The CMS, China Employment and Pensions Group legal experts have deep expertise on China employment law. Furthermore, with a strong network of over 200 lawyers globally, you have access to seamless international and cross-border service in China, throughout Europe, and in key emerging markets.

For any business to be successful in China, it must properly manage its employees and their benefits. With CMS, China you have access to our deep industry expertise, which enables you to navigate through the maze of China employment regulations, contractual agreements and other legal requirements.

Full Range of Employment & Pensions Expertise

As a client of our Employment & Pensions Group in China you have access to experts with deep sector-specific experience on:

• China employment law compliance including employment policies and social security issues
• Delivering seamless solutions on employment issues arising from M&A restructuring, outsourcing as well as the closing-down of businesses
• Cross-border employment and termination contracts, international secondments and executive transfers as well as relevant visa and work permit issues
• Standardization/development/changing of employment contracts, employee handbooks, including pay structures, bonus systems and employee benefit incentives, as well as training agreements, non-competition and confidentiality agreements
• Legislation and regulations, including in-house training of management
• HR restructurings including redundancy management and individual termination matters
• Employment dispute resolutions in arbitration and, in cooperation with local Chinese law firms, advice on litigation procedures

Deep Industry Knowledge

We support many clients on labour, employment and social security matters, ranging from mid-capped foreign invested enterprises to multinational corporations. We provide you experience in cross-border projects too.