Ming Chen — Employment Lawyer in Shanghai

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Ming Chen — Employment & Labor Law Lawyer in Shanghai

🏢 Employment & Labor Law🔵 Listed Lawyer📍 Shanghai

PRC-Licensed Lawyer · Fangda Partners · Shanghai Bar Association

About Ming Chen

Ming Chen is an employment counsel at Fangda Partners, one of China’s elite law firms, based in Shanghai. With 12 years of experience, Ming advises multinational corporations on the full spectrum of PRC employment law matters, including employment disputes, mass layoff procedures, trade secret protection, and executive compensation structuring. He is a member of the Shanghai Bar Association.

Ming has developed particular expertise in trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation, representing multinational employers in high-stakes disputes against former employees who have joined competitors or started competing businesses. His approach combines aggressive litigation strategy when necessary with practical settlement negotiation, always calibrated to the client’s commercial objectives and reputational considerations.

His practice also encompasses significant advisory work on employment aspects of M&A transactions, where he guides acquiring companies through workforce due diligence, employee transfer mechanics under PRC law, and post-closing integration planning. He graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law and is a frequent contributor to employment law publications.

Practice Areas

• Employment Disputes — Representation in individual and collective labor arbitration and litigation, wrongful termination defense, discrimination claims, and wage disputes.
• Trade Secret Protection — Non-compete and confidentiality agreement enforcement, trade secret misappropriation litigation, employee departure protocols, and forensic investigation coordination.
• Workforce Restructuring — Mass layoff planning, statutory procedure compliance, severance package design, and union consultation for multinational employers in China.
• Executive Compensation — Senior executive employment agreements, equity incentive plan design, change-in-control provisions, and severance negotiation.
• M&A Employment Advisory — Employment due diligence, employee transfer mechanics, harmonization of employment terms post-acquisition, and redundancy planning.

Representative Matters

The following matters illustrate the scope of Ming’s practice:

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Languages: English (Fluent), Mandarin Chinese (Native)

Firm Address: 24th Floor, HKRI Centre Two, HKRI Taikoo Hui, 288 Shimen Yi Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai 200041, PRC