Ms Tiana Zhang > Kirkland & Ellis International LLP > Shanghai, China > Lawyer Profile

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
11TH FLOOR, HSBC BUILDING
SHANGHAI IFC, 8 CENTURY AVENUE
PUDONG NEW DISTRICT, SHANGHAI 200120
China
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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Tiana Zhang is a litigation partner in the Shanghai office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP where she advises clients on complex cross-border investigations, disputes and crisis management arising from their business in China and the United States. She has advised numerous multi-national and Chinese global companies on a wide array of high-stakes matters relating to accounting fraud, securities law compliance, anti-corruption, trade secret, antitrust, data privacy and U.S. trade control issues. She has extensive experience handling cross-border investigations and parallel lawsuits involving multiple jurisdictions and helping clients navigate challenging and delicate circumstances.

Tiana has been named as a “Leading Individual” for China Regulatory and Compliance in 2018–2024 and for China Dispute Resolution in 2020–2024 by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and also as “Leading Lawyer of the Year” in the Legal 500 China Awards 2023. She was also listed as “Litigation Star” in White Collar Crime by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2024, as one of the “Future Leaders” in Investigations by Who’s Who Legal 2022, and as one of the top foreign firm lawyers for China-related business in the 2021 and 2022 editions of China Business Law Journal’s A-List.

Languages

English and Mandarin

Education

University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2007

Georgetown University, M.A., 2004

Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, China, Bachelor of Laws, 2001

Lawyer Rankings

China > Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms

(Leading partners)

Tiana ZhangKirkland & Ellis International LLP

Home to experts in corporate investigations and anti-corruption, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is consistently mandated by global private equity sponsors, asset managers and multinational corporations, as well as Chinese companies facing serious allegations of improper conduct. The team of ‘truly exceptional compliance and investigation lawyers’ is particularly experienced in high-stakes, cross-border government investigations, enforcement actions and civil litigation, as well as related compliance advice. In Shanghai, Tiana Zhang is a specialist in US and China-related crisis management, including compliance issues, and financial fraud and trade secret theft investigations; and Yue Qiu regularly assists with compliance issues and government investigations. Over in Hong Kong, Jodi Wu‘s clients include private equity firms and multinational life sciences companies.

China > Dispute resolution: Litigation: foreign firms

(Leading partners)

Tiana ZhangKirkland & Ellis International LLP

With an enviable track record in high-stakes disputes, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP‘s expertise covers the gamut of general commercial and civil claims, along with international arbitration and government and internal investigations. In Shanghai, mainland China litigation practice head Tiana Zhang acts in major litigation concerning fraud, securities law, compliance, anti-corruption, trade secrets, antitrust, data privacy, and US trade control issues; and Yue Qiu routinely represents domestic and international clients from the manufacturing, real estate and chemicals industries in cross-border disputes. Over in Hong Kong, Paul Quinn is ‘one of the most technically-capable solicitors around’; Amy Ngan acts in commercial and insolvency-related disputes; and Fergus Saurin is a multi-jurisdictional litigation specialist. Former partner Kelly Naphtali departed the firm during 2024.