Jeanette Yu

Practice Areas

Jeanette Yu more than 20 years’ experience in providing advice for international companies on labour law issues and compliance management. Her extensive track record comprises recruitment and dismissal of employees, formulating employee handbooks and implementing its policies, work permits and visa issues of expatriates, international secondment, data privacy, non-competition, social security, trade union and labour disputes. She has also been involved in significant projects of business transactions and restructuring advising clients on employee transfer, relocation and lay-off of employees as well as negotiation of employment contracts and separation agreements.

Jeanette Yu also supports clients in their compliance management such as applying the relevant policies in local companies, advising on corporate governance such as limitations on power of senior management and use of company seals, implementing the code of conduct such as anti-corruption, secondary occupation restriction, avoidance of conflict of interests, data security and whistle-blower management. She also conducts compliance audits and internal investigations for clients, provides compliance trainings to employees, etc.

Since 2017, Jeanette has been acting as the National Chair/Vice Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China. This year Jeanette was elected as the National Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China.