About

One of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, Texas Instruments (TI) began operating in China in 1986 and works closely with many large domestic manufacturers to improve the core technology of China’s electronics industry. Since 2010, TI has established its first manufacturing facility in mainland China and a product distribution centre in Shanghai’s Pudong Airport Free Trade Zone, reducing the waiting time for distribution to Chinese customers by half. Beijing-based vice president and assistant general counsel John Sullivan is responsible for leading the legal team for TI’s Asian and Japanese operations. Under Sullivan’s guidance the legal team also supports TI’s worldwide technology, manufacturing and procurement and logistics groups. After joining the company in 2000 as senior counsel, Sullivan has held a number of positions within the company, acquiring a diverse knowledge in the process. His knowledge covers anti-counterfeiting and customs issues; compliance with anti-price fixing laws; anti-trust laws; competition laws; export control regulations and various other administrative and corporate laws. Sullivan also assists and supports TI’s business units throughout the 15 countries in the Asia Pacific region, where the company has 15‚000 employees and a plethora of operational facilities. Before his in-house move he worked in Beijing at law firms Baker McKenzie and Jun He Law Offices.