Sophie Wang

I am a counsel in Bird & Bird's employment team, based in Shanghai.

I have over 10 years of experience handling the full range of employment matters. This includes advising on the establishment and implementation of company policies, recruitment and dismissal, redundancies, compensation and benefits, labour dispatch, cross-border employment and secondment, global mobility and immigration, negotiation of employment contracts and separation agreements, compliance investigations, employee transfer in M&As and restructurings, as well as employment due diligence projects.

I have advised a large number of international companies across a range of industry sectors, including manufacturing, technology, automotive, optical, furniture, medical device, financial services, entertainment, retail and wholesale, and hospitality, on various employment cases.

Prior to joining Bird & Bird, I worked in the employment team of another international law firm for seven years and before that I had been working as the in-house legal counsel for a Global 500 MNC. The combination of professional experience as an external lawyer and in-house counsel allows me to better understand clients' legal needs, providing practical legal solutions and advice which add value to their businesses.