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Llinks Law Offices Offices

Llinks Law Offices
18F, ONE LUJIAZUI
68 YIN CHENG ROAD MIDDLE
SHANGHAI 200120
China
Visit website 86 21 3135 8666 86 21 3135 8600

Dr David Pan

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+86 21 3135 8701 [email protected]

Work Department

Corporate/M&A Department

Position

Partner

Career

Dr. David Pan has practiced law in China and in the U.S. over 20 years. He accumulated an in-depth knowledge on Chinese and international business culture and legal systems. Before joining Llinks, Dr. Pan worked in two well-known Chinese law firms, and most recently worked for a Fortune 500 Company as its General Counsel for Greater China. In addition to his corporate services such as mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, technology license etc., Dr. Pan specializes in various compliance matters including anti-trust, anti-corruption, cybersecurity and data protection, export control and sanctions. The clients that he represented spread over various industries, including auto, investment, energy, pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, food, advanced manufacturing, sports and entertainment, retail and consumer, real estate.

Based on his thorough understanding on business operations, Dr. Pan also specializes in providing companies with practical solution-oriented services in the regulatory compliance areas of anti-corruption, antitrust, and anti-unfair competition.

In the early 2000s, Dr. Pan started to represent MNCs in data and cybersecurity related legal matters, such as offshore server, log records storage and filing, personal data collection and use, data integrity, centralized data process, differentiation between trade secrets and state secrets etc. In the course of handling these cases, Dr. Pan gained solid practical experiences in this field. Dr. Pan has served clients in healthcare, auto, tourism, e-commerce, retail, education, services, finance, fintech, and manufacturing in the establishment and improvement of compliance system in the entire process of data collection, storage, usage, transfer, and destruction, and provided compliance solutions for cyber security, digital transformation, and big data.

Languages

Mandarin and English

Education

Dr. Pan obtained his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Pan was admitted to practice law in 2002. He is also admitted in New York State, USA.

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China > Data protection: PRC firms

(Leading partners)

David Pan – Llinks Law Offices

Llinks Law Offices‘s Shanghai-based team advises on complex issues across data protection and cybersecurity, including responding to data incidents, cross-border data compliance and data security assessments. The group also assists with personal data privacy aspects in complex litigations. Dual-qualified in China and New York, department lead David Pan is especially active in matters involving both jurisdictions and is an expert in network security, data protection and antitrust matters. Xun Yang is well-versed in information security, privacy and unfair competition issues and mainly advises TMT, life sciences and financial service clients. Nigel Zhu focuses on supporting technology and internet companies with personal data compliance and cybersecurity assessments, while Susan Deng is key to assisting with cybersecurity and data compliance projects.

China > Regulatory/compliance: PRC firms

Llinks Law Offices fields specialists in anti-corruption, cybersecurity, data protection, antitrust, and trade control and investment regulation. The practice also assists with the regulatory side to employment law, IP and environmental protection. In Shanghai, David Pan‘s track record includes advising pharmaceutical, healthcare, education, tourism, advanced manufacturing and retail clients on anti-corruption compliance programmes in China; and Patrick Gu assists with labour and employment-related matters, such as anti-bribery, anti-corruption, trade secrets and white-collar crime. Nigel Zhu is another experienced practitioner.

China > Antitrust and competition: PRC firms

Based in Shanghai, Llinks Law Offices regularly provides clients with advice regarding competition compliance and administrative inspection responses to the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation (AMR). The practice is directed by David Pan, whose experience includes advising a range of companies on their joint ventures, including engaging the AMR in merger filings. Nigel Zhu is a key member of the team.

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