Sarah Berkeley

Sarah is a partner in the firm’s Asia employment practice, based in London. She is admitted as a solicitor in both Hong Kong and England & Wales. Sarah operates the "Asia Desk" for the firm’s international employment practice, from London, supporting clients on their Hong Kong and Asia employment law needs.

Sarah specialises in advising clients on their most sensitive employment law matters, with particular focus on the financial institution and asset management sectors. She advises on all aspects of the employment relationship, including drafting employment contracts and staff handbooks, bonus and remuneration arrangements, negotiated terminations, the employment aspects of internal and regulatory investigations, employment data privacy, strategic issues associated with reorganisations and restructuring, discrimination and harassment, and employment disputes.

Awards and Recognitions

• Sarah is ranked as a Band 1 "Leading Individual" for Employment Law by Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia. She is recognised as "always very calm and provides very pragmatic advice" (Chambers Asia 2022). She is held in high esteem for her "very sensible, prompt and commercial" approach to employment law mandates (Chambers Asia 2021). She is described as a "stand out performer" (Legal 500 Asia 2021). Clients consider her advice "concise, pragmatic and easy to understand," and describe her responsiveness as "extremely impressive, even within tight deadlines" (Chambers Asia 2019). Sarah is described as "a very seasoned employment lawyer" and provides "commercial and practical advice" to clients (Legal 500 Asia 2019).