Patrick Gu

Labor and employment; white-collar crimes; anti-corruption and anti-bribery investigation

Mr. Patrick Gu graduated from the law school of Fudan University with the LL.B degree. He has a rich mix of in-depth knowledge and experience gained from top-tier foreign and local Chinese law firms as well as Fortune 500 companies with more than 20 years. Before that, Mr. Patrick Gu worked at the Shanghai Municipal Labor Arbitration Commission as a labor disputes arbitrator and was also responsible for lawmaking at the Shanghai local labor authority. He has a keen business sense to provide constructive, practical and insightful advice and solutions for clients.

The Bluebook of Labor and Employment Compliance of Public Funds Management

• Advised Apple on labor law compliance across its China stores

• Advised General Motors on the labor law compliance issue in its joint ventures

• Advised Google on the democratic consultation procedures for the employee handbook

• Advised KLA-Tencor on the execution of the company policies

• Advised Mattel on labor law compliance audits on its suppliers

• Advised Shanghai Disney Resort on employee dismissal

• Advised Juniper on the implementation of redundancy plans for its China operations

• Advised Porsche on employee benefits related issues

• Advised Emerson Electric on crisis management situation arising from labor unrest

• Represented BlueScope in a labor dispute litigation regarding supplementary allowance

• Represented RBS in a labor dispute arbitration regarding performance bonus

• Represented Air Products in a trade secret leakage and non-compete litigation

• Represented a well-known Internet company on a non-compete violation related labor arbitration and litigatio

Mr. Patrick Gu specializes in representing the clients in the areas of direct investment in China, merger and acquisition, market entry application and approval etc. Meanwhile, Mr. Patrick Gu advises the client on the general corporate and daily operation compliance related legal issues.

Mr. Patrick Gu provides customized legal services in all fields of labor and employment law, which includes review and consultation of the labor contracts, employee handbook, non-competition restrictions and proprietary agreements, as well as advice on and implementation of data privacy policy and business ethics codes. In addition, Mr. Patrick Gu assists clients to initiate and conduct anti-corruption, anti-bribery and other business ethics related investigations, and advises on misconduct actions as well as disputes resolution.

Mr. Patrick Gu frequently advises on the execution of cross-border assignments and repatriations, mid- and senior-level employee dismissals, workforce redundancy, mass layoffs, employee transfer, employee integration arising from organizational restructurings, divestitures, spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions. He routinely represents clients in arbitrations and litigations.

Mr. Patrick Gu was recommended as the Top Labour Law Lawyer by LEGAL BAND in 2019 and 2020. He was also honored as Labour & Employment Lawyer of the Year at China Law & Practice Award 2019