Ms Cori Lable > Kirkland & Ellis > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

‘Experienced, knowledgeable, and responsive‘, the regulatory and compliance practice at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP uses the firms’ international presence to advise on a slew of regulatory and compliance issues for both domestic and international companies. The practice works across a number of industries including global private equity sponsors, asset managers, and multinational corporations. It is particularly adept at managing alleged financial frauds, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and economic sanctions. In Shanghai, co-head Tiana Zhang is a ‘leader in the field‘ of regulatory compliance, and is sought out by clients for her skill in US and China cross-border crisis management, including complex financial fraud investigations. Co-leading the team from Hong Kong are Cori Lable and Jodi Wu. Lable is skilled at multijurisdictional matters involving sanctions compliance and securities law, while Wu focuses on cross-border litigation and white collar criminal defence. Yue Qiu is also noted for her litigation skills.

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP‘s team is routinely instructed by clients facing bet-the-company claims across Greater China. Cross-border dispute specialist Tiana Zhang, who has litigation experience in both the US and China, leads the Mainland China litigation practice from Shanghai, where Yue Qiu also acts in cross-border litigation. The Hong Kong practice is co-led by Paul Quinn, who focuses on professional negligence, cross-border claims, insolvency, fraud, directors’ duties, and shareholder disputes; financial disputes expert Amy Ngan, who is ‘always across the detail‘; and Fergus Saurin, a specialist in capital markets, M&A and shareholder disputes, as well as banking and international trade and investment cases. The other key figures are former practice co-head Kelly Naphtali, whose wide-ranging practice covers asset recovery, professional negligence, borrower default, and fund and shareholder disputes; Cori Lable, who leads the investigations and white-collar practice; and Jodi Wu, an expert in internal investigations, compliance and cross-border litigation.

Led by Cori Lable, the ‘experienced, knowledgeable and responsive’ team at Kirkland & Ellis provides ‘practical and solutions-oriented’ advice to international clients from a range of sectors on government-led and internal investigations throughout APAC, as well as handling a considerable volume of risk analysis work for the firm’s market-leading roster of private equity clients relating to transactions throughout the region. Jodi Wu has ‘good knowledge of the regulatory and compliance landscape in China’, ensuring she is a popular choice among international companies, including many within the pharmaceutical sector, to conduct internal investigations regarding potential improper activity relating to operations on the mainland. As well as the team’s regular collaboration with its Shanghai office, the group is well-placed to represent Chinese entities subject to US SEC and DOJ regulatory scrutiny by virtue of its market-leading government enforcement defence and internal investigations group in New York, Chicago, and Washington DC.

Regularly instructed by clients from across the life sciences and pharma sectors, Kirkland & Ellis LLP regularly handles both contentious and transactional matters for domestic and international companies and investors. Srinivas Kaushik and Atif Khawaja co-head the team from New York, working alongside co-heads Cori Lable, in Hong Kong, and Asheesh Goel, in Chicago. Kaushik advises financial entities and private equity clients on investments and M&A, and litigator Khawaja is recommended for high-value commercial disputes, while Lable and Goel take point on corruption investigations and risk assessments.