Yang Zhou

Cybersecurity & Data Protection, Cross-border Investment/M&A, Compliance & Investigation

“China issues new foreign investment security review measures”, International Bar Association Technology Law Committee Newsletter, June 24, 2021

“Approaching Internet Data Centers | The Chapter on Energy Consumption”, Thomson Reuters Legal Community, November 9, 2020

“Approaching Internet Data Centers | The Chapter on Telecommunication and Investment”, Thomson Reuters Legal Community, September 8, 2020

“Approaching Internet Data Centers | The Chapter on the Basics”, Thomson Reuters Legal Community, June 24, 2020

“The Measures for Cybersecurity Review Enhance Supply Chain Security for Critical Information Infrastructure”, Thomson Reuters Legal Community, June 8, 2020

“Regulation of Telecommunications Sector in China”, Practical Law UK Practice Note, Thomson Reuters, July 2020

“Regulation of Internet Content Services in China”, Practical Law UK Practice Note, Thomson Reuters, July 2020

“China issued cybersecurity review measures to protect supply chain security”, International Bar Association Technology Law Committee Newsletter, July 6, 2020

“Cybersecurity concerns arising from China’s new Securities Law”, International Bar Association Technology Law Committee Newsletter, March 6, 2020

“Brief Analysis on Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection of Medical Big Data”, Information Security and Communications Confidentiality, Issue No. 9, 2017

“Annual Review on TMT Industry in 2016 – Bracing for TMT Changes”, China Law and Practice, January 2017

Yang Zhou has provided legal services to many well-known domestic and foreign companies and private equity funds in their investment, mergers and acquisitions activities in China. With many years of practical experience, Zhou has a deep understanding of the legal system, evolution and regulatory practices of FDI in China, providing clients with full legal services from foreign investment entry, daily operation to exit. For more than 10 years, Mr. Zhou has been deeply engaged in the technology, telecommunications and Internet industries, providing one-stop legal services for clients to invest and operate data centers and digital platforms such as e-commerce, Internet content services, Internet of Things, Internet of vehicles, industrial Internet, Internet of Internet medical services in China.

Mr. Zhou is one of the earliest lawyers involved in the legal practice of cyber security and data compliance in China, and has long provided legal services for leading Internet enterprises, large state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations, etc. His services cover cyber security and data protection compliance audit and compliance system construction, data exit security assessment, personal information protection impact assessment, etc.