As a TMT-focused firm, data protection and cybersecurity is a key part of Beijing DaHui Lawyers‘s offering. The team acts for domestic and international TMT clients and is well-versed in handling cross-border data transfers, security assessments and filing standard contracts. Practice head and founding partner Richard Ma splits his time between Beijing and Shanghai and excels in advising on complex transactions within the TMT sector. Shanghai-based Joanna Jiang is a key name to note in the data protection space as she offers expertise in building localised data protection systems, data compliance due diligence, and implementing data compliance systems. Zhengwei Yang advises on crisis management and investigations from Shanghai, while Dimitri Phillips assists foreign companies with China data protection matters from Beijing.
Key clients
- Airbnb
- Alibaba Group and its subsidiaries (including: Alibaba Pics, Ali Sports, Youku, etc.)
Work highlights
- Assisted all the business units of the RELX Group (Elsevier, LexisNexis, RX Exhibitions) in assessing and fulfilling regulatory requirements for processing and cross-border transfer of data.
- Advised a financial services business on responding to a regulator inquiry concerning its purchase of extra-sensitive data from national data centres.