• Represented a Fortune 500 German company in a major mass dispute arising from plant relocation, involving over 100 employees each with their own legal counsel. Given the significant impact on the company and society, multiple stakeholders (employer, arbitration commission, courts, labor authorities) paid close attention. Adhering to the principle of stabilizing labor relations and protecting lawful rights, Ms. Chen participated in the entire threeyear arbitration and litigation process, providing legal opinions, attending hearings, and actively engaging in mediation meetings with corporate legal, HR, plant and China management, public relations, arbitration commissions, grassroots and intermediate courts, and opposing counsels. Eventually, all over 100 cases were successfully settled through mediation, with employees receiving full settlement amounts, maximally safeguarding labormanagement harmony and social stability.

• Represented a Fortune 500 American group in closing its Hebei, Guangdong, and Shandong subsidiaries and relocating its Wuxi factory. As a core member of the workforce restructuring team, Ms. Chen provided fullprocess legal services for the redundancy of hundreds to thousands of employees across these entities.

• Led the employee placement legal service for nearly 200 employees in connection with the sale of certain product sales businesses of a listed biopharmaceutical company. Leveraging extensive project experience, Ms. Chen guided the entire placement process and helped the client complete all preparatory work from scratch within one week, facilitating smooth negotiation and achieving a 100% signing rate.

• For several consecutive years, represented a worldleading medical device company (Fortune 500) in dozens of labor arbitration and litigation cases in China, serving as its longterm counsel. Achieved a success rate of over 90%, significantly above the average for employers in labor cases, earning client recognition and satisfaction while effectively resolving numerous labor disputes and enhancing the company’s employment image.

• In a complex dispute involving two former senior executives of a domestic tech startup – covering crossjurisdictional employment relationship confirmation, severance pay, noncompete obligations, and substantial equity incentive claims – Ms. Chen and her team successfully secured a favorable verdict for the company through professional legal expertise, efficient litigation strategies, and excellent communication skills.

• Drafted, designed, and revised labor contracts, settlement agreements, equity incentiverelated documents, employee handbooks, corporate policies, and other standalone systems for multiple enterprises.

• Restructured and optimized HR employment systems for several wellknown multinational companies in China to reduce legal risks and labor costs.

• Delivered internal training and public legal education sessions for workers, covering topics such as recruitment and onboarding under the Civil Code, employee personal information protection, noncompete and trade secret protection, key issues in compliance arbitration and litigation, dismissal management under Chinese labor law, and practical legal aspects of labor and employment management.

Ms. Chen Siying has focused on labor and employment law for over a decade. She previously served at a Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Commission and later practiced at a Chambersranked boutique labor law firm and a toptier employment team. She has been recognized as a Recommended Lawyer in Labor & Employment by The Legal 500.

Bachelor of Laws, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

Parttime Arbitrator at the Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Commission of a District in Shanghai

Member of the Social Public Welfare and Legal Aid Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association