East Asia - China

Global Law Office

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Global Law Office continues to offer clients varied data protection services such as compliance and regulatory, data mapping and audits, data security and investigations, as well as global data transfers. Clients span a wide range of industries such as internet, communications, media, entertainment, and financial institutions. The team helps both government and non-government organisations with establishing preventive measures against data leaks and other data privacy risks. In Beijing Maggie Meng specialises in cybersecurity, data protection, and regulatory compliance. She leads the team alongside co-head Vincent Wang who mainly advises international clients on privacy and data protection matters but has recently been advising an increasing number of Chinese companies on both local and international privacy laws. Alan Zhou assists clients with data compliance programs.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team has rich practical experience in network and data security compliance, and has helped companies identify potential network security risks, establish data compliance management systems and structures, and respond to and handle different types of network security and data leakage incidents.'

  • ‘The data compliance team is a professional team in the field of data compliance and network security. The team's follow-up of legislative trends, policy interpretation and solutions are very efficient, accurate and implementable.’

  • ‘Maggie Meng has rich experience with her in-house background. She can quickly understand the actual pain points and needs of the client, and propose solutions that are feasible for the enterprise. Her team can output work results stably and efficiently.’

  • ‘The global data protection team has a deep understanding of the company's internal compliance practices and can provide very practical compliance advice. The scale of Maggie Meng's team can meet the needs of the company's daily work and can provide feedback quickly.’

Key clients

  • Xiaomi Corporation
  • Libai Group
  • Auto Home Inc.
  • I-MAB Biopharma
  • CARsgenTherapeutics
  • COROS Wearables Inc.
  • Wartsila Corporation
  • Samsung Group

Work highlights

  • Advised Samsung on cross-border data transfer requirements under the Chinese data protection regime.
  • Assisted Honor with compliance advice regarding cybersecurity, data security, personal information protection, and health data from both a PRC and European data protection law perspective.
  • Assisted Chery Jaguar Land Rover with their data protection related matters.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Maggie Meng, Vincent Wang

Other key lawyers

Alan Zhou, Jerry Liu, Tim Liu