Doreen Jaeger
Born and educated in Hong Kong, Doreen majored in Psychology at Occidental College in California. She joined Hughes-Castell in 1991 and is a Managing Director of the company. She covers private practice and in-house in Asia. She is fluent in English, Cantonese, German and French and proficient in Mandarin.
Some of her achievements include a US firm’s acquisition of an entire regional securitization practice—consisting of a team of seven lawyers including a partner, a UK law firm in its acquisition of its Tokyo office from a competing firm, a Wall Street firm’s acquisition of a Korean law practice, as well as the recruitment of the General Counsel to a power company, the General Counsel to a global technology manufacturing company, the regional counsel of an international insurance company, the Head of Legal of a major hedge fund, the COO of a global investment bank and the General Counsel of a household name in asset management.
Tel: + 852 2866 8385
Email: djaeger@hughes-castell.com.hk
Nick Marett
Nick Marett joined Hughes-Castell as Head of In-house for Hong Kong, servicing clients in both the corporate and financial services areas. Born and educated in Australia, Nick has permanent residency in Hong Kong after moving here in 2002 and brings with him a wide and rich range of regional experience in recruiting lawyers at mid and senior-levels. Prior to joining Hughes-Castell, Nick worked with a high profile regional legal recruitment firm, primarily and successfully focusing on in-house roles. Nick’s work with local and international financial services clients, Fortune 500 companies and leading regional corporations has given him a well established network of local and regional contacts.
Tel: + 852 2520 1184
Email: nmarett@hughes-castell.com.hk
Dora Cheung
Joining Hughes-Castell in 2000, Dora is a Senior Consultant who graduated with an LLB degree at Brunel University, West London. Before joining Hughes-Castell she joined a major Hong Kong based law firm as a trainee and gained a further two years post-qualification experience. Dora has successfully placed junior to mid-level associates at UK and US firms in Hong Kong and Japan. She has successfully recruited legal counsel for Fortune 500 and international companies in Hong Kong, China, Korea and Japan. She is fluent in English and Cantonese.
Tel: + 852 2520 1344
Email: dcheung@hughes-castell.com.hk
Connie Hui
Connie grew up and obtained her BSc and LLB in Canada; qualifying as a lawyer in British Columbia, prior to moving to Hong Kong in 1999. She also has an LLM from the University of Hong Kong. She has worked in both in-house and private practice settings in Hong Kong and thus has the necessarily insight and experience to support both in-house and private practice recruitment assignments at Hughes-Castell. Connie speaks fluent English and Cantonese and, since joining Hughes-Castell in 2005, has successfully placed candidates at top banks and corporations as well as top tier firms.
Tel: + 852 2520 1409
Email: chui@hughes-castell.com.hk
Rena Xu
Rena Xu is a Senior Consultant specializing in mid to senior-level legal and compliance recruitment in the region with an emphasis on Greater China. Prior to joining Hughes-Castell, she worked at a high profile international search firm and has a good track record of placing senior Legal Counsels, General Counsels, Compliance Managers and Associates in China. Having represented major Fortune 500 global corporations and leading international law firms, Rena understands the marketplace inside and out. Furthermore, she has built long-standing relationships with lawyers that giving her an in-depth understanding of who will flourish and excel. Rena is originally from China and graduated from the business school of a prestigious PRC university. She is a native in Mandarin, fluent in English and Cantonese.
Tel: + 852 2521 2262
Email: rxu@hughes-castell.com.hk
Jacqueline Zhang
As a Senior Consultant at Hughes-Castell, Jacqueline takes care of recruitment assignments across private practice, including mid to senior level associate and partner searches, and in house positions with PRC-related attributes. Originally from Inner Mongolia of China, Jacqueline obtained her LLM degree from University of Hong Kong, her MSc in Finance from Cass Business School in London and her BA in English from Tianjin University. Prior to joining Hughes-Castell, she worked and lived in both China and Europe. With her in-depth knowledge in multiple practice areas and great people skills, she excels at finding the best fit for both clients and candidates. She speaks fluent English, native Mandarin, proficient French and Cantonese.
Tel: + 852 2866 8156
Email: jzhang@hughes-castell.com.hk
Trish Fong
Trish graduated with her LLB from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Before joining Hughes-Castell in 2008, she spent several years as a litigator with a boutique law firm in New Zealand. She concentrates on junior to mid-level private practice and in-house assignments in Hong Kong.
Tel: + 852 2866 8256
Email: tfong@hughes-castell.com.hk
Michelle Yu
Michelle is a recruitment consultant specialising in providing Legal, Risk and Compliance recruitment solutions for law firms and financial institutions. Prior to joining Hughes-Castell, she was with one of Asia-Pacific’s largest recruitment groups and has successfully placed mid to senior-level Legal, Risk and Compliance professionals for clients across the region. Michelle is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin and lived and worked in Canada before embarking on her recruitment career. She majored in Accounting and Finance at Monash University and obtained her LLB in Hong Kong.
Tel: + 852 2521 0103
Email: myu@hughes-castell.com.hk
Beijing
Sara Shao
Sara joined the Hughes-Castell Beijing office in 2006 as a consultant where she works on the placement of mid-level lawyers in China. She graduated from the Business College of Massey University, New Zealand, majoring in Human Resource Management. She is a PRC national who speaks fluent English and has worked in both New Zealand and China.
Email: sshao@hughes-castell.com.hk
Shanghai
Sharry Xu
Joining Hughes-Castell’s Shanghai office in 2009, Sharry is a Consultant who graduated with an LLB degree at East China Institute of Politics & Law. Before joining Hughes-Castell she worked for a major legal recruitment firm as a consultant where she gained two years experience. Sharry has successfully placed middle to high-level legal professionals for international firms and MNCs in China. She is a PRC national who speaks fluent English.
Email: sxu@hughes-castell.com.hk