Morrison & Foerster

Commercial Litigation; FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption; Investigations + White Collar Defense; Litigation; National Security, CFIUS, FARA, Sanctions + Export Controls; Securities Enforcement; Securities Litigation

Partner

Chen is a partner whose practice focuses on government and internal investigations, cross-border enforcement matters and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience advising on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities and accounting fraud, and related governance and corporate compliance issues. Chen also has extensive experience conducting compliance due diligence and designing compliance programs for clients in connection with private equity portfolio investments, M&A and IPO transactions. He also has experience in U.S.-based civil litigation involving Asia-based defendants. In addition, Chen frequently guides corporate and financial institutions clients through risk management issues associated with state secrecy, data privacy and cross-border data export control.

His clients include major state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and individuals from various industries including banking, pharmaceutical, technology, entertainment, insurance, consumer retail and hospitality, with a particular focus on China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

Chen has been recognized as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal Investigations 2019 - 2022.

Chen is a frequent presenter at legal conferences and client workshops relating to anti-corruption, economic sanctions and white-collar enforcement.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of a leading U.S. law firm. Chen is a native speaker of English and Mandarin. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

University of Virginia, B.A.

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.