China & Hong Kong Employment Law Alliance Representative
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He advises on all aspects of employment and employee benefits law and regulation, including discrimination, labour relations, termination of employment and the structure of employment relationships.
He has extensive experience in advising on the establishment, maintenance and restructuring of occupational retirement schemes and mandatory provident fund schemes, as well as related documentation and services.
He also advises on employment and retirement scheme issues in the context of regional and local corporate acquisitions, disposals and reorganizations.
Duncan was named a Highly Recommended Labour and Employment Benefits lawyer from 2002 to 2007 by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook.
Duncan Abate is admitted as a solicitor in England and Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Law Society Sub-committee on Occupational Retirement Schemes, an executive council member of the Employer's Federation of Hong Kong, a member of the Guidelines Committee advising the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority on the implementation of the Mandatory Provident Fund, a member of the MPF Schemes Operation Review Committee and a member of the Technical Committee of the Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association.
Firm Background
On 28th January 2008, Johnson Stokes & Master was renamed as JSM and operates in association with Mayer Brown LLP and Mayer Brown International LLP.
Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with 1,800 lawyers in offices in key business centres across Asia, Europe and the Americas. The firm's Asia presence was enhanced by its 2008 combination with JSM, one of the largest and oldest Asia law firms. In Asia, the firm is known as Mayer Brown JSM. This unequalled on-the-ground presence in the world's leading markets for legal services enables Mayer Brown to offer clients access to local market knowledge on a global basis.
Mayer Brown is noted for its commitment to client service and its ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges worldwide. The firm serves many of the world's largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100 and DAX companies and more than half of the world's largest investment banks.
Mayer Brown is a global legal services organization comprising legal practices that are separate entities ("Mayer Brown Practices"). The Mayer Brown Practices are: Mayer Brown LLP, a limited liability partnership established in the United States; Mayer Brown International LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales; and JSM, a Hong Kong partnership, and its associated entities in Asia. The Mayer Brown Practices are known as Mayer Brown JSM in Asia.
Mayer Brown JSM's Employment and Employee Benefits group is one of the leading providers of legal services in this field in Hong Kong and other Asian countries. Combining the skills of experienced practitioners in employment law, retirement benefit schemes and mandatory provident funds, we offer both contentious and non-contentious capability, advising on all aspects of employment and employee benefits law tailored to the needs of your business.
Our services include:
- legal obligations of Hong Kong employers and employees
- employment visas, termination of employees and employees' rights, industrial disputes
- all aspects of occupational retirement schemes in Hong Kong
- all aspects of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance and
- employee share option schemes.
In China, we have counseled many major companies operating on a wide range of human resources issues including:
- drafting special contract terms
- termination agreements
- dismissal and compensation issues and
- restrictive covenants.
We also assist our clients to arrange and manage labour arbitrations or litigation in China. We are well equipped to handle the full range of employment and HR issues, should they arise.
