Som Leung

Som has worked as a workplace investigator and an employment law advisor for a wide range of employers across the Asia-Pacific region over the last twenty years, including investment banks, professional services firms, pharmaceutical companies, public sector organisations and not-for-profit entities.

Organisations value Som’s deep legal expertise and the practical and empathetic approach that he brings to resolving workplace issues. Som understands the importance of the cultural and operating environment of workplaces, whilst not losing sight of the important details that shape each investigation and dispute.

Som started his career as an employment lawyer in Melbourne in 2002, working with prominent employment law practices in PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal and Corrs Chambers Westgarth. From 2007 Som spent over a decade working in Hong Kong, including as an employment lawyer at international law firms such as Freshfields, and as a senior employee relations advisor at JPMorgan Chase. Som returned to Melbourne in 2019 and has since worked as a Senior Associate, and then Special Counsel in several highly regarded employment law practices, including at Mills Oakley and HMB Employment Lawyers.

Over the past 10 years, Som has undertaken workplace investigations – both in Australia and overseas – into a diverse range of misconduct matters, including sexual harassment, bullying, conflicts of interest and commercial impropriety in procurement.