Fangda Partners is well regarded for advising clients in high-profile compliance investigations and enforcement actions across China, often serving as lead counsel. It handles a full scope of contentious and non-contentious compliance and regulatory issues, including corporate investigations, administrative and criminal government enforcement, compliance advisory, and compliance program and policy issues. It also has strong expertise in cross-border matters, including acting for Chinese clients in government enforcement actions initiated by foreign governments. The team is co-led by Kate Yin, who splits her time between Beijing, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou, and Benjamin Miao who is based in Shanghai. Yin has significant experience advising across a wide array of matters, including anti-bribery, anti-competition, data protection and compliance, securities law, anti-money laundering, and export control matters, whilst Miao specialises in commercial disputes. Derrick Zhao is also notable for his expertise in general corporate compliance matters, internal investigations and government enforcement actions, whilst Yanjun Zhuang specialises in criminal defence, government enforcement and anti-fraud internal investigation.

With a dedicated compliance and corporate governance team, King & Wood Mallesons offers a strong practice advising clients across different industries in a variety of matters, including compliance system building, compliance investigations, and crisis response. It is also experienced in assisting on investigations by Chinese government authorities, industry regulators, and multilateral development banks. Wei Wu and Harry Liu jointly lead the team, with Wu specialising in anti-commercial bribery, corporate compliance risk assessment and prevention, compliance non-prosecution and program building, and corporate crisis management. Meanwhile, Liu has extensive experience in regulatory investigations, representing clients in dealing with Chinese and US government agency investigations. Junfeng Chang focuses on criminal litigation and compliance investigation, whilst Xiaodan Xu is experienced in assisting domestic and international clients in internal compliance investigations. Yang Han has expertise in the field of corporate compliance, whilst Yuanyuan Zhu’s practice focuses on anti-commercial bribery, investigation and sanctions of multilateral development banks, and construction of compliance system for state-owned companies. Yulai Gan is also notable for his experience in criminal defence, corporate risk management and compliance matters.

Global Law Office advises across the full spectrum of regulatory needs for a range of clients, which includes businesses, financial institutions, professional bodies, and both governmental and non-governmental organisations. The team also has strong expertise in relation to the life science, healthcare and pharmacy sector. Alan Zhou and Weiwei Gu co-lead the team from Shanghai. Zhou has extensive experience in corporate investigations, anti-corruption, and regulatory compliance matters, whilst Gu focuses on regulatory compliance, risk control and dispute resolution matters, with a particular focus handling anti-bribery administrative investigation cases. Jacky Li is also noted for his expertise in advising on internal and government investigations, whilst Maggie Meng specialises in cybersecurity, data protection and regulatory compliance.

Haiwen & Partners offers comprehensive compliance services, advising on a broad range of matters, including anti-corruption, anti-fraud, conflict of interest, data compliance, internal investigation, and dispute resolution. Its clients consist of state-owned, foreign, and private enterprises across a wide range of industries. The team is led by Jianyuan Yang, who is well regarded for her expertise in both domestic and cross-jurisdictional compliance matters. Tina Wu specialises in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, whilst Qiong Wu provides additional expertise in employment law compliance issues as well as contentious matters.

The compliance and anti-corruption group at Zhong Lun Law Firm acts for a range of clients, including regulatory bodies, central enterprises, multinationals, and large private companies across a variety of industries. It advises across a wide scope of compliance mandates, ranging from establishment of compliance systems, to investigations and sanctions by multilateral financial institutions, to management of major compliance crises. The regulatory compliance department is co-led by Xiangwen Liu and Gary Gao, both of whom have extensive experience in the area acting for a number of high-profile clients, meanwhile Jianwei Liu leads the trade compliance practice. Baosheng Zhang is also recommended for his expertise in securities compliance matters, whilst Jim Qiu has significant experience in cross-border transactional and compliance matters.

DaHui Lawyers advises on a variety of cross-border and domestic regulatory matters, with particular strength acting for clients in the TMT and fintech sectors. Additionally, the practice is also experienced in a wide range of operational matters, including structuring and licensing, as well as the construction of compliance frameworks. Richard Ma is the key name to note, advising leading domestic and multinational companies. The team is supported by Cloud Li, who is experienced in advising European and North American MNCs on employment and compliance matters, and Joanna Jiang, who has significant experience in data compliance cases.

The compliance practice at Dentons offers a range of services acting for Fortune 500 firms, domestic state-owned enterprises, and domestic private enterprises. It is experienced in anti-monopoly notifications, anti-monopoly administrative investigations, and anti-monopoly lawsuit matters, as well as in developing compliance programs. The team is led by Liping Yan, and supported by Kaiming Cai who has extensive experience in export control and economic sanctions, data protection, and cross-border compliance matters. Donghui Ruan is also notable and is particularly experienced in acting for TMT clients in regulatory and data compliance matters.

The corporate compliance group at Han Kun Law Offices is primarily known for its expertise in advising multinational and foreign-invested enterprises on regulatory compliance issues, as well as conducting internal investigations and developing internal control policies. It is also experienced in advising Chinese companies on export control and sanction compliance matters and offshore litigation matters. Chen Ma and David Tang co-lead the group from Beijing and Shanghai, respectively. Tang specialises in corporate compliance and regulatory matters, whilst Ma has extensive experience acting in commercial antitrust investigations and litigation cases, as well as on cross-border matters. Michelle Gong is also recommended for expertise across a broad range of compliance matters.

JunHe LLP’s regulatory and compliance practice forms part of the firm’s wider dispute resolution team. It is particularly experienced in acting on compliance and investigations for multilateral development banks, FCPA and bribery investigations, and internal investigations. The team is headed by David Tang, who has extensive experience in export controls, sanctions and customs compliance matters. George Zhu’s practice focuses on environmental, health and safety regulatory matters.

Llinks Law Offices’ broad compliance practice handles matters in relation to anti-corruption, cybersecurity and data protection, anti-trust and competition, trade control and investment regulation, and labour and employment. Its clients include multinational corporations, listed companies, and both state-owned and private enterprises. David Pan heads the team from Shanghai and has significant experience across a wide array of compliance matters, including anti-corruption cases. Patrick Gu is also notable for his expertise in labour and employment law-related compliance matters.