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Björn Otto is a certified employment lawyer and partner of international law firm CMS. A main focus of Björn's practice is on transformation projects, outsourcing and restructuring as well as privatization. Björn has particular expertise in the fields of (national and international) boardroom codetermination, matrix structures of multinationals, the establishment of compliance structures, insolvency specific employment law, European and SE (Societas Europaea) Works Council issues and cross-border reorganization projects. Also, Björn regularly advises on the implementation of ERP-, AI- and other IT-systems and (cloud-based) software solutions.

Alberto has been in the employment law field since 2000. After having started practicing in London for a UK international top-ranked firm as a visiting foreign lawyer, he has been continuing his professional path in business law firms environment, starting from a long lasting experience in a first-tear multinational firm where he practiced for many years, then joining De Luca & Partners as a partner, being regularly and mainly involved in reorganizations and reshaping processes, M&A and private equity transactions (for labour and employment related aspects), as well as litigation being also admitted to advocate before the Supreme Court. Ranked with Chambers & Partners for 10 years, Alberto is admitted to the Milan Bar and has been for more than a decade member to leading international associations, including the Italian Employment Lawyers Association (AGI) and the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA), further to IBA and ABA.

Rie Taiko is a labor and employment law partner of TMI Associates. She is located in Tokyo, Japan and provides strategic and practical counselling to both domestic and foreign clients in various industries including retail, staffing, manufacturing, IT and transportation.

Ms. Taiko regularly advises in situations that can become potential disputes, such as treatment of problem employees and mass and mid-sized redundancy. She is also excellent at handling actual labor disputes in an expeditious manner, always seeking the maximum benefit for her client while being cognizant of business needs. Her practical experience and know-how from dealing with disputes is regularly incorporated in the employment-related documents she produces and reviews, with the aim of fully protecting the client.

Ms. Taiko has been recognized as a “next generation partner” for labor and employment in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2018.

Cathy Qu has worked extensively in the employment law sector for 20 years. Her practice specializes in labor law and human resources compliance, with a particular focus on representing employers in arbitration and litigation, and advising clients on layoffs and retrenchment, dismissal and termination negotiations, and internal policy improvement, as well as all facets of HR-related compliance and diversified dispute resolutions.

Cathy has served as the legal adviser of many Fortune 500 companies for years and has successfully undertaken several contentious and non-contentious cases with profound social impact. She also serves as a consulting expert on civil and administrative cases of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and a member of the Labor and Social Security Law Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association.

Cathy has been recommended by many international legal rating agencies for years, including: Chambers and Partners, the Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, Benchmark Litigation, ALB, LEGALBAND, etc.

Jenny TSIN is the Co-Head of WongPartnership’s Employment Practice and a Partner in the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice, Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice and the Corporate & Regulatory Investigations Practice.

Jenny is experienced in all aspects of employment laws, with particular focus on preventing and resolving disputes between employers and employees; and advising clients in respect of their employment related regulatory obligations. On the investigations front, Jenny frequently handles sensitive and complex investigations relating to employee misconduct, conduct which potentially amounts to breaches of sanctions and other financial regulations, privacy breaches, and in landmark cases involving workplace safety breaches. Jenny's dispute resolution experience also spans both litigation and arbitration.

Jenny is the Asia Pacific Regional Chair and a member of Board of Directors at Employment Law Alliance. On the pro bono front, Jenny volunteers her time with the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, providing legal representation to the needy.

Sky Yang is a partner in the Corporate and M&A Practice Group at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL). Mr. Yang also served as a managing partner and CFO of BKL. Since joining the firm in 1993, Mr. Yang has been actively advising in general corporate, M&A and financial regulatory sectors; and has worked extensively with major domestic and international private equity funds, multinational corporations, financial services firms and institutional investors with a broad range of general corporate and transactional matters, including inbound and outbound cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign-direct investments, private equity transactions, corporate governance, leveraged buy-outs, and corporate restructurings, among other areas of practice. He has also participated for many years in several pro bono activities as a commissioner of the Financial Supervisory Service, the Ministry of Justice, the Korea Exchange, as well as a director of the Korean Bar Association and an officer of the International Bar Association.

Kathryn Weaver is an employment law partner at Seyfarth Shaw, an AmLaw 100 full-service international law firm. She is the Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office and also heads up the Asia Pacific employment practice. Kathryn is dual-qualified (Hong Kong and England &Wales) and has over 15 years’ experience of advising multi-national employers in the Asia Pacific region on international employment law matters. Her work spans both contentious and non-contentious matters, such as advising on restructurings and terminations, coordinating litigation, carrying out contract, policy and compliance reviews, and negotiating settlements. She is regularly called on to speak at legal and HR conferences and events in the region on topical employment law matters, such as the impact of AI on employment law and how to implement effective DEIB strategies, policies and practices.