We are delighted to announce Patrick GU as the partner to join us.

Patrick has a rich mix of in-depth labor law knowledge and extensive human resources related expertise accumulated from working with the labor arbitration tribunal, top-tier foreign and local Chinese law firms as well as Fortune 500 companies with a decade years. It is worth mentioning that Patrick once worked at the Shanghai Municipal Labor Arbitration Commission as an arbitrator and was responsible for lawmaking at the Shanghai local labor authority. Now, he still serves as a part-time labor disputes arbitrator.

Patrick has a keen business sense to provide constructive, practical and insightful advice and solutions for the multinational companies' clients. Patrick provides customized legal services in all fields of labor and employment law for clients, which includes the daily regulatory compliance consulting, review and consultation of the labor contracts, company policies, employee handbooks, non-competition restrictions and proprietary agreements, as well as advice on and implementation of data privacy policy, Codes of Conduct and business ethics codes. In addition, Patrick also assists clients to initiate and conduct anti-corruption, anti-bribery and other business ethics related investigations, and advises on misconduct actions as well as disputes resolution. Patrick routinely represents clients in labor arbitrations and litigations, efficiently assists clients on crisis management projects, and assists clients to effectively communicate with officials.

We believe Patrick GU will further strengthen our labor and employment practice to respond rapidly growing needs of our clients in this field.