Alvan Liu & Partners is situated in the Central, Hong Kong.
The Firm provides legal services under the founding concept of "The Law Within Reach".
Our firm has a very international profile. We have advised clients from around the world including China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea and Japan in Asia; the USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile in the America; the UK, Ireland, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland in Europe; Australia; New Zealand; Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia in Africa.

About Alvan Liu & Partners

Founded in 1999

10 people in their team


Practice areas
Business
Intellectual Property
Lawsuits & Disputes
Employment & Labor

Languages spoken
Chinese
English

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Practice areas

Business

Corporate and Commercial

The Firm advises on all aspects of business including:

 

• Legal opinions on Hong Kong companies for listing purposes in China or overseas

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Establishment of investment companies

• Joint ventures and partnerships

• Sale and purchase of companies and business

• Group reorganization

• Management buy-outs

• Insolvency and receivership matters

• Drafting of various commercial agreements

Banking & Finance
Business Registration
Contract
Employer
Franchising
Legal Document
Licensing
Merger & Acquisition
New Business Formation
Tax Increment Financing
Financial Services Regulation
Government Relations & Lobbying
International Trade Law
Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Protection

Alvan Liu & Partners have acted for small and medium size enterprises as well as big corporations in the area of intellectual property protection. With our established working relationship with some private investigators and PRC lawyers, we are in a position to provide suitable legal services to clients who need intellectual property right protection in Hong Kong and the PRC.

Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Art & Cultural Property Law

Lawsuits & Disputes

Commercial & Civil Litigation

Understanding clients' needs and protecting clients' interests is the goal of the Firm's professional litigation team. Whilst the Firm attends to disputes with a good sense of practicality, we are able to achieve drastic results for clients by way of high power applications for urgent injunctions, mareva injunctions, and Anton Piller order. The Firm has handled high power litigation and arbitration including having acted for a listed group in China in an arbitration at the London Metals Exchange against a United States company claiming for USD 2 billion.

Appeal
Litigation
Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Employment & Labor

Employment Law

Alvan Liu & Partners advise clients on a routine basis concerning employment related issues. Our clients, in this area of law, include construction companies, restaurants, insurance brokers, consultancy services providers, trading companies and individual employees.

 

When to seek legal advice

You may need legal advice on employment issues in many different circumstances including the following:

 

•  Drafting of service contracts to deal with restrictive covenants, issues on confidentiality,

    intellectual property rights, specific duties, etc.

•  Acquisition of a company or business with existing employees

•  When there is an employment dispute

•  When you want advice on a director’s liabilities as an officer of the company

•  When an employer desires to negotiate with the employees on variation of the

    employment agreements

 

Foreign Domestic Helpers

We have been appointed the legal advisor of 2 associations of employment agencies. We have issued newsletters on the employment and immigration laws concerning employment of foreign domestic helpers from time to time. 

Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Retirement
Sexual Harassment
Wage & Hour
Wrongful Termination
Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation

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