Hughes-Castell Hong Kong Team

Contact our legal recruitment team in Hong Kong to learn about your options in a confidential and professional way. Our Hong Kong office handles mandates across Asia, including Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, India and more.

Doreen Jaeger-Soong

Managing Director

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.

Phone: (852) 2866-8385
E-mail: djaeger@hughes-castell.com.hk

Nick Marett

Head of In-House

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.

Phone: (852) 2520-1184
E-mail: nmarett@hughes-castell.com.hk

Dora Cheung

Senior Consultant

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.

Phone: (852) 2520-1344
E-mail: dcheung@hughes-castell.com.hk

Connie Hui

Senior Consultant

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.

Phone: (852) 2520-1409 E-mail: chui@hughes-castell.com.hk

Rena Xu

Senior Consultant

Rena 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.

Phone: (852) 2521-2262
E-mail: rxu@hughes-castell.com.hk

Jacqueline Zhang

Senior Consultant

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 in the region. Originally from Inner Mongolia of China, Jacqueline obtained her LLM degree from the 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, understanding in various industries 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.

Phone: (852) 2866-8156
E-mail: jzhang@hughes-castell.com.hk

Trish Fong

Consultant

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
E-mail: tfong@hughes-castell.com.hk

Michelle Yu

Consultant

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 she 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
E-mail: myu@hughes-castell.com.hk

Katherine Fan

Consultant

Katherine graduated with a LLB/BA (in International Studies) from the University of Technology, Sydney. She received her LLM (Corporate and Commercial Law) from the University of New South Wales. Prior to joining Hughes-Castell, she practised in commercial litigation in Australia. Now as a legal recruitment Consultant, Katherine focuses on paralegal and junior to mid-level private practice and in-house assignments in Hong Kong and China. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Tel: (852) 2143-6759
E-mail: kfan@hughes-castell.com.hk