The data protection team sits within the larger regulatory compliance practice at King & Wood Mallesons where the team assists on cybersecurity, data compliance and governance issues. Clientele include both domestic and foreign multinationals, industrial and internet companies. The practice has deep knowledge of both global and local laws enabling it to fully advise clients on regulatory updates and country-specific requirements. Susan Ning who is at the helm, works with Chinese regulatory authorities and helps clients build data compliance systems that take into account multiple jurisdictional requirements. Han Wu advises on a wide range of cybersecurity and data compliance matters such as due diligence of data transactions and establishing internal cybersecurity systems.
Testimonials
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‘The team provides very good insights and practical advice in helping us to navigate the new laws and regulations in the cyber security and personal information protection space.'
- 'The firms' advice is practical and it has good experience advising MNCs in dealing with regulations which were drafted in a way that is catered more to domestic corporations.’
Key clients
- China Everbright Bank Co.
- National Internet Finance Association of China
Work highlights
- Assisted Volvo Car Asia Pacific Investment Holding Co. with preparing and filing a cross-border data transfer self-assessment report and other required materials.
- Advised PayPal Payments (Beijing) Co. on various data protection compliance issues, with a focus on cross-border data transfers.