Morrison & Foerster

Commercial Litigation; FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption; Investigations + White Collar Defense; Litigation; National Security, CFIUS, FARA, Sanctions + Export Controls; Securities Enforcement; Securities Litigation

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Chen is the head of Morrison Foerster’s Sanctions and Export Controls practice for Asia and leads the firm’s government and internal investigations in Greater China. Chen has extensive experience advising on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, securities and accounting fraud, and related governance and corporate compliance issues.

Chen frequently advises Chinese, U.S., and European financial institutions on U.S. economic sanctions and export controls in the context of contentious enforcement matters involving OFAC and other U.S. regulators. He also frequently assists banks and corporates with setting up practical, risk-based sanctions and export controls compliance programs.

In addition, Chen has been lead counsel on  numerous anti-corruption enforcement actions by U.S. regulators against some of the largest major life sciences, technology, and financial services companies over the past eighteen years. He regularly counsels company boards and senior management on corporate investigations and compliance remediation.

His clients include major state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations, and executives from financial services, life sciences, technology, consumer retail, and hospitality sectors, with a particular focus on Greater China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

Chen is a frequent presenter at legal conferences and client workshops relating to anti-corruption, economic sanctions, and white-collar enforcement.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of a leading U.S. law firm.

Chen is a native speaker of English and Mandarin. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

University of Virginia, B.A.

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.