Speakers

Jay Chong, general manager – APAC, Lineal Services

Jay Chong is the General Manager for Lineal in the APAC region. He brings over 20 years of experience in technology and consulting, specialising in electronic discovery matters and digital investigations. Mr. Chong’s areas of expertise are digital investigation and eDiscovery matters, focusing on fraud, intellectual property, regulatory investigations, and disputes. He has worked with clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, technology and telecommunications, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, energy and utilities, retail and consumer goods, as well as regulatory bodies.

Additionally, Mr. Chong has extensive experience in managing cross-border digital investigation and eDiscovery matters, particularly in Asia. He frequently advises corporations and law firms on eDiscovery best practices and compliance with local regulations concerning sensitive data. Mr. Chong also possesses experience in managing eDiscovery and digital investigation matters in global regulatory investigations involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Chinese anti-corruption regulatory bodies, as well as U.S. litigation and arbitrations.

Among Mr. Chong’s notable assignments include overseeing a large-scale eDiscovery for a cross-border FCPA investigation of a U.S. pharmaceutical company, covering 250 custodians with 500 electronic devices located across 14 cities in China. He has also successfully managed high-profile IP disputes for Chinese technology companies, including deploying an onsite eDiscovery solutions at client premises and handling 6TB of data from processing and exporting stages to on-site review.

Previously, Mr. Chong held the position of Senior Director at a global leading Consulting Company’s Forensic Technology Group, and prior to that he served as the Head of Forensics at a global leading eDiscovery company in Asia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from the Western Michigan University Haworth College of Business. Mr. Chong is certified as an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

Jay Chong是Lineal公司的亚太区总经理。他在电子取证和数据调查领域拥有20多年的技术和咨询经验。庄先生的专长领域包括电子数据调查和电子数据开示，重点涉及欺诈，知识产权诉讼，监管调查和争议解决的案件。他曾为包括银行金融服务机构，科技通讯，制造业，制药业，能源公用事业，零售消费品等多个行业的客户，以及监管机构提供服务。

此外，庄先生在管理跨境电子数据调查和电子数据开示案件中拥有丰富的经验，尤其在亚洲地区。他经常为企业和律所就电子数据开示最佳实践以及涉及敏感数据如何遵守当地法规的工作流程提供建议。庄先生还具有管理涉及美国《海外反腐败法》（FCPA）和中国反腐监管机构的全球监管调查，以及美国诉讼和仲裁的电子数据开示和数据调查业务的多年经验。庄先生管理的重大案件包括：监督一家美国制药企业涉及跨境FCPA反海外腐败法调查的大规模电子数据取证工作，涉及250名管理人员和位于中国14个城市的500台电子设备。他成功管理過多家中国科技公司的知识产权诉讼案件，包括在客户现场部署电子数据开示解决方案，处理和提交共6TB的数据协助律师做现场文件审查。

之前庄先生曾担任一家全球领先咨询公司的法证技术集团高级总监，再之前他曾担任一家全球领先的电子数据开示公司的法证技术部亚太区主管。他拥有西密歇根大学商学院计算机信息系统学士学位。庄先生拥有EnCase

Certified Examiner (EnCE), AccessData Certified Examiner(ACE)和

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)等专业认证。他精通英语，粤语和普通话

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Ray Liu, partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Ray Liu, Esq. is a Global Partner of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, and the Founding Partner, Managing Partner and Chief Representative of its Beijing office. He is qualified to practice in the State of New York and holds PRC’s legal professional qualification and Securities Practitioner Qualification. Prior to joining Dorsey, he worked in the Legal Department of Bank of China New York Branch in New York City.

Drawing on around 15 years of practice, Ray specializes in supporting Chinese enterprises on their overseas expansion and global operations, with a strong focus on high-stakes dispute resolution, including U.S. and Hong Kong litigation, international arbitration, investigations (government and criminal), and enforcement matters. His practice also encompasses outbound investment, corporate and M&A, capital markets, FDI, banking and insurance, IP (contentious and non-contentious), , export control and sanctions, restructuring and insolvency, as well as cybersecurity and data privacy – particularly in frontier sectors including artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing, autonomous and technologies, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and financial institutions. Ray has successfully represented clients in numerous high-profile international disputes, investigations, compliance matters, and complex overseas transactions. He is highly trusted by central and state-owned enterprises, public and unicorn companies, leading multinationals, and high-net-worth individuals recognized by Forbes and Hurun

Ray and the cases he has led have been consistently recognized by Legal 500, China Business Law Journal, Asian Legal Business, LegalOne, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and Benchmark Litigation. Beyond his notable legal practice, Ray is actively involved in social responsibilities initiatives and is sought-after speaker at major international investment, economic and legal forums. He frequently lectures at Chinese bar associations, and U.S. CLE courses, and is also regularly interviewed and widely covered by People’s Daily, Global People, CGTN, Caixin, Yicai, The New York Times and other mainstream media for his insights on a wide range of U.S.-China legal and economic issues.

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Jennifer Qian, vice president business development APAC, Lineal

Jennifer is Vice President of Business Development (APAC) at Lineal, a multilingual eDiscovery practitioner with 12+ years of experience managing high-stakes projects for global corporations and elite law firms across the Asia-Pacific region.As a trusted eDiscovery advisor on cross-border disputes and internal/regulatory investigations, she has successfully directed complex eDiscovery projects for Fortune 500 companies,international and PRC law firms, and Chinese enterprises expanding globally. Jennifer is recognized for her strategic approach in high-pressure scenarios, coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver legally defensible, cost-efficient, and compliance-ready solutions, particularly for matters involving sensitive data and multiple jurisdictions.

Native in Mandarin, fluent in English and Cantonese, Jennifer effectively aligns international best practices with local legal technology requirements, ensuring clients achieve optimal outcomes in contentious and investigative matters.

Prior to joining Lineal, Jennifer served as Client Executive Director and China Executive Sponsor for a leading global eDiscovery provider, where she played a pivotal role in advising clients on cross-border discovery strategies for complex disputes, litigation, and regulatory investigations.

Jennifer 钱婧靓，现任联内亚亚太区业务发展副总裁，是一位拥有 12 年以上电子数据开示经验的多语种专业人士，长期为亚太地区的跨国企业和顶尖律师事务所管理复杂的电子数据开示项目。

作为跨境争议解决及内部/监管调查领域备受信赖的电子开示顾问，她曾成功为多个财富 500强企业，国际及中国律师事务所，出海发展的中资企业主导复杂的电子数据开示项目的部署。Jennifer 以其在高压环境下的战略应对能力著称，善于协调其跨职能团队交付法律上高抗辩的，高成本效益的解决方案，特别是涉及敏感数据和跨境数据的项目。

母语为普通话，并精通英语和粤语的她，能够有效协调国际最佳实践与本地法律科技需求，确保客户在争议和调查事项中获得最佳结果。在加入联内亚之前，Jennifer 曾担任一家全球领先电子数据开示服务商的客户执行董事和中国区执行代表。在此期间，她在为客户提供跨境电子开示战略咨询方面发挥了关键作用，涉及复杂争议，诉讼和监管调查等领域

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Monica Sun, partner, Fangda Partners

With more than 20 years of experience in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure, Monica SUN focuses on providing comprehensive legal services across the energy value chain, including oil and gas, mining and power. She has advised major Chinese enterprises on significant overseas energy and infrastructure investments and played a key role in international companies’ entry into China’s oil and gas and renewable energy markets. Renowned for her expertise in LNG, Monica has frequently been invited to speak at prestigious industry forums and has been recognized as a top-tier expert in energy and natural resources by Chambers and The Legal 500 over many consecutive years. Monica previously served as the head of energy at a leading UK law firm’s China office.

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Shepard Liu, partner, Fangda Partners

Shepard Liu is a globally renowned legal expert specializing in project finance. With over two decades of experience, he has established a premier reputation for advising on complex cross-border transactions across renewable and conventional power, energy, minerals, oil and gas, transportation and other infrastructure sectors. He possesses deep technical proficiency in multilateral development finance, structured finance, syndicated loans and export credit frameworks. He has advised major financial institutions, export credit agencies and project sponsors on landmark deals, with a practice spanning Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe. Recognized for his ability to navigate first-in-country and first-of-a-kind financings, Shepard is consistently ranked as a Band 1 “leading individual” by Chambers and Partners (ranked for 11 consecutive years) and is highly recommended by the Legal 500. Shepard previously served as a as a Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance partner and Chief Representative of China at a leading international law firm.

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Bryan (Yusheng) Fu, director of the competition and development research center, Tencent Research Institute

Bryan FU has been practicing law at various firms in China and the United States since 2004. He is qualified to practice law in China and New York State, USA. Currently, he is responsible for antitrust compliance at Tencent Group. His practice areas cover a wide range of regulatory compliance and crisis management matters, including antitrust, anti-unfair competition, data and AI governance. His nearly 20 years of professional expertise have been recognized by the market and industry peers, and he has been consistently rated as a “Next Generation Antitrust Partner/Lawyer” in China by LEGAL 500 for many years.

傅育生律师自2004 年开始在中美不同律所执业，取得中国和美国纽约州执业资格，目前在腾讯集团负责反垄断合规工作，执业领域覆盖众多监管合规和危机处理，包括反垄断、反不正当竞争、数据、AI治理等，近 20 年专业能力获得市场和业内认可，多年被LEGAL 500评为中国反垄断/竞争法领域“明日之星” (“Next Generation Antitrust Partners/Lawyers”)

Chen Xianglin, partner, Han Kun Law Offices

Mr. Chen Xianglin specializes in commercial arbitration and cross-border commercial dispute resolution, with nearly twenty years of professional experience. He has extensive experience representing foreign clients and multinational companies in commercial disputes related to China, as well as representing large domestic companies in international commercial disputes. The major cases handled by Mr. Chen involve areas such as investment and financing disputes, joint venture disputes, biopharmaceutical disputes, product liability disputes, and public crisis management. Before joining Han Kun Law Offices, Mr. Chen worked for ten years in the Dispute Resolution Group at King & Wood Mallesons in Beijing. He has represented domestic and international clients in numerous arbitration cases at well-known arbitration institutions such as SIAC, HKIAC, AAA, ICC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC, and SCIA, among others. Additionally, Mr. Chen has represented many multinational companies and large state-owned enterprises in numerous litigation cases at the Supreme People’s Court of China and local people’s courts at various levels. Mr. Chen is an accredited/recommended arbitrator with several well-known domestic and international arbitration institutions, including HKIAC, CIETAC, SCIA, and CMAC. He has served as a chief arbitrator and sole arbitrator in a large number of cases. Mr. Chen was one of the first lawyers to be included in the Ministry of Justice’s “National Thousand Foreign-related Lawyer Talent Pool” and is a member of the Beijing Lawyers Association’s “Capital Foreign-related Lawyers Training Camp.”

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Xiaofeng Sean Li, legal counsel, China, Komatsu

Sean is the China Regional Counsel of Komatsu Mining Corp. Group. As a member of the management team, he is in charge of all the legal and compliance affairs for KMC’s three subsidiaries in China.

Sean has more than 20 years’ practical legal and compliance experience in various industries and fields. He started his career at a law firm, then he served as in-house legal counsel for PetroChina, Honeywell (in which one year in Chicago), Mercedes-Benz and Dell.

Sean holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Law and a MBA , both earned from the University of International Business and Economics.

James Jiang, managing partner, Topcom China Law Offices

James Jiang is the managing partner at Topcom. He focuses his practice on government affairs and compliance, cyber security and data protection, dispute resolution, and corporate matters. James is licensed to practice law in the PRC and New York State of the U.S. He is an Adjunct Professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law, and an arbitrator of China Commission of Arbitration for Sport and Shanghai Arbitration Commission.

James has been leading the team for a long time to represent many clients in dealing with their tough cases in various industries. With over 20 years of practice, he has handled a wide range of cross-border legal matters, including data protection, investment and financing, and intellectual property rights protection. In the areas of government affairs and compliance practice, James has represented clients in high-profile government and corporate investigations, and criminal cases, such as the Top Ten Most Important Legal Cases of 2016 That Pushed Forward China’s Legal System and China’s First Case of Illegally Providing Trade Secret to Overseas Entities. James has been frequently invited to attend lectures and symposiums, and discuss cutting-edge legal

topics of regulatory compliance. James communicates closely with relevant sides so as to advise clients in regulation and practical operations.

James received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law from Shanghai International Studies University, University of Amsterdam and New York University School of Law.

Ning Ning, partner, Gibson Dunn

Ning Ning is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. She is a member of the firm’s White-Collar Defense and Investigations Practice and is based in the Hong Kong office.

Ning’s practice focuses on advising clients on government and internal investigations compliance counseling, and compliance due diligence matters across the Asia-Pacific region. She has represented clients before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) involving potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities laws, and other white collar defense matters. Ning regularly advises clients on internal investigations relating to allegations of corruption, fraud, and accounting irregularities. She also counsels clients on designing and continuously improving their anti-corruption and compliance programs, and on anti-corruption and compliance risk assessments.

Ning is recognized as an Up and Coming partner for Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption by Chambers Greater China Region.

She is a native Mandarin speaker and has extensive experiences in China-related investigations and compliance matters.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ning practiced at international law firms in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong.

宁宁是吉布森律师事务所香港办公室的合伙人。她是该所白领犯罪辩护与调查业务组的成员，并常驻香港办公室。

宁律师的业务重点在于为客户就政府调查及内部调查、合规咨询，以及亚太地区范围内的合规尽职调查事宜提供法律意见。她曾代表客户就涉嫌违反美国《反海外腐败法》（FCPA）、证券法律法规及其他白领犯罪相关事项，应对美国司法部（DOJ）及美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的调查。宁律师经常就涉及腐败、欺诈及会计违规指控的内部调查事项为客户提供法律咨询。她还为客户就反腐败与合规体系的设计及持续改进，以及反腐败与合规风险评估事宜提供法律咨询。

宁律师获得《钱伯斯大中华区》（Chambers Greater China Region）认可，被评为企业调查／反腐败领域的“新晋合伙人”（Up and Coming）。

她以普通话为母语，在中国相关跨境调查及合规事务方面拥有丰富经验。

在加入吉布森之前，宁律师曾在位于芝加哥、伦敦及香港的多家国际律师事务所执业。

Christopher Smith, chief counsel, private sector investment & treasury operations, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Christopher Smith is Chief Counsel, Private Sector Investment & Treasury Operations, at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), where he leads the private sector legal function. Prior to joining AIIB, Chris was Senior Attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, having worked in several of the firm’s offices across the United States and Europe. He holds a JD from the University of Michigan, an MA from Johns Hopkins University and a BA from Tufts University, and is qualified to practice law in the State of New York. Prior to law school, Chris served as a US Peace Corps Business and Community Development Volunteer in Armenia.

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Li Jun, senior partner and secretary of the discipline inspection committee, W&H Law Firm

Li Jun, Senior Partner and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee at Beijing W&H Law Firm, graduated from China University of Political Science and Law with the first cohort of the Master of Laws degree. He serves as a member of the Land and Real Estate Law Professional Committee of the 12th Beijing Lawyers Association, Director of the Construction Engineering and Real Estate Research Committee of the 4th Haidian District Lawyers Association, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the W&H National Real Estate and Construction Engineering Legal Professional Committee, and a member of the Expert Pool for Special Government Bond Evaluation of the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance. He also holds positions as an Independent Director of a pharmaceutical company preparing for listing and an External Director of an industry investment group in a certain city. He has been honored with awards such as “Advanced Individual in Legal Work during the Olympic Games,” “Outstanding Lawyer of Haidian District,” “Excellent Professional Lawyer of Haidian District,” “Outstanding Communist Party Member in Beijing’s Legal Industry (2015-2016),” and “Excellent Communist Party Member” in the “Two Excellences and One First” selection for the legal industry in Haidian District in 2021.

Li Jun specializes in legal affairs related to real estate and construction engineering, including major litigation and arbitration in real estate development and construction, mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy reorganization of real estate companies, PPP project consulting, and special government bond projects. He is also experienced in corporate law matters, such as corporate mergers and acquisitions, asset restructuring, major commercial litigation and arbitration, as well as legal affairs concerning liability disputes for securities misrepresentation. A case he handled regarding real estate cooperative development was included in the Summary of Judges’ Meetings of the Second Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s Court (First Volume). His major publications include co-editing Winning Strategies in Real Estate and Construction Engineering Cases and Practical Guidelines for Local Government Special Bond Legal Affairs (published by China Legal Publishing House).

李君，北京市炜衡律师事务所高级合伙人、纪委书记，毕业于中国政法大学，获首届法律硕士学位。系第十二届北京市律师协会土地与房地产法律专业委员会委员、第四届海淀区律师协会建设工程与房地产研究会主任、炜衡全国房地产与建设工程法律专业委员会副主任兼秘书长、湖南省财政厅政府专项债券评审专家库专家，任某拟上市制药公司独立董事、某市产业投资集团公司外部董事。曾先后荣获“奥运期间法律服务工作先进个人”、“海淀区优秀律师”、“海淀区优秀专业律师” 、“2015-2016年度北京市律师行业优秀共产党员”、“2021年度海淀区律师行业‘两优一先’优秀共产党员”等荣誉称号。

擅长房地产与建设工程领域法律事务，包括房地产开发及建设工程领域重大诉讼仲裁业务、房地产公司并购及破产重整、PPP项目咨询及政府专项债券项目等；公司法领域法律事务：包括公司并购、资产重组、重大商事诉讼仲裁等；证券虚假陈述责任纠纷法律事务。所办房地产合作开发案件入选《最高人民法院第二巡回法庭法官会议纪要（第一辑）》，主要著作：参与主编《房地产与建设工程案件胜诉策略》、《地方政府专项债券法律实务指引》（中国法制出版社出版）。

Randolph Hsu, founding partner, Ondine Capital

Randolph Hsu is the Founding Partner of Ondine Capital, with over a dozen unicorn/IPO exit projects as a result of his leadership.

Ondine Capital manages both RMB and USD funds. Ondine Capital’s RMB fund focuses on China’s original hard technologies, and has invested in A-share or Hong Kong-listed leading technology companies such as SigmaStar Technology, Smarter Micro, and MetaLight. Ondine Capital’s USD fund focuses on Southeast Asian consumer technology, and has invested in Carsome, the comprehensive automotive e-commerce platform being as Malaysia’s first tech unicorn to go public, as well as Southeast Asian star projects such as Sayurbox, Love Bonito, Dekoruma, and EASL. Ondine Capital is also one of the very few investment firms that focuses on both China as well as Southeast Asia with the same decision-making team and systematically conducts its venture capital business. Randolph has been ranked among Forbes China’s Top 100 Venture Capitalists for three consecutive years from 2022-2024.

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Ya-Chiao Chang, partner, Spencer Fane

Ya‑Chiao is a partner at Spencer Fane, a full‑service U.S. law firm with more than 600 attorneys and over 40 offices across the United States.

He has over 30 years of experience advising multinational corporations on complex intellectual property matters, with a focus on U.S. patent litigation. He specializes in representing clients from Taiwan and mainland China in high‑stakes U.S. IP litigation and resolving patent disputes worldwide. He regularly counsels technology companies on regulatory compliance and export control amid U.S.-China trade dynamics.

Previously, he co‑founded the Beijing office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and served as its registered chief representative with the Ministry of Justice of China. He also worked as a patent examiner in the Wireless Communications Art Unit at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, combining extensive cross-border experience at top-tier law firms with official examination expertise.

Linping Han, general counsel, Bloomage Biotech

Linping Han is the General Counsel of Bloomage Biotech. She has been responsible for legal affairs in well-known red circle law firm and U.S.-listed biotech company, and has accumulated rich practical experience in corporate compliance and capital market in the life science field.

Company Profile: Bloomage Biotech (688363.SH) is a leading synthetic biology platform enterprise in the world, with glycobiology and cell biology as the core, promoting transformation of life science and technology achievements through the whole industry chain mode of “Science-Technology-Products-Brand”. With glycobiology and cell biology as its core, the company promotes the transformation of life science and technology achievements through the whole industry chain model of “science-technology-product-brand”. The company is the world’s largest supplier of hyaluronic acid, and expanded to a variety of bioactive substances, business covers raw materials, medical terminals, functional skin care products and food four segments, product services in more than 70 countries. Relying on world-class R&D, innovation and industrialization capabilities, Bloomage Biotech continues to explore the frontiers of cellular regulation and anti-aging, and is committed to enhancing quality of life through biotechnology.

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Zhulei Guo, head office, international business, and transaction banking, Industrial Bank 

Mr Guo is a cross-border financing expert in the International Business Department of the Head Office of Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. He leads the development of the bank’s overseas loan business and specializes in areas such as export credit, overseas project loans, and cross-border corporate financing.

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Shenying Peng, general counsel and chief compliance officer, PowerChina International Group Company Limited

Mr Peng Shenying is the Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer of PowerChina International Group Limited. He has long been engaged in commercial negotiations, project management, and dispute resolution for overseas projects. He has served as Commercial Manager and Project Manager on multiple international projects, playing a key role in successfully delivering PowerChina’s first and several subsequent integrated overseas investment, construction, and operation projects.

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Quan Zhang, general counsel, Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (SIPC)

Mr Quan Zhang is the General Counsel of Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (SIPC). He is mainly responsible for mergers and acquisitions, asset operations and legal dispute resolution in the upstream oil and gas field. He has worked in Southeast Asia and South America and is currently responsible for the company’s legal affairs and compliance work.

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Steering Committee

Qiaoli SONG,  compliance vice president, Naura

With dual qualifications of Certified Patent Agent and Legal Professional Qualification Certificate holders, Qiaoli SONG holds an applied physics background with nearly two decades of R&D and management experience in the semiconductor industry. As an inventor, she has filed dozens of domestic and international patents. She established NAURA’s intellectual property and export control systems from scratch. She served as a people’s juror in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court from 2015 to 2025. The LED case which she participated in was seleted as one of the top 10 typical cases for people’s jurors in the Supreme People’s Court, and she was invited as a representative of people’s jurors to attend the press conference of the Supreme People’s Court and made a speech.

宋巧丽，北京北方华创微电子装备有限公司合规副总裁，同时拥有专利代理人资格和法律职业资格证，具有应用物理专业背景和近二十年半导体领域研发和管理经验，作为发明人申请了几十项国内外专利，从零起步创建了北方华创微电子的知识产权和出口管制体系。自2015年到2025年期间在北京知识产权法院担任人民陪审员，曾参与审理的白光LED案件入选最高法院人民陪审员参审十大典型案例，并受邀作为人民陪审员代表参加最高法院的新闻发布会并发言。

宋巧丽是国家知识产权局专家库专家、中国专利信息领军人才、中国杰出知识产权经理人、北京市知识产权战略委员会专家委员、法盟年度十大优秀法总

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Steering Committee

Haiyang CAO, general counsel, Beijing Electronic Digital Intelligence Technology Company

Cao Haiyang has over twenty years of management experience in overseas investment, legal affairs and compliance management.

He has held senior positions at China National Nuclear Corporation, State Power Investment Corporation, China Energy Engineering Corporation, and Sinochem Syngenta Group, serving in various executive roles including International Business Project Manager, Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer. His expertise spans overseas investment, post-investment management, legal affairs, compliance, corporate governance, and intellectual property.

Mr. Cao has been repeatedly recognized on the Legal 500 GC Powerlist and named one of the Most Influential General Counsels and Industry Pioneer in Greater China (Chambers), Top 15 General Counsels in China (ALB), and recipient of the Annual Legal Achievement Award (China Business Law Journal).

Mr. Cao specializes in dispute resolution and arbitration practice. He serves as an arbitrator at over 30 arbitration institutions including Beijing Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Arbitration Center, and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration. His additional roles include Researcher at the Arbitration Research Institute of China University of Political Science and Law, Committee Member of the AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution China Committee, User Committee Member of the London Court of International Arbitration, Arbitrator at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and Convener of the AI Legal Salon at Beijing International Arbitration Center.

He founded the Organization of General Counsel in Arbitrators, fostering collaboration between corporate legal executives and arbitration institutions.

Mr. Cao is a strong advocate for AI technology applications in the legal industry. He has led top legal AI teams in providing legal AI products and services to major enterprises including Sinopec, SPIC, CRRC, CICC, China Merchants Group, Moutai Group, CITIC Securities, Huawei, and Lenovo, covering contract management, compliance, risk management, and dispute resolution.

曹海洋，北京电子数智科技有限责任公司总法律顾问、资深仲裁员、法律AI专家

曹海洋在海外投资和法务合规领域拥有二十年管理经验，曾先后任职于中国核工业集团、国家电力投资集团、中国能源建设集团以及中国中化先正达集团，历任国际业务项目经理、法务副总裁、总法律顾问、首席合规官等高管职务，具有丰富的海外投资、投后管理、法务管理、合规管理、公司治理以及知识产权管理经验。

曹海洋曾多次入选Legal 500 GC Powerlist，并被评为大中华区最具影响力总法律顾问和行业先锋（钱伯斯）、中国十五佳总法律顾问（ALB《亚洲法律杂志》），并荣获年度法务个人成就大奖（《商法》）。

曹海洋擅长争议解决和仲裁实务，担任北京仲裁委员会、上海国际仲裁中心、深圳国际仲裁院等三十余国内一线城市仲裁机构仲裁员，并担任中国政法大学仲裁研究院研究员、美国仲裁协会国际争议解决中心中国委员会委员、伦敦国际仲裁院用户委员会委员、新加坡国际仲裁中心仲裁员、北京国际仲裁中心人工智能法律沙龙小组召集人等职务。

曹海洋发起成立了法务高管仲裁员组织，在加强企业法务高管与仲裁机构之间的交流合作方面发挥了积极作用。

曹海洋积极推动AI技术在法律行业的实践应用，致力于实现AI技术与法律实务的深度融合，曾带领国内顶尖法律AI团队为中国石化、国家电投、中国中车、中金公司、招商局、茅台集团、中信证券、华为、联想集团等大型企业提供了合同管理、合规管理、风险管理和争议解决领域的法律AI产品与服务，在法律行业AI应用具有丰富实践经验。

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Steering Committee

Carmen Jia, deputy general counsel, Nestlé (China)