Andrea Randall

Partner

Andrea is a Hong Kong Employment Lawyer and has significant and extensive experience in high profile complex litigation, including multi-jurisdiction disputes. She heads one of the few specialist employment law practices in Hong Kong and is able to act for both employers and employees.

Her Employment practice is a mixture of contentious and non-contentious matters including:

• Hiring strategies;
• Employment contract, Employee Handbooks and Policies;
• Deferred compensation, Bonus, Commission payments and Share Schemes;
• Post termination restrictive covenants (such as non-compete, non-solicitation and non-dealing restrictions);
• Duties of confidentiality and misuse of confidential information;
• Performance reviews and appraisals;
• Disciplinary investigations and disciplinary hearings;
• Internal investigations, SFC investigations and Labour Department Investigations;
• Employment Ordinance offences;
• Fraud and Bribery allegations in the workplace;
• Discrimination and harassment complaints;
• Privacy and Personal Data matters in the workplace;
• Applying for and defending injunctions;
• Redundancy; and
• Termination and separation agreements.

Andrea is regularly instructed those who are regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission, in particular traders, brokers and hedge fund managers (employees) as well as brokerages, hedge funds and other financial institutions (employers). Her work is not confined to the financial sector and Andrea often acts for other lawyers and law firms, accountants and accounting firms, and other senior executives across all industries, in particular in technology and retail. She has worked with companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, FTSE 100, the Nasdaq and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Andrea has extensive experience in representing both employers and employees engaged in civil proceedings as well as criminal prosecutions in Hong Kong and in England. In certain cases, disputes may be resolved prior to the commencement of proceedings, and Andrea is often called in to negotiate on behalf of clients in settlement discussions.

Andrea has been ranked in all major legal directories including Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, AsiaLaw and the Doyle's Guide. Andrea is also recognised as an Elite lawyer in China's Elite 100 Lawyers (Foreign Firms).