The team at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow supports clients on the full spectrum of employment mandates, with expertise encompassing contracts, disputes, arbitrations and redundancies across the Asia Pacific area, as well as internal investigations and whistleblowing. Celeste Ang focuses on contentious issues, representing employers in courts, arbitrations and mediations in matters including dismissal, investigations, breach of fiduciary duties and enforcement of restrictive covenants. Kelvin Poa covers the non-contentious side of the practice, with experience in drafting, negotiating and advising on employment contracts, separation agreements and termination of employment.
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Testimonials
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‘Our company has worked with various law firms, but Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow stand out with their diverse and very wide network across the region – this is a great benefit to our company especially given the multiple locations we have in APAC. We are able to obtain collaborated employment legal advice for all our locations through one main source of contact which makes things so much more efficient. The lawyers' in-depth knowledge and solid expertise are also highly advantageous and helpful to clients.’
‘Practical advice and market knowledge.’
Work highlights
Acting on labour arbitrations commenced in China against the client’s former employees who had misappropriated the client's confidential information, as part of a global strategy to resist poaching by a competitor.
Practice head
Celeste Ang; Kelvin Poa
Other key lawyers
Pradeep Nair; Zhao Yang Ng