Fangda Partners

Data Protection, Regulatory/Compliance

Partner

Ms. Yin's practice area is government enforcement and regulatory compliance.

Ms. Yin is a recognized leader in complex government enforcement, internal investigation and regulatory compliance, especially for challenging cross-border matters. Ms. Yin has been ranked as “Regulatory and Compliance Lawyer of the Year” by China Law & Practice, Band 1 lawyer for “Corporate Investigation/Anticorruption” by Chambers Asia, and Band 1 lawyer for “Regulatory/Compliance” by The Legal 500.

Ms. Yin has represented clients in a wide range of areas, such as anti-bribery, data compliance, sanction and export control, anti-unfair competition, accounting fraud, securities law, anti-money laundering, and conflict of interest. With deep insights into government enforcement and market practices, Ms. Yin is highly sought after in the most challenging government enforcements and corporate investigations, 8 particularly those involving multiple jurisdictions. Ms. Yin has successfully defended clients in government enforcement actions and helped clients avoid hefty penalties and damaging headlines.

Ms. Yin has participated in various high profile cases such as the GSK Chinese commercial bribery prosecution and the Siemens FCPA monitorship. Highly regarded as a leader in the compliance field, Ms. Yin has been engaged by the CLA under the Ministry of Justice as the compliance expert to author the Annual Blue Book on Compliance in China for the last five years. Ms. Yin is also a TC260 expert responsible for drafting implementation measures for the Cyber Security Law.

Ms. Yin has extensive experience conducting complex internal investigations for clients in China, through which she has helped clients recover millions of dollars in misappropriated funds. She also routinely assists multinational companies as well as Chinese companies in establishing and improving tailor-made compliance programs and in conducting risk assessments, compliance audits and due diligence.

Before joining Fangda, Ms. Yin worked at prestigious US law firms. Ms. Yin received a B.S. from Beijing University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude, and was elected to the Order of Coif as well as editor of the Michigan Law Review.

English, Chinese

The University of Michigan Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005, Order of the Coif; Editor, Michigan Law Review Northwestern University, M.S., 2002 Beijing University, B.S., 2000