Adam Hugill
Labour and employment law in Hong Kong and China is rapidly increasing and becoming more complex.
Our Employment practice is constantly developing to keep pace with the law and has gained a respected position with employers, employees and among our peers as being at the forefront of providing practical and straightforward advice in a complex and developing area of law.
Whether we are advising individuals or companies, we provide advice that is results driven. With extensive knowledge and experience of employment law in Hong Kong, we are able to advise on all options but also come off-the-fence and offer advice that achieved a practical solution.
A key function of our Immigration practice is to ensure that all business immigration processes are completed as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
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Adam Hugill ranked as Leading Individual (Band 2) in Chambers and Partners Greater China Region for Employment Hong Kong-based International Firms, China (Band 3)
Three of Hugill & Ip partners ranked as Legal 500 Leading Individuals in the following practice areas:
- Alfred Ip and Caroline McNally for Private Client and Family
- Adam Hugill for Labour and Employment
Moreover, the firm is also recognized in Commercial, Corporate and M&A for the independent Hong Kong law firms category.
Three of Hugill & Ip partners ranked as Asialaw Distinguished Practitioner in the following practice areas:
- Adam Hugill for Labour and Employment (Highly Recommended Firm)
- Alfred Ip for Private Client and Dispute Resolution (Recommended Firm)
- Christopher Hooley for Corporate and M&A (Notable Firm)
Adam Hugill is recognised as Leading Lawyer in the category of Employment and Labour Lawyers. Hugill & Ip is listed as Second Tier law firm in the same category.
Adam – and Hugill & Ip – have been identified by their fellow Hong Kong-based lawyers and barristers specialsing in these areas for their expertise and abilities.
Hugill & Ip has been ranked by Benchmark Litigation in the following practice areas:
- Highly Recommended for Private Client
- Recommended in Labor and Employment
- Tier 3 for Commercial and Transactions
Adam Hugill and Alfred Ip are rated Litigation Stars and Geraint Ho Future Star. Hugill & Ip is recognised for its work in dispute resolution and the firm has a distinct focus on employment and private client litigation. The firm is also increasingly involved in general commercial disputes. Key names in the dispute resolution team include partners Alfred Ip and Adam Hugill, who led most of the cases worked on during the research period.
How we can help you
Employment Services
- Drafting contracts of employment, senior executive service agreements and employee handbooks
- Drafting consultancy agreements
- Summary dismissal, termination of employment and severance packages
- Employee resignation and “constructive dismissal”
- Redundancy programmes, redundancy and long service payments
- Maternity issues and dismissal during pregnancy and maternity leave
- Enforcement of restrictive covenants, including obtaining and defending urgent and ex parte injunctions
- Teams moves
- Employment aspects of corporate deals
- Bonuses including non-payment of “discretionary” bonuses
- Claims of discrimination and avoiding potentially discriminatory practices
Business Immigration Services
- Obtaining work visas and extensions
- Advising on the effect and consequences of visitor’s visas
- Obtaining spousal and dependent visas
- Advising on visa status following the termination of employment
- Overstaying and breach of conditions
Advice
For Employers
We strive to gain a deep understanding of our client’s businesses, culture, people and needs. As such we are on hand as an extension of our client’s HR team to provide practical legal advice in a timely fashion to avoid a small problem escalating into something much greater. If necessary, we continue to be on hand to take robust and urgent action to prevent damage or disruption to a business.
From an employer’s perspective we pride ourselves in being on hand to provide practical legal advice in a timely fashion to avoid a small problem escalating into something much greater. If necessary, we continue to be on hand to take robust and urgent action to prevent damage or disruption to a business.
For Employees
From an employee’s perspective we recognize both the legal and emotional stress that employment issues often cause and work together with the individual employee to provide practical advice to address their immediate concerns while continually planning to ensure that they remain protected, as far as the law allows, going forward.
International Employment and Labour Law
We are experienced in advising both employers and employees in employment disputes with cross border and multi-jurisdictional aspects including SE Asia, China, Australia, EU and the USA. We also provide invaluable strategic legal advice in relation to “team moves” between high profile employers.