TMT: Data Protection & Privacy (PRC Firms)
Greater China Region Guide 2024 : China
Band 2
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Provided by Fangda Partners
Fangda is widely recognized in the Greater China legal market for the strength of our TMT practice over the past 20 years. We deliver technically sound, innovative, sophisticated and practical advice to execute client’s most challenging deals. We combine local knowledge with a global perspective, ensuring consistent and integrated advice.
Our lawyers have in-depth knowledge of all key sectors within TMT. These include telecommunications, e-commerce, new and old media, big data, internet of things, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, online education, intelligent logistics, semiconductors, and biopharmaceuticals.
We advise major international and Chinese clients in the TMT sector on all their significant business dealings, including mergers and acquisitions, finance (equity and debt), restructuring, personal information and data protection, private equity and venture capital, cross-border data transmission and network security compliance, cartels and antitrust and intellectual property protection.
Chambers Review
Fangda Partners maintains its leading position in the TMT market. The firm offers in-depth expertise in the sector, particularly in relation to corporate, private equity and financing work. The team's stellar client roster includes a number of high-profile financial investors and domestic and international household names in the media and technology sectors. The firm has notable experience in handling cross-border transactions. The firm is equally adept at handling domestic transactions for major players in the TMT space. The firm is notable for representing online game and live streaming clients in copyright and unfair competition litigation. The firm includes China Mobile Capital and Bytedance among its key clients.
方达律师事务所在通信媒体领域保持着领先地位。该律所在此领域提供深入的专业知识，在与企业、私募股权和融资相关的工作中尤其突出。该团队拥有卓著的客户群，包括大量高知名度财务投资者和在媒体和科技领域内家喻户晓的国内国际客户名字。该团队拥有处理跨境交易的显著经验，同样擅长为通讯媒体主要参与者处理国内交易。方达以在版权、不正当竞争等诉讼案件上代表在线游戏及在线直播客户而著称。该所的主要客户包括中国移动资本和字节跳动。
Work Highlights
- Fangda Partners represented Moonton in a copyright infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against Tencent.
- Fangda Partners acted for Nio Capital on the CNY2.4 billion pre-Series A financing round of Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery.
- 方达律师事务所代表沐瞳处理针对腾讯的著作权侵权及不正当竞争诉讼。
- 方达律师事务所在完成欣旺达电动汽车电池24亿元Pre-A轮融资的交易中代表蔚来资本。
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their responses are timely and efficient, and the legal advice provided is professional and comprehensive, which can give us good guidance."
"The issues we raised involved complex thinking, risk assessments and a good understanding of our needs and the evolving regulatory environment in China."
“他们的回复及时高效，提供的法律意见专业全面，可以给用户提供良好的指导。”
“我们提出的问题涉及复杂的思考、风险评估以及对我们的需求和中国不断变化的监管环境的深入了解。”
"Their responses are timely and efficient, and the legal advice provided is professional and comprehensive, which can give us good guidance."
"The issues we raised involved complex thinking, risk assessments and a good understanding of our needs and the evolving regulatory environment in China."
“他们的回复及时高效，提供的法律意见专业全面，可以给用户提供良好的指导。”
“我们提出的问题涉及复杂的思考、风险评估以及对我们的需求和中国不断变化的监管环境的深入了解。”
Notable Practitioners
Gil Zhang is esteemed in the market for his expertise in compliance. He is frequently mandated to advise multinational clients from a diverse range of industries on data protection and cybersecurity reviews.
张毅律师以其在合规方面的专业知识而在市场上享有盛誉。他经常受命为来自不同行业的跨国客户提供数据保护和网络安全审查方面的建议。
"I have found him to be highly knowledgeable, practical, in tune with market practices and always helpful. He has also been able to go above and beyond the usual advice."
“我发现他知识渊博、务实、符合市场惯例并且总是乐于助人。他还能够提供超越通常意义的建议。”
Kate Yin has a strong background in corporate compliance, and her expertise in this area bolsters her ability to advise corporate clients on data protection and cross-border data transfer compliance. She also advises on abuse of dominance matters.
尹云霞律师在公司合规方面拥有深厚的背景，她在该领域的专业知识增强了其就数据保护和跨境数据传输合规向企业客户提供建议的能力。 她还就滥用支配地位问题提供建议。
"Kate Yin's team has very strong professionalism. They give the impression of prioritising the client at all times. Their work skills are always very strong."
“尹律师的团队专业性非常强，任何时候都给人一种以客户为先的感觉，工作能力也总是很强。”
Amanda Zhou is an experienced private equity specialist and is often engaged by technology sector clients for venture capital mandates. Her clientele includes major Chinese and foreign companies and investment houses.
周少枫律师是一位有经验的私募股权专家，并且经常受科技行业客户的委托处理风险投资事宜。她的客户群包括大型中外公司和投资公司。
"She is very experienced and has been active for many years."
"Her recognition is relatively high, and she is very professional."
“她经验丰富，多年来一直很活跃。”
“她的认可度比较高，她很专业。”
Devan Shao specialises in copyright infringement and unfair competition litigation, acting for a variety of media and entertainment sector clients, especially online game companies. He is based in Shanghai and has a sizeable clientele in Southern China.
邵烨律师专注于版权侵权和不正当竞争相关诉讼，代理各式各样的娱乐媒体领域客户，尤其在线游戏公司。他常驻上海且拥有庞大的华南客户群。
"Devan Shao is very practical and knows Chinese law very well."
"He is very active in the market."
“邵烨律师非常务实，非常了解中国法律。”
“他在市场上非常活跃。”
Sherman Deng is an experienced data protection and privacy lawyer who has recently joined the firm. He brings with him a wealth of experience in data protection compliance as a former in-house counsel of a major multinational company operating in China.
邓云卫律师是一位经验丰富的数据保护和隐私律师，最近加入该所。作为曾担任一家在中国运营的大型跨国公司的内部法律顾问，他在数据保护合规方面拥有丰富的经验。
"His rich in-house experience in the area means that he has built up remarkable legal acumen and commercial vision which we need in the dynamic and evolving Chinese legal environment."
“他在该领域丰富的内部经验意味着他建立了卓越的法律敏锐度和商业视野，这是我们在动态和不断变化的中国法律环境中所需要的。”
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