Yinan Wang

Practice Areas

Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Cross-border M&A and Dispute Resolution

Professional Memberships

Data Protection Expert by the National Engineering Laboratory of Cybersecurity Emergency Response Technology (NELCERT), Academic Dissertation Evaluation Expert of the Ministry of Education (cybersecurity field), Expert specially appointed by the Cyberspace Administration of Beijing to the Municipal Data Cross-Border Facilitation Service Reform Expert Group, Deputy Director of the 12th Legal Professional Committee of Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence of the Beijing Lawyers Association, Arbitrator of Beijing Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator of China Maritime Arbitration Commission

Publications

Law Over Borders Comparative Guide: Data Protection – China Chapter, The Global Legal Post, 2025

Governance of Global Cross-border Data Flows, Science Press, 2023 (First Associate Editor)

Top 5 Operational Impacts of China’s PIPL – Penalties and Enforcement Mechanisms, Official Website of International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), 2023

Research on the Promotion and Regulation Path of Cross-border Flow of Personal Financial Information in China, Journal of Information Security Research, 2022

(Recommended Excellent Paper, The 37th National Computer Security Academic Exchange Conference)

2020 China Cybersecurity & Biosafety Development Report

Data Protection & Privacy Law Annual Report 2019, Financier Worldwide

Re-emergence of Legal Issues in Chinese Enterprises’ Cross-border M&A – Experts Interpret Relevant Laws and Regulations on Acquisition of Listed Companies in the US, UK and Germany, China Enterprise News, February 3, 2015

Personal

Ian Wang advises global clients on data protection, cybersecurity, and technology law issues, with a particular focus on cross-border transfer and the privacy implications of the emerging technologies, fintech, and e-commerce industries. Ian, as a core expert, provides consultation opinions and legislative support for data export-related regulations and supporting documents, undertakes multiple national-level research projects in this field, and publishes papers in core journals.

Career

Mr. Ian Wang has been admitted to practice in New York, USA and China since 2006, and prior to joining DeHeng, he worked at worked at Baker & McKenzie LLP, King & Wood and a law firm in New York City.

Languages Spoken

English and Chinese

Clients

the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC); the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC); Tencent; China United Health Medical Big Data Co., Ltd.; Eastroc Beverage; China TravelSky Holding Co. Ltd.; Shenzhen Subway Property Management Development Co., Ltd.; SAP; Avis Budget Group; the Chinese subsidiary of American Express Company (Amex); the Chinese subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services AG.

Work Highlights

Cybersecurity and Data Compliance

Successfully assisted Focus Technology in passing the data outbound security assessment, making it the first case in Jiangsu Province and the nation’s first internet enterprise, cross-border e-commerce platform, and private listed company to complete such assessment.

Successfully assisted Connect (Hangzhou) Technology Service Co., Ltd., the Chinese subsidiary of American Express — the first national financial institution and the only Sino-U.S. joint venture holding a bank card clearing license aside from UnionPay — in passing the data outbound security assessment.

Successfully assisted Volkswagen Financial Services (China), the Chinese subsidiary of Europe’s largest automotive financial services provider, in passing the data outbound security assessment.

Provided compliance consulting on China’s data outbound regulations for SAP, the world’s leading enterprise management and collaborative business solution provider, the world’s third-largest independent software vendor, and the second-largest global cloud company.

Advised Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest listed companies, on personal information outbound compliance matters.

Provided full data compliance legal services for NanoBox, an innovative educational digital content and technology service provider, in its U.S. listing, covering cybersecurity review, CSRC filing, legal opinion issuance, regulatory inquiry response and other related matters.

Delivered special legal and compliance services for the data asset monetization business of Beijing International Big Data Exchange Co., Ltd.

Provided special compliance services on government data access for TravelSky Technology Limited, the only central state-owned enterprise engaged in information services under the supervision of the SASAC.

Advised H3C Technologies Co., Ltd., a leading digital solution provider, on overseas business data compliance projects including GDPR compliance.

Provided personal information protection compliance legal consulting for multiple products under CCTV.com, including CCTV Network, CCTV News, CCTV Video, Panda Channel, etc.

Cross-border Investment and Financing

Represented Tianneng Group in its investment and construction of a lead-acid battery factory project in Vietnam.

Represented a listed automotive enterprise in establishing an overseas company in India for R&D, production and sales operations.

Served as lead counsel for China Energy International (Singapore) Limited, a Main Board listed company on the Singapore Exchange, in its acquisition of French oil product sales asset Dyneff SAS.

Represented a central state-owned enterprise in investing in an integrated coal mining, power generation and power transmission project in Mongolia.

Represented a state-owned enterprise in its investment in a gold mine project in Ecuador.

Represented Sinoma International in establishing a joint venture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Represented a large private enterprise in acquiring oil product sales assets in Kazakhstan.

Provided legal consulting for CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. on its investment project in Turkey.

Represented Camel Group in establishing a joint venture battery factory in India with Fortius.

Represented a state-owned enterprise in setting up a joint venture with Lear Corporation, one of the world’s largest automotive interior system component suppliers.

Represented a state-owned enterprise in establishing a joint venture with KUKA Robotics, Germany.

Cross-border Dispute Resolution

Represented a state-owned enterprise in U.S. litigation proceedings concerning potential delisting risks after being listed on the U.S. Entity List.

Represented a large domestic listed company in an ICC International Court of Arbitration proceeding against a Mongolian company over an international engineering project involving USD 50 million.

Represented a domestic energy enterprise in an arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) against one of the world’s largest enterprises regarding a bulk commodity international sales dispute involving USD 100 million.

Represented a large private enterprise in initiating legal proceedings before local courts and domestic arbitration tribunals for a Serbia engineering contracting project, successfully recovering over USD 7 million in project payments.

Represented an Indonesian company in responding to an international engineering contract dispute with a claim value of over USD 6 million at the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).

Represented a U.S. company in defending an investment contract dispute involving over USD 3 million at CIETAC.

Represented a U.S. NYSE-listed medical device company in responding to a contract dispute arbitration at the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC).

Represented an enterprise in applying before California courts of the United States for recognition and enforcement of a Chinese court judgment valued at over USD 3 million.

Represented a domestic mobile game developer in trademark proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) against U.S. game company Jam City.

U.S. Section 337 Intellectual Property Infringement Investigations

Handled multiple U.S. Section 337 investigations, including:

Printer Cartridges (337-AT-918), Outdoor Barbecue Grills (337-AT-895), Tire Products (337-AT-894), Paper Shredders (337-TA-863), Sucralose Products (337-TA-604).

Experience

Lawyer Wang Yinan specializes in cross-border investment and financing, cross-border dispute resolution, cybersecurity and data compliance. She possesses over 20 years of legal practice experience in China and the United States.

Industry Sector Expertise

He has provided comprehensive legal services for multinational groups, large state-owned enterprises, listed companies and other clients in numerous landmark projects and cases, with practice sectors covering energy, automobile, finance, e-commerce, internet, artificial intelligence and other industries.

Education

Awards