Mini vandePol > Baker McKenzie > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Guided from Hong Kong by the highly experienced Mini vandePol, and able to mobilise substantial resources across APAC and worldwide, Baker McKenzie is strategically equipped to conduct internal and regulatory investigations for regional and international multinationals across a broad spectrum of suspected anti-corruption activities, including AML, sanctions, and financial fraud issues. Recently promoted to partner Christine Cuthbert  is also a pivotal member of the team and excels at handling cross-border investigations into allegations of financial fraud, bribery and corruption for clients from a range of industry sectors, including a growing amount in the engineering space.

Baker McKenzie FenXun‘s Greater China healthcare and life sciences group comprises lawyers who are medical practitioners, as well as lawyers who hold PhDs in molecular biology, biotechnology, pharmacology and bioethics. The practice, which additionally fields non-lawyer medical experts, acts for large pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare and life sciences companies on both inbound and outbound work, including transactional, regulatory and compliance matters. At the firm’s joint operation partner, FenXun Partners, Vivian Wu leads the firm’s investigations, compliance and ethics team in Beijing, where Yilan Yang specialises in the healthcare and cosmetics sectors. Over in Hong Kong, Isabella Liu, Derek Poon, Grace Tso and Mini vandePol are the names to note.

Baker McKenzie FenXun‘s Hong Kong and PRC-based team comprises specialists in corporate and government-led investigations, anti-corruption, and compliance issues. The practice is also expert in cross-border US work, as well as local regulatory and enforcement matters; and its sector specialisms cover technology, healthcare, entertainment, consumer goods, retail, and financial services. Hong Kong-based Mini vandePol heads the Asia-Pacific investigations, compliance and ethics offering. Also in Shanghai (at Baker McKenzie’s joint operation firm FenXun Partners), cross-border compliance and regulatory practitioner Henry Chen focuses on bribery, corruption and fraud; and Kailin Wang advises multinational, listed and private companies on compliance.