Derrick Zhao

Practice Areas

MR. ZHAO SPECIALIZES IN GENERAL CORPORATE COMPLIANCE MATTERS, INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.

Mr. Zhao has practiced as an attorney in private practice and as an in-house counsel for many years. He has acquired extensive experience in assisting domestic and multinational companies in establishing, improving and implementing key internal compliance policies and systems and in identifying and mitigating compliance risks for companies. Mr. Zhao has been recognized by Legal 500 as a “Next Generation Partner” in “Regulatory/Compliance”.

Mr. Zhao has assisted domestic and multinational companies in different industries on all types of compliance matters. He has assisted clients in dealing with government enforcement actions and public crises, conducting internal investigations, assessing compliance risks in operations and businesses, conducting compliance due diligence in transactions, building compliance programs, and acting in compliance litigation and proceedings on white-collar crime.

Mr. Zhao focuses on anti-bribery and corruption, sanction and export control, anti-fraud, data protection and privacy, advertising compliance, state secrets law, etc.