Practice Areas
Ms. Yang is a partner of Haiwen & Partners based in Beijing, and an expert in dealing with complex compliance issues involving domestic and cross-jurisdictional matters, especially in data compliance and anti-corruption compliance.
Career
Ms. Yang joined Haiwen in 2020 as a partner. Before joining Haiwen, Ms. Yang worked at King&Wood Mallesons, Beijing Representative Office of DLA Piper and Fangda Partners since 2008.
Work Highlights
In the area of data compliance, Ms. Yang has assisted different types of clients to establish, improve, or localize data compliance programs, especially for clients with global business to establish risk prevention and control systems compatible with requirements of various jurisdictions; provided services to improve data compliance, assisted in conducting cybersecurity reviews and responded to the inquiry from Exchange for issuers in the process of listing; represented the investors to conduct data compliance due diligence and provided advice on rectification for IPO and M&A projects; conducted data compliance assessment on the company‘s business operation or product design. Ms. Yang has also represented clients in coping with data protection enforcement activities. As a legal expert, Ms. Yang participated in the discussion and drafting of many national standards, ensuring the consistency of the national standards with the higher legislation, while providing opinions on the feasibility of the national standards in combination with practical experience of the industry.
In the area of anticorruption, Ms. Yang has acted as the core counsel to lead her team to conduct internal investigations in many complex and difficult cases, dealing with legal issues including bribery, financial fraud, data falsification, and has extensive experience in dealing with government regulatory procedures. Ms. Yang conducted anticorruption compliance due diligence on behalf of investors for the target companies, with a cumulative total of over 80 projects, covering the fields of healthcare, financial services, real estate, transportation and logistics, gaming and sports, electronics and communications, technology and software, catering and entertainment, smart manufacturing.