Labour
Our Labour Practice Group has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of employment relations. Our team provides legal advice on enforcement of labor contracts, internal rules, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs), labor contract terminations, and entitlement.
HBS LAW has established strong connections with key governmental authorities and stakeholders in Cambodia, focusing on capacity building within the Cambodian labor and employment sector.
In addition to providing advice on labor and employment issues, our Labour Practice Group offers guidance and support in labour registration and compliance matters. Our team is also equipped to assist in labor dispute resolution and representation at all levels of court in Cambodia. Our advisors bring a wealth of knowledge in strategic, transactional, and advisory labor and employment matters. This enables us to support both foreign and local clients on pre-contentious and contentious issues, including significant collective disputes, negotiations with unions over strikes and industrial actions, and internal investigations.
Our expertise extends beyond the products currently offered in Cambodia due to the international experience of its advisers and covers the following:
- representing clients in disputes and conciliations with the MLVT and in labor arbitrations at the Labor Arbitration Council
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
- employment agreements
- preparing employee handbooks and company policies
- filing/registration requirements
- obtaining annual quotas, annual work permits, and employment cards for local employees
- obtaining business visas for foreign employees
- assisting in preparing and filing declarations of staff movement
- assisting in applying for shop steward’s recognition, and labor union registration
- advising on strikes, lockouts, industrial actions
- dealing with mass layoffs, collective terminations and individual terminations
- HR strategic advice and HR compliance service
- advising on entitlements of employees upon termination
Tayseng Ly
Managing Partner
Mr. Ly is an experienced business lawyer with demonstrated focus and expertise in the practice areas of Corporate, Banking, Securities, Trusts, M&A, Mining and Energy, Real Estate, Tax, Insolvency, Arbitration, and Commercial Litigation.
Kunthea Ly
Associate
Kunthea has obtained L.LB from Royal University of Law and Economic (“RULE”). She has participated in international commercial arbitration moot and participated in the leadership program as a volunteer.
Ratana Samnang
Associate
Ratana earned an LL.M. specializing in Labour and Employment Law from Nagoya University, Japan, under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program. In 2026, he joined HBS LAW and became a member of Labour, Corporate & Commercial Practice Group.
Sovanrachna Hok
Associate
Sovanrachna earned a Dual Master’s Degrees in Public International Law from Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE) and Paris 8 University. In 2025, she joined HBS LAW and became a member of Labour, Corporate & Commercial, and Capital Markets Practice Group.
Related Publications
Legal Brief July 2019: Creating a Will.
Deal Lists
- Acted for one reputable five-stars hotel and report on their employment issue arising from their operation’s restructuring.
- Advised several leading commercial banks and microfinance institutions on their employment arrangement and compliance.
- Advised one largest sportwear manufacturer in the world who looking for enter into Cambodia’s market.
- Advised for transactional and advisory labor and employment issue to various companies including airline, beverage, insurance, media firm, telecommunications…etc.