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Mark Chiu

+852 2573 5000 markchiu@tannerdewitt.com

Work Department

Employment Practice

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Mark is a senior associate in our Employment Practice having joined the firm in 2018. His practice involves advising employers and employees on different aspects of employment law regarding recruitment, termination, separation, post-termination restrictions, discrimination, harassment, drafting of handbooks and other HR related policies/documents and other labour disputes. Mark has experience in contentious employment law and litigation in the Labour Tribunal, the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal.

He has conducted a number of internal investigations by employers into potential misconduct and serious breaches of employment contracts by employees. He also assisted clients in relation to criminal investigations relating to employment related matters.

Languages

English and Cantonese

Memberships

Professional memberships

• The Law Society of Hong Kong
• Co-opted member of the Constitutional and Human Rights Affairs Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong
• Member of the Working Party on Data Privacy and Records Management of the Law Society of Hong Kong

Education

Mark Chiu read law at the University of Durham and completed his Postgraduate Certificates in Law at the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining Tanner De Witt, he worked as an Assistant Legal Counsel at the Equal Opportunities Commission of Hong Kong, specialising in advising and representing discrimination/ harassment complainants with their claims under the Anti-Discrimination Ordinances.

He is fluent in English and Cantonese and can read both simplified and traditional Chinese.