Fangda Partners‘ specialised employment team is experienced in commercial transaction-related human resources issues, internal investigations into employees’ misconduct, and labour litigation and arbitration. The group also covers M&A and restructuring-related lay-offs, along with mobility and immigration issues. In Shanghai, department head Bo Zhou assists with employee misconduct investigations, labour disputes, redundancies, and employee transfers; the dispute resolution practice of James Hu includes employment disputes; and Zheng Xie’s wide-ranging workload features employment matters. Lisa Zhao in Beijing advises state-owned enterprises and multinational companies on employment documents, daily human resources issues, employee stock ownership plans, and the labour aspects of transactions and cross-border matters; while Guangzhou-based Yi Su advises on labour issues alongside his litigation, arbitration, insolvency, and restructuring practices.
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Testimonials
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- 'Lisa Zhao and Lianguo Kang provide professional legal advice and quickly and promptly develop solutions that meet the company's needs.'
- 'Lisa Zhao was a very pleasant lawyer to work with; communication was smooth, and she was good at putting herself in the client's shoes.'
Key clients
- Knorr-Bremse
- Novartis
Work highlights
Represented an online cosmetics company in a labour dispute case, which was filed by a former employee, in relation to an equity incentive.
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Practice head
Bo Zhou
Other key lawyers
James Hu; Zheng Xie; Lisa Zhao; Yi Su; Daniel Huang;Bingguo Kang