Operating from Shanghai, Llinks Law Offices‘ data protection practice is geared to support clients on data incidents and cross-border transfer matters, as well as in complex litigation. The group is spearheaded by experienced partner David Pan, who specialises in network security, data protection and anti-commercial corruption compliance. Xun Yang is reputed for advising on information security, privacy and IP matters in the life sciences, financial services, and high-tech manufacturing sectors. Nigel Zhu is a key advisor on cybersecurity incident response and assessment issues, with experience representing leading internet companies. Susan Deng is particularly well placed to advise on all aspects on data and cybersecurity regulatory compliance.
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Corporate/M&A Department
Position
Partner
Career
Dr. David Pan has practiced law in China and in the U.S. over 20 years. He accumulated an in-depth knowledge on Chinese and international business culture and legal systems. Before joining Llinks, Dr. Pan worked in two well-known Chinese law firms, and most recently worked for a Fortune 500 Company as its General Counsel for Greater China. In addition to his corporate services such as mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, technology license etc., Dr. Pan specializes in various compliance matters including anti-trust, anti-corruption, cybersecurity and data protection, export control and sanctions. The clients that he represented spread over various industries, including auto, investment, energy, pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, food, advanced manufacturing, sports and entertainment, retail and consumer, real estate.
Based on his thorough understanding on business operations, Dr. Pan also specializes in providing companies with practical solution-oriented services in the regulatory compliance areas of anti-corruption, antitrust, and anti-unfair competition.
In the early 2000s, Dr. Pan started to represent MNCs in data and cybersecurity related legal matters, such as offshore server, log records storage and filing, personal data collection and use, data integrity, centralized data process, differentiation between trade secrets and state secrets etc. In the course of handling these cases, Dr. Pan gained solid practical experiences in this field. Dr. Pan has served clients in healthcare, auto, tourism, e-commerce, retail, education, services, finance, fintech, and manufacturing in the establishment and improvement of compliance system in the entire process of data collection, storage, usage, transfer, and destruction, and provided compliance solutions for cyber security, digital transformation, and big data.
Languages
Mandarin and English
Education
Dr. Pan obtained his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Pan was admitted to practice law in 2002. He is also admitted in New York State, USA.
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Key clients
- Abbott Laboratories Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
- Innovation Bureau of Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone