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.

團隊的知名之處— 一間強大和健全的公司並在香港市場成立悠久。工作範圍涉及多個行業領域，包括技術、媒體和電信（TMT）、酒店和珠寶。擁有一批重大的本地和地區性客戶，分別由私募股權基金以至總部位於香港的公司也一并提供服務。定期和連接處理涉及兩個或以上的司法管轄區的事宜。掌握處理股票購買交易和公司重組。

優勢 — 受訪者重視部門迅速和高質素的回應。他們述：「部門回應快捷和總是採用一個非常商業的觀點。部門非常清楚他們的建議必須考慮到我們在營運的商業環境。」

另一位市場評論員指出：「客戶服務非常有效率。從草擬合同的角度來看，商業意識也非常好。」

團隊的知名之處 — 為置身金融行業的高淨值人士處理有爭議和非爭議的事宜。同時代表零售、電信、教育和保險行業的客戶。就不公平解僱，不平等報酬，不公平業績評估和被拒絕晉昇機會等問題提供諮詢和建議。

優勢 — 客戶讚賞該團隊：「讓您覺得有人站在您的角落，會幫助維護我的權利和爭取我應得的尊重。」

團隊的知名之處 — 為廣泛的家庭事務提供諮詢，特別在跨境婚姻、家庭財務和與子女相關的糾紛各方面具備顯著的經驗。在婚姻稅務方面更提供進一步的優勢，客戶可以從公司重點專注的私人財富管理服務中受惠。能夠採用非爭議的方法解決爭議。高淨值客戶經常為準備婚前協議與部門接洽，部們也與此同時提供資產保護建議並為其特殊的專長。

市場消息人士指出：「他們有一個強大和健全的婚姻事務部門。」

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.