Employment: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)

About

Provided by RPC

We are one of the few law firms in Hong Kong that acts for employees as well as employers. We are regularly instructed by SFC regulated individuals, in particular traders, brokers and hedge fund managers

(employees) as well as brokerages, hedge funds and other financial institutions (employers). Our work is not confined to the financial sector and we often act for other lawyers and law firms, accountants

and accounting firms, and other senior executives across all industries, in particular in technology (including start-up firms) and retail (including luxury fashion houses).

Our core services include advising on:-

• Hiring strategies
• Employment contract, employee handbooks and policies
•  Deferred compensation, bonus, commission payments and share schemes
• Post-termination restrictive covenants (such as non-compete, non-solicitation and non-dealing restrictions)
• Duties of confidentiality and misuse of confidential information
• Performance reviews and appraisals
• Disciplinary investigations and disciplinary hearings
• Internal investigations, SFC investigations and labour department investigations
• Employment Ordinance offences
• Fraud and bribery allegations in the workplace
• Discrimination and harassment complaints
• Privacy and personal data matters in the workplace
• Applying for and defending injunctions
• Redundancies
• Termination and separation agreements