Lewis Silkin is a leading UK firm with offices in Hong Kong, London, Oxford, Cardiff, Dublin and Belfast, they are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct: for their strong, unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutions to complex, multijurisdictional business challenges, with a pragmatic and human touch. They have two things at their core: people — both theirs and their clients’— and a focus on creativity, technology and innovation – ideas.
In 2019, they have become a Hong Kong licensed law firm supports local and international companies on a full range of employment and IP law issues both in Hong Kong and across Asia Pacific.
Employment and immigration law
Lewis Silkin is highly renowned for employment and immigration law and have received global recognition with Who’s Who Legal awarding them ‘Law Firm of the Year for Labour, Employment & Pensions’. The Hong Kong team advises on the full range of employment and immigration law matters including:
- day-to-day HR support
- employment documentation
- separation agreements
- employment disputes in the Labour Tribunal and the courts of Hong Kong
- restrictive covenants and team moves
- whistleblowing and discrimination claims
- transfer of business undertakings
- restructuring
- immigration applications
- employee benefits sand incentives
- worker status (including worker status claims)
- advising senior executives
IP law
The firm’s integrated 360 degrees offering provides the specialist expertise clients need to help them and their company. From building them into corporate strategies to support and drive key business goals to creating tangible value from their intangible assets and enforcing their IP rights. The team advise across a range of IP and IP-related contractual arrangements including:
- complex licensing
- issuing and defending proceedings relating to IP infringement
- assignment and manufacturing
- lodging opposition, cancellation, rectification nand invalidation proceedings
- service and distribution agreements
- customs recordals
- IP aspects of corporate transactions (including IP due diligence and stock exchange listings)
