkin advised a former CEO of a Hong Kong company seeking to recover his LTIP entitlements as well as other contractual remuneration.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Catherine Leung
3
Band 3

Catherine Leung continues to draw praise from a wide range of sources. She acts on a wide range of issues, spanning hires and terminations to discrimination and data privacy.

She is a very seasoned employment lawyer.

Catherine is patient, knowledgeable and spends time to understand our industry. She seems to be a good coach, provides opportunities for her team to develop and handles different cases.

3
Jezamine Fewins
3
Band 3

Jezamine Fewins maintains a busy and wide-ranging advisory and contentious employment law practice, with experience representing both employers and employees in terminations and harassment matters.

Jezamine is great. The advise is spot-on when it comes to commercial sense.

Jezamine is able to address all the inquiries and concerns of our management. She provides professional advice and guidance to facilitate a smooth closing of the case.

4
Matthew Durham
4
Band 4

Matthew Durham is well regarded for his work assisting international clients with workplace restructurings and employment contracts. He also advises on sensitive investigations and whistle-blowing issues.

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Lewis Silkin

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China

Employment: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)

3
Catherine Leung
3
Band 3
3
Jezamine Fewins
3
Band 3
4
Matthew Durham
4
Band 4

Members

Provided by Lewis Silkin

David Kong

David Swain

Gladys Ching

Kathryn Weaver

Kathryn Weaver

Head of Department