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Thailand Employment Law Alliance Representative

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Gary Biesty
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Office Address

28th Floor, Q.House Lumpini Building
1 South Sathorn Road
Tungmahamek, Sathorn
10120
Thailand

Phone Number

(662) 677 7588 (ext. 173)

Fax Number

(662) 677 7599

Email

gary.biesty@mayerbrownjsm.com
 
 

Firm

Mayer Brown JSM

Main Office Address

JSM
16th-19th Floors
Prince's Building
10 Chater Road
Central

Office Locations

Hong Kong, Mainland China (Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai), Thailand (Bangkok) and Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City)

Firm Phone Number

(852) 2843 2211

Firm Fax Number

(852) 2845 9121

Firm Website

www.mayerbrownjsm.com

Personal Background

Gary Biesty is a partner of Mayer Brown JSM and heads up Mayer Brown JSM's office in Bangkok. He has extensive experience in acting for public and private company investors. For the last 11 years in Thailand, his focus has been on general commercial, corporate acquisitions and financing. His work involves issues relating to corporate finance, e-business, general commercial, hospitality & leisure in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia. He also advised on the commercial aspects of intellectual property with a focus on infrastructure projects involving transportation, telecommunications and electronic money systems. As external Counsel for companies such as Dow Chemicals; Sara Lee; HSBC, and reporting at Board level on general corporate issues, Gary is familiar with all aspect of Thai labour and union law. During the economic difficulties in Asia in the last 4 to 5 years and with corporate rationalisation being very prominent Gary has also advised on labour issues within a restructuring environment.

Gary was named a leading lawyer in 2000 and 2001 for the area of corporate (mergers & acquisition) and banking finance by Chambers Global; in 2001 for the area of projects finance by Global Counsel. Gary Biesty is admitted as a solicitor in England and Hong Kong. He is Honorary Consul of Ireland to Thailand, a vice chairman of International Bar Association Asia Pacific Forum, an approved arbitrator of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), a member of the Law Society of England & Wales and The Law Society of Hong Kong, and a member of the Financial Services Group of the British Embassy.

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.

Firm Practice Areas

Aviation, Banking and Finance, Construction, Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, E-Business, Employment and Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Financial Services, General Commercial, Hospitality and Leisure, Insurance and Professional, Indemnity, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Private Client and Taxation, Project Finance, Property, Shipping and Maritime Insurance, Shipping Projects and Finance, Technology and Communications

 
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Altra Industrial Motion Inc.

Altra Industrial Motion Inc. has multiple locations in the U.S., as well as Central America, Europe, and Asia. The Employment Law Alliance has proved to be a great asset in assisting us in dealing with employment issues and matters in such diverse venues as Mexico, Australia, and Spain. We have obtained excellent results using the ELA network for matters ranging from a multi-state review of employment policies to assisting with individual employment issues in a variety of foreign jurisdictions.

In one instance, we were faced with an employment dispute with a former associate in Mexico that had the potential for substantial economic exposure. The matter had been pending for over a year, and we were not confident in the employment advice we had been receiving. I obtained a referral to the ELA counsel in Mexico, who was able to obtain a favorable resolution of the dispute in only a few days. Based on our experiences with the ELA, we would not hesitate to use its many resources for future employment law needs.

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American University in Bulgaria

In my career I have been a practicing attorney, counsel to the Governor of Maine, and CEO of a major public utility. I have worked with many lawyers in many settings. When the American University in Bulgaria needed help with employment litigation in federal court in Syracuse, New York, we turned to Pierce Atwood, the ELA member we knew and trusted in Maine, for a referral. We were extremely pleased with the responsiveness and high quality of service we received from Bond Schoeneck & King, the ELA's firm in upstate New York. I would not hesitate to recommend the ELA to any employer.

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Rockwell Collins, Inc.

We have partnered with many ELA firms on the development and execution of case management strategies with very positive results. We have been very pleased with the legal advice and counsel provided by the law firms we have utilized who are affiliated with the Employment Law Alliance. The ELA firms we have worked with are customer focused, responsive, and thorough in their approach to handling labor and employment law matters.

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Palm, Inc.

The ELA network has been immensely important to our company in helping us address an array of human resources challenges around the world. I strongly encourage H.R. executives who have employees located in many different jurisdictions to utilize the ELA's unparalleled expertise and geographic coverage.
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Nikkiso Cryo, Inc.

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Charles Molina
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