Competition Litigation
China
14 August 2025
Haiwen & Partners‘ Beijing-based employment and labour practice covers recruitment, terminations and day-to-day advisory work, as well as employment-related crises and labour conflicts. The department also routinely leverages the experience of the firm’s corporate law, data protection, white-collar crime, and IP colleagues. Co leading the group, Yuxiang Liu is an employment law, anti-corruption and compliance specialist; while Qiong Wu advises on the employment law aspects of investments and operations in China. The department further includes Xuying Wang, who focuses on employment law and outbound employment compliance.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The experience is always very good.’
- ‘It is not only the case that Haiwen provides an excellent service with regard to the issuing of contracts and the relevant translations into Chinese, the firm also give professional advice on how to proceed further and what the relevant options are and the preferable way to go.’
- ‘They not only oversee the legal aspects, but the economic side as well.’
- ‘The lawyers are excellent indeed. They answer all questions and requests quickly, and are completely reliable.’
- ‘Always a pleasure to work with this firm. Strongly recommended.’
- ‘As a comprehensive law firm, Haiwen has strong expertise in labour law and can collaborate with other business departments, so as to understand clients' industry characteristics and special employment needs comprehensively.’
Key clients
- Tupperware
- Volkswagen China
- Volkswagen Group (China) Investment Company
- CARIAD (China) Co
- Audi (China) Enterprise Management Company
- Volkswagen Group Import Company
- Volkswagen (Anhui) Automotive Company
- Volkswagen Group (China) Technology Company
- Volkswagen (Anhui) Digital Sales and Services Company
- Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Tianjin) Company
- Volkswagen Financial Service (China) Co
- Nuvation Bio
Work highlights
Represented Tupperware in an investigation and litigation case involving a former senior executive.
Advised China Reform Securities on its organisational structure and reform of its human resources system.
Advised Nuvation Bio on the acquisition of AnHeart Therapeutics, which included labour and employment issues.
Practice head
Yuxiang Liu ; Qiong Wu
Other key lawyers
Xuying Wang; Xia Wu