Deacons employment team boosts its PRC capabilities

We welcome Helen Liao who joined our Corporate Commercial team as a senior associate on 5 April 2017. Helen focuses on PRC employment law and has over 12 years of experience in the practice. She advises multinational companies on employment compliance issues involving employers in the PRC and Hong Kong. As a dual-qualified lawyer in both the PRC and Hong Kong, Helen has a particular focus on cross-border employment arrangements, immigration and complex multi-jurisdictional labour issues arising from global talent mobility and commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing situations and other re-organisations.

Prior to joining the firm, Helen worked as a senior editor for a prestigious international online legal know-how service provider. Before that, she had been in private practice for nearly 10 years in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing and Hong Kong at the offices of both international and top-tier PRC law firms. She is recognised by World Bank as an "expert" on China employment law for her regular contributions to the IFC-World Bank’s global "Doing Business" project. She also delivers public seminars in Mandarin, Cantonese and English to various HR management organisations and key MNC clients in respect of recent developments in the China and HK employment law practice. Her background and expertise will significantly contribute to providing solid legal advice in the area of cross border employment to our clients.

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