Our team - Hong Kong

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

 

Katy Lang
Born and educated in Hong Kong, Katy majored in Psychology at York University in Canada. She joined Hughes-Castell in 1993 and is a Managing Director of the company, covering private practice and in-house. She is fluent in Cantonese and English and proficient in Mandarin.

Career highlights include recruitment of partners and teams to US law firms and other partner placements to UK Magic Circle firms. She has also engaged in a highly successful practice of placing senior counsels in legal departments of prominent corporations highly placed in the Fortune 500.

Tel: + 852 2520 1184
Email: klang@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

 

Scott Harrison
Joining Hughes-Castell as a Senior Consultant in 2006, Scott is a specialist legal recruitment consultant who has recruited lawyers for major investment banks, financial institutions and multinationals across North Asia primarily focusing on Hong Kong and China. Working for over six years in recruitment initially in Sydney before relocating to Hong Kong in 2003, Scott identified a growing market across North Asia and an opportunity to add value to the recruitment process. Since being in Hong Kong Scott has developed excellent market insight in the legal industry, fostered solid client relationships and has access to legal talent at all levels.

Tel: + 852 2866 8156
Email: sharrison@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

 

Charmaine Chan
Charmaine graduated with an LLB degree at University of Sheffield in England. She returned to Hong Kong and retrained as a recruitment consultant joining Hughes-Castell in 2005. She has supported various assignments including in-house and private practice positions in Hong Kong and China. She has assisted in the recruitment for many Fortune 500 companies and leading European corporations.

Tel: + 852 2866 7484
Email: cchan@hughes-castell.com.hk

 

Sachin Desai
Sachin completed his LLB and his LPC in the UK and joined Hughes-Castell in 2008. He has been a recruiter since 2006 in London and specialised in IT and International Telecoms in the UK, African and Middle East markets gaining excellent market knowledge. He gained a solid track record of success in these fields but felt that it was time for a new challenge. He spotted a good opportunity in the Asia markets and decided to move to Hong Kong in 2007.

Tel: +852 2521 0103
Email: sdesai@hughes-castell.com.hk