Choy Lau

Choy advises businesses and individuals on all aspects of employment law. Her clients cover a range of sectors, including legal services, technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), healthcare, marketing, manufacturing and hospitality.

She is valued by her clients for being a strategic thinker and creative problem solver, with the ability to distil complex legal concepts into plain English and offer clear, achievable strategies.

Her practice is a mix of contentious and non-contentious work, representing both claimants and respondents in the Employment Tribunal.

She advises on a full range of employment law matters, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, grievance and disciplinary issues, redundancy, restructuring, recruitment, and matters relating to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE). She also works on employment aspects of corporate transactions, commercial property transactions and insolvency.

• Representing a respondent in claims for race discrimination and unfair dismissal.
• Advising a company on TUPE obligations in a business acquisition.
• Reviewing and updating employment documentation for a company, including policies on data protection and privacy notices.
• Advised a company in relation to collective consultation for mass redundancies and redeployment arrangements.
• Advising a company in relation to a data subject access request from an employee.
• Representing an individual in respect of whistleblowing detriment claims.
• Drafting and negotiating TUPE clauses in property management agreements.

Choy is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.