‘Providing clients with timely, reliable, and actionable advice’, Global Law Office’s labour and employment department covers early-stage compliance work, litigation, labour management systems, and mass-layoffs and transfers. The practice also encompasses employees’ secondments and placements, as well as collective bargaining. In Shanghai, Weiwei Gu‘s expertise includes dispute prevention, employee negotiations and labour litigation; Angela Sui’s disputes caseload covers labour and employment matters; and Sisi Cao ‘provides stable, professional, and high-quality legal support’. Over in Beijing, Shujun Liu acts for clients from the pharmaceutical, TMT, automotive, finance, real estate, maritime transportation, and food sectors; while Zhaogang Wang’s track record includes M&A-related employee resettlements.
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Testimonials
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- ‘GLO demonstrates a high level of professionalism and closely monitors developments in relevant domestic and international laws (such as GDPR and cross-border transfer of personal information and data), providing clients with timely, reliable, and actionable advice.’
- ‘Sisi Cao provides stable, professional, and high-quality legal support.’
Key clients
- HP
- Shanghai Yiqizuoye Information Technology Co
- BNPP
- Volkswagen
- ASSA ABLOY
- TCP
- Glencore
- SK
- Siemens
- Moutai
- Johnson & Johnson
- IBM
Work highlights
Acted for a technology company in seven employment dispute cases that were filed by employees.
Acted for a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices in an employment dispute involving an employee’s misconduct.
Acted in an employment termination dispute concerning an employee’s misconduct, which involved expense reimbursement fraud.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Weiwei Gu; Zhaogang Wang
Other key lawyers
Jess Chen; Angela Sui; Sisi Cao; Shujun Liu