Gary Gao
Zhong Lun Law FirmZhong Lun Law Firm acts as legal counsel for major domestic finance companies and state-owned enterprises, advising on a broad range of compliance and anti-corruption matters. Typical work includes establishing compliance systems, responding to joint investigations, responding to investigations and sanctions by multilateral finance institutions, and dealing with major compliance crises. The regulatory compliance practice is co-led by Xiangwen Liu and Gary Gao, while Jianwei Liu heads up the trade compliance and trade remedies practice. Gao and Liu both advise on all regulatory compliance issues, with Liu additionally handling domestic and international dispute resolution cases. Baosheng Zhang and Wei Zhou are experts in securities compliance and litigation, while Jim Qiu assists pharmaceutical companies with their clinical compliance and healthcare regulatory compliance issues.
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Key clients
- China Baowu Steel Group Corporation
- China Resources Land
- Tengjing Sports Culture Development (Shanghai) Co.
- Jiangsu PetroChina Kunlun Liquefied Gas Co.
- Shanghai Pepperl+Fuchs Automation Trading Co.
- Take-Two Interactive Software
- ReSource Pro (Qingdao) Data Technology LLC
- Rockwell Automation
- Wynn Resorts (Macau)
- Highpower International
- Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co.
- China Power International Holding
- CNOOC Gas & Power Group
- Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co.
- Tianjin B&M Science and Technology Co.
- China Energy Engineering Co.
- China Energy Engineering Investment Co.
- China Tourism Group Investment and Asset Management Co.
- China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation
- CITIC
- China Green Development Investment Group Co.
- Beijing State-owned Capital Operation and Management Co..
- Beijing Capital Agribusiness & Food Group Co.
- Shenzhen Metro Group Co.
- Peking University Founder Group Co.
- Jiangxi Tourism Group Co.
- China United Travel Co.
- Guizhou Zhongyida Co.
- United Imaging Healthcare
- Dassault Systems (Shanghai) IT Co.
- Helsinn Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co.
- Owens Corning (China) Investment Co.
- Hainan Dadonghai Tourism Center Group Co.
- Shenzhen Metro Group Co.
Work highlights
- Assisted China Baowu Steel Group Corporation with building an overseas compliance risk prevention and control system.
- Assisted Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co. with improving its comprehensive compliance management system.
- Assisted a construction consulting company with establishing the integrity compliance program (ICP) in line with international standards and obtaining the release from the separate sanctions of the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank in succession.
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Xiangwen Liu, Gary Gao, Jianwei Liu