The contentious labour and employment practice at Zhong Lun Law Firm focuses on labour dispute-related litigation and arbitration. On the advisory side, the team covers domestic labour law issues, along with Chinese businesses’ outbound labour law issues and the employment of foreign employees in China. In Beijing, longstanding employment, social security and trade union law expert Haiyan Duan covers both advisory work and labour disputes. Over in Shanghai, Carol Zhu's track record includes working as human resources and legal head for several international companies; April Yan's experience includes mass lay-offs and compliance investigations; and Anderson Zhang assists with terminating senior executives’ employment relationships. The practice also features Jie Zha and Siming He in Beijing, and Shanghai-based Sophie Li.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Zhong Lun team provides practical legal advice on labour law, taking into account clients' specific needs and cost considerations, and offering cost-effective and professional solutions.’
- ‘Provides clients with timely feedback and helps them resolve practical issues efficiently.’
- ‘Highly professional and rigorous, meeting clients' needs within tight timelines.’
- ‘The team boasts a well-structured staff and innovative billing practices.’
- ‘The team’s professionalism is unquestionable. Clients are highly impressed by their legal services.’
- ‘Meticulously and rigorously reviews documents. Clients therefore always have great confidence in this team.’
Key clients
- Mercedes-Benz (China) Investment Co
- Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance
- Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service Co
- Cummins China
- Cummins (China) Investment Co
- Total Energy (Beijing) Enterprise Management Co Total Petrochemicals (Shanghai)
- Total (China) Investment Co
- Danone (China) Food and Beverage Co
- Sinopec Group
- Crane Holdings
- Cisco Systems
- JAS Forwarding (China) Co
Work highlights
Assisted a global semiconductor industry client with its lay-off of approximately 300 employees from affiliates in China.
Advising Sinopec Group on labour and employment management matters.
Assisted Total Energy (Beijing) Enterprise Management Co with establishing an employment compliance system involving hundreds of employees.
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
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Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
April Yan
Carol Zhu
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Jie Zha
Practice head
Haiyan Duan
Other key lawyers
Carol Zhu; April Yan; Anderson Zhang; Jie Zha; Siming He; Sophie Li