East Asia - China

Shihui Partners

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Shihui Partners focuses on the compliance side of data protection, representing domestic and international clients in a broad range of data protection issues. The practice mainly advises fast-moving consumer goods and healthcare companies, but also regularly assists those in automotive, internet and finance industries. Data protection expert Raymond Wang leads the team assisting clients with all cybersecurity and data compliance issues. Jing Lu utilises his background in life sciences to assist medical and pharmaceutical companies with data compliance systems and risk analysis.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Team partners have been actively participating in the discussion and formulation of laws and regulations in the field of domestic e-commerce and data protection for many years, and have an in-depth understanding of the practices and legal regulations in the same field in other international jurisdictions.’

  • ‘Not only are they familiar with the laws and regulations and relevant regulations in the field of data protection, but the Shihui team is also quite familiar with the internal control policies and procedures of embedded applets of domestic mainstream internet companies and platforms, they can provide practical and feasible legal opinions and suggestions.’

  • ‘A boutique team with strong professional knowledge and good at multi-party collaboration and cross-border communication.’

  • ‘Raymond Wang has a very in-depth understanding of data protection laws, regulations and policies. In addition to providing legal explanations, Raymond can also give clients very helpful advice from a practical point of view.’

Key clients

  • Tencent Holdings
  • Zhihu Inc.
  • Beijing Metro Network Management Co.
  • Roche Diagnostics (Shanghai)
  • Volkswagen
  • Munich Re Group
  • Huawei Technologies Co.
  • NetEase, Inc.
  • Hitachi Energy
  • Schlumberger NV
  • Shiseido

Work highlights

  • Assisted Tencent with all its compliance issues, including data compliance
  • Advised Zhihu on its data compliance and personal information protection project before its IPO in Hong Kong.
  • Assisted multinational companies such as Estee Lauder and Nike with data export security assessments and declaration services.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Raymond Wang

Other key lawyers

Jing Lu