Led by Anna Chan, Oldham, Li & Nie handles a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for high-net-worth individuals and companies. In addition to undertaking day-to-day advisory work, the team represents clients before the Labour Tribunal and in the High Court.

OLN IP Services, a member of Oldham, Li & Nie, is ranked for Intellectual Property practice area. OLN IP is led by Benjamin Choi and Vera Sung, both veterans in the IP space, and backed by a seasoned team of intellectual property experts from our Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, who together bring formidable experience and depth of knowledge to provide clients with nuanced and precise IP advice tailored to their business needs. 

What the team is known for
The strong practice of Oldham, Li & Nie is long established in the Hong Kong market. Engaged across a variety of industry sectors, including TMT, hospitality and manufacturing. Boasts a diverse roster of clients, ranging from regional investment firms to Hong Kong-based corporates. Regularly works on matters involving several jurisdictions, including Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. Skilled in share purchase transactions and restructurings.

Strengths
Clients specifically highlights the team’s “good Greater China knowledge.”

Work highlights
Advised investment firm YCP on its Hong Kong restructuring in connection with potential listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

What the team is known for
Oldham, Li & Nie advises on a wide range of family law matters, with notable experience in cross-border matrimonial, financial and child-related disputes. Offers further strength in matrimonial tax and trust matters, where clients benefit from the firm’s focused private wealth management practice. Able to use non-contentious methods for dispute resolution. Frequently approached by high net worth clients for prenuptial agreements, with special expertise in offering asset protection advice.

“Well-established independent Hong Kong-based firm Oldham, Li & Nie provides ‘concise and accurate advice’ to local SMEs, China-based corporates, and multinational entities on brand protection throughout Greater China. Team head Vera Sung’s broad IP offering includes expertise across trade mark, patent, and copyright matters, enabling her to provide effective advice to many international clients seeking to preserve and protect their brand throughout the region.”

“Anna Chan not only well-versed across a range of contentious matters but also well-placed to structure corporate tax-efficient remuneration packages, by virtue of her ancillary tax advisory expertise.”

“What the team is known for Robust firm that is long established in the Hong Kong market. Engaged across a variety of industry sectors, including TMT, hospitality and manufacturing. Boasts a diverse roster of clients, ranging from private equity funds to Hong Kong-based corporates. Regularly works on matters involving several jurisdictions, including Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Skilled in share purchase transactions and restructurings.

Strengths “The client service is excellent,” according to a client, praising the team’s “”hands-on approach”” and adding: “”They don’t just tell the client what they want to hear; they truly analyse the situation before offering any advice or strategy.””

Work highlights Advised Alpha Balance Trust on setting up a subsidiary company in Hong Kong.”

“What the team is known for Advises on a wide range of family law matters, with notable experience in cross-border matrimonial, financial and child-related disputes. Offers further strength in matrimonial tax and trust matters, where clients benefit from the firm’s focused private wealth management practice. Able to use non-contentious methods for dispute resolution. Frequently approached by HNW clients for prenuptial agreements, with special expertise in offering asset protection advice.

Strengths One interviewee praises the team’s “”phenomenal client care,”” and goes on to explain: “”They set realistic expectations early on, and provide solid guidance and visibility in navigating the twists and turns of litigation.”

Led by the experienced Vera Sung, Oldham, Li & Nie‘s ‘responsive‘ five-strong team provides ‘very appropriate advice‘ to local SMEs and larger international businesses across a range of contentious and non-contentious IP issues. The firm is particularly active in the publishing, retail and travel sectors and regularly acts for respondents and claimants in trade mark and passing-off actions.

Headed by newly promoted partner Jade Tang, Oldham, Li & Nie’s employment team maintains a significant offering across both contentious and non-contentious matters for employees and employers from a range of industry sectors, including financial services and banking. Leveraging her corporate and commercial background, Tang has particular expertise advising on non-contentious matters, including on the employment issues associated with corporate reorganisations.

What the team is known for Robust firm that is long established in the Hong Kong market. Engaged across a variety of industry sectors, including TMT, hospitality and jewellery. Boasts a roster of significant local and regional clients, ranging from private equity funds to Hong Kong-based corporates. Regularly works on matters involving two or more jurisdictions, including Japan, Korea and Singapore. Skilled in share purchase transactions and restructurings.

Strengths One client highlights that the team is “good at assessing commercial terms and risks to allow clients to make commercial decisions,” adding: “The team really understands what the client wants and is professional, direct and efficient.”

A second client says: “The team is helpful and highly responsive to all our questions and concerns.”

Work highlights Advised YCP Holdings on the Hong Kong law aspects of its acquisition of a Singapore target company.

Recognised Practitioner

What the team is known for Advises on a wide range of family law matters, with notable experience in cross-border matrimonial, financial and child-related disputes. Offers further strength in matrimonial tax matters, where clients benefit from the firm’s focused private wealth management practice. Able to use non-contentious methods for dispute resolution. Frequently approached by HNW clients for prenuptial agreements, with special expertise in offering asset protection advice.

团队的知名之处— 一间强大和健全的公司并在香港市场成立悠久。工作范围涉及多个行业领域，包括技术、媒体和电信（TMT）、酒店和珠宝。拥有一批重大的本地和地区性客户，分别由私募股权基金以至总部位于香港的公司也一并提供服务。定期和连接处理涉及两个或以上的司法管辖区的事宜。掌握处理股票购买交易和公司重组。

优势 — 受访者重视部门迅速和高质素的回应。他们述：「部门回应快捷和总是采用一个非常商业的观点。部门非常清楚他们的建议必须考虑到我们在营运的商业环境。」

另一位市场评论员指出：「客户服务非常有效率。从草拟合同的角度来看，商业意识也非常好。」

团队的知名之处 — 为置身金融行业的高净值人士处理有争议和非争议的事宜。同时代表零售、电信、教育和保险行业的客户。就不公平解雇，不平等报酬，不公平业绩评估和被拒绝晋升机会等问题提供咨询和建议。

优势 — 客户赞赏该团队：「让您觉得有人站在您的角落，会帮助维护我的权利和争取我应得的尊重。」

团队的知名之处 — 为广泛的家庭事务提供咨询，特别在跨境婚姻、家庭财务和与子女相关的纠纷各方面具备显著的经验。在婚姻税务方面更提供进一步的优势，客户可以从公司重点专注的私人财富管理服务中受惠。能够采用非争议的方法解决争议。高净值客户经常为准备婚前协议与部门接洽，部们也与此同时提供资产保护建议并为其特殊的专长。

市场消息人士指出：「他们有一个强大和健全的婚姻事务部门。」

Led by Vera Sung, the IP team at independent Hong Kong firm Oldham, Li & Nie has strong ties with small and medium-sized enterprises as well as larger international businesses, and is active across a range of IP issues including trademarks, patents and copyrights.

Senior associate Jade Tang excels at handling M&A and transaction-based employment work, and recently provided Hong Kong law input advice to an international law firm that was instructed by the seller of a Hong Kong company to a Korean purchaser. Since the seller was still maintaining a minority interest in the company, the documentation had to ensure that its minority rights were protected and that the key employees’ interests were taken care of under the employment contract and the share option agreement.