Carol Sun

Practice Areas

Carol Sun is a leading lawyer with significant industry recognition in cross-border compliance and data protection.

Carol stands out as one of the few lawyers who can effectively address both Chinese and foreign regulatory requirements in complex cross-border investigation projects. Throughout her career, Carol has represented clients in numerous noteworthy government investigations in multiple jurisdictions, including China, the United States, and Europe, involving anti-corruption, sanctions, security reviews, and class action lawsuits. Carol has also represented Chinese and foreign clients in navigating China's data security and cross-border data compliance matters.

Carol is frequently engaged in internal investigations, including managing whistleblower reports, conducting investigative interviews, leading teams in forensic data review, and considering overall compliance requirements for multinational companies across jurisdictions. She excels in resolving complex situations, including addressing misconduct through legal procedures and assisting clients in identifying systemic compliance risks while providing remediation recommendations.

Carol is also highly regarded as a pioneer in personal information protection and data security, with a particular focus on cross-border data transfer regulations, and the incident response of data breach. She has represented nearly 100 domestic and foreign enterprises from various fields in personal information protection and cybersecurity projects.

Carol Sun is frequently invited by major legal publishers such as Chambers, Global Investigation Review, Thomson Reuters and Wolters Kluwer to give speech and provide Chinese legal guidance on compliance and investigations, anti-corruption, sanctions, and data security.

Career

Carol Sun is qualified to practice law in China.

Professional Memberships

Asia Pacific Liaison Officer of IBA Criminal Law Committee

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Investigations, While-collar, Anti-corruption, and Data Protection

Languages Spoken

Mandarin and English

Education

Awards