Tess Lumsdaine

Tess acts for clients in all aspects of employment law, including contentious matters such as contractual disputes, restraint litigation, safety related prosecutions, as well as civil claims and claims relating to termination, information theft, discrimination and harassment. She has extensive experience advising on executive employment, remuneration and regulatory issues in the context of hiring, mobility and exits. She also has broad credentials in managing multijurisdictional compliance and restructuring projects and is regularly engaged to conduct complex workplace investigations. Tess supports clients in tech, banking and financial services, consumer goods and retail and the pharmaceutical sector.

• Leading a strategic compliance review for an international airline in over 30 jurisdictions.
• Assisting a multinational financial services company on employee background check processes in over 20 jurisdictions.
• Advising a technology company on the post-acquisition employee integration and reduction in force across 13 jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific*
• Acting for clients in enforcing covenants including for a global bank and a global insurer in relation to team moves.
• Investigating complaints of sexual harassment against a senior executive and advising the board on risk mitigation including litigation and communications strategy.
• Investigating and acting for a global asset manager in relation to claims of unlawful discrimination. 
• Acting for a logistics company in a safety prosecution arising out of a workplace fatality and for an engineering company in respect of civil claims arising from a significant workplace accident*.
• Acting for various companies on regulatory investigations and prosecutions for wages and provident fund offences.

*Matters handled prior to joining Baker McKenzie

• Next Generation Partner (Labour and Employment, Hong Kong) – Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2024)
• Up and Coming (Employment: Hong Kong-based) – Chambers and Partners (2024)
• ALB 40 Under 40 (2023)
• Rising Star (Labour and Employment, Hong Kong) – Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021-2023)