Samuel Yang

Practice Areas

Technology, Media and Telecoms, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Digital Economy

Career

Samuel Yang is the main partner of AnJie Broad’s Technology, Data Protection & Cybersecurity practice. He has worked as an in-house counsel and external lawyer in the TMT sectors for nearly 20 years and is regarded as a true expert in these areas. Samuel advises clients on a wide range of regulatory, commercial and corporate matters, especially in areas such as telecommunications, cybersecurity, data protection, internet, social networking, online games, hardware and software, technology procurement and transfer, distribution and licensing, and other technology-related matters. He also advises clients on compliance, dispute resolution and employment.

Samuel’s clients include Fortune 500 companies, large state-owned enterprises and leading Chinese internet companies.

Samuel is a regular contributor to many legal journals. His publications regarding PRC data protection and cybersecurity law are well-received, widely reproduced and quoted.

Before he joined AnJie Broad, Samuel worked for DLA Piper, CMS Cameron McKenna and British Telecom.road

Publications

- The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review (China Chapter), Law Business Research Ltd, London, 2019-2023

- Regulation of Cloud Computing in China, Practical Law, 2023

- A Roadmap to Personal Data Protection and Privacy for Asia (China Chapter), Meritas, 2023

- Analysis of the Standard Contract in Greater Bay Area [Chinese], LexisNexis. 2023

- Analysis of the Draft Measures for PI Compliance Audits [Chinese], Wolters Kluwer, 2023

- Full Analysis of the Standard Contract [Chinese], Wolters Kluwer, 2023

- “Cross-Border Data Transfer” Series [Chinese], CCPIT, 2023

- Key AI Regulatory Considerations in China, Practical Law, 2023

- Facing the Future: Chinese Regulators Grapple with Facial Recognition Technology, Lexology, 2023

- Data Collection and Processing: Children's Personal Information (China), Practical Law, 2023

- Chinese Standard Contract FAQs [Chinese], LexisNexis, 2023

- 2023 Full Guide to Corporate Legal Practices: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Chapter [Chinese], Wolters Kluwer, 2023

- China: Guidelines For Data Exports - Six Challenges And Countermeasures For Data Compliance, OneTrust Data Guidance, 2022

- Outbound Data Transfer: Chinese Government Security Assessments, Lexology, 2022

- Will China’s new certification rules be a popular legal path for outbound data transfers?, The Privacy Advisor, IAPP, 2022

- China: Cybersecurity, OneTrust Data Guidance, 2022

- Global Data Review (China Chapter), Law Business Research Ltd, London, 2019-2021

- Annual Report on the Development of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Information Security, Social Science Academic Press, 2021

- CAC proposes stringent data protection rules for automobile sector, Lexology, 2021

- A look at the extraterritorial applicability of China’s newly issued PIPL: A comparison to the EU's GDPR, IAPP, 2020