Based on research conducted by China Business Law Journal, the following are the winners and highly commended legal teams of CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards 2020. The awards are split into individual and team awards, and then into practice area and industry categories.
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WINNER
KE HOLDINGSGROUP LEGAL CENTRETeam Leader: Chen Yan
The group legal centre provides services to the company on litigation, intellectual property rights, investment and financing, data protection, compliance systems, business support, research on laws, regulations and policies, and financial legal affairs. In previous years, major projects led or assisted by the group legal centre included a restructuring in 2018, private equity financing in 2019, and the Beike IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in 2020, which received total proceeds of about US$2.43 billion. The legal centre also initiated and helped Beike to be the first residential service platform to obtained certifications of both ISO/IEC 27001 information security management system, and ISO/IEC27701 privacy information management system, in 2020 in China. |
WINNER
TSINGHUA TONGFANGLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE TEAMTeam Leader: Su Yunpeng |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing Electric VehicleDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCETeam Leader: Cheng Guochuan |
China Huarong InternationalLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Anny Zheng |
ICBC INTERNATIONALLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Khor Han Wai
The legal team provides legal support to all business lines including corporate finance (equity capital markets, debt capital markets, M&A financing and advisory, investment management, asset management, sales and trading, research and China teams) and internal divisions within the firm, and is also actively involved in corporate governance matters. Members of the legal team are qualified to practice in Hong Kong, mainland China, England and Wales, New York and Singapore. |
Qianhai Ark Asset ManagementRISK AND REPUTATION GROUPTeam Leader: Leon Lam |
Zhongrong International TrustLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Jessie Wang |
SDIC RE ASSET MANAGEMENTRISK CONTROL AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Fang Xing
The team provides professional and comprehensive legal support for the company in the fields of investment, non-performing assets, M&A transactions, capital market, wealth management, dispute resolution and compliance, forming a whole-chain, closed-loop risk management of legal risk identification, analysis, rectification implementation, and effect evaluation of the company’s core business. In addition, the team is in charge of the daily operational management, risk and legal affairs of subsidiaries and invested enterprises. Members of the legal department co-ordinate, co-operate and supervise each other, and the team’s configuration and management are comprehensive, professional and vertical. |
WINNER
HAIER SMART HOMEGLOBAL LEGAL DEPARTMENT-BUSINESS PARTNER TEAMTeam Leader: Kathy Tian
Haier Smart Home has become the first company to list its shares on the Shanghai, Frankfurt and Hong Kong exchanges, building its strategy in global capital markets. Presently, in response to Haier’s internet of things (IoT) ecosystem strategy, the team is promoting the compliance work of the listed company, as well as exploring digital legal risk control. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
I-MabOVERSEAS LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Alex Cao |
KE HoldingsGROUP LEGAL CENTRETeam Leader: Chen Yan |
Ping An InsuranceLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT (OVERSEAS)Team Leader: Danny Kan |
Yum ChinaLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Joseph Chan |
XIAOMI CORPORATIONLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Liu Zhen
The department currently has more than 200 full-time employees, some working overseas and providing professional support for Xiaomi’s overseas market expansion. More than 80% of department staff have Master’s degrees or above in law, and many lawyers have working experience in Fortune 500 companies or well-known law firms. The legal department of Xiaomi Corporation is committed to building a global legal team with perfect business acumen and high professionalism. By introducing the legal management system and the assistance of big data, the team can ensure efficient collaboration, and is dedicated to helping the continual development of the group’s entire business. |
XPENG MOTORSLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Stuart Lin
In 2020, we were actively involved in a number of milestone projects such as: a US$900 million pre-IPO financing; a US$1.72 billion NYSE IPO; a US$2.5 billion follow-on offering; obtaining a passenger car manufacturer licence via the acquisition of Guangdong FODAY; the completion of a Zhaoqing-based construction works; and a strategic co-operation with Guangzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone. We were well recognised and awarded by our company. |
WINNER
OTIS ELEVATOR MANAGEMENTLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Lu Yi |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing Automotive GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Sun Yanchen |
CHINA MACHINERY ENGINEERING CORPORATIONLEGAL RISKS AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Duan Xiangwei
To maintain a sustainable and strong performance, and to protect the legal rights and interest of the company, the legal risks and management department gives legal advice and settles disputes for all the energy and infrastructure projects developed and constructed in more than 150 countries and territories during their full life circle. To reduce the potential legal risks of the company, the department regards compliance as its core competitiveness, highly values compliance and risk management, and has also issued a Compliance Guide to give legal guidance on business development. |
CORNINGLAW DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: David Huang
The team is responsible for handling the various legal and compliance matters for nearly 50 legal entities in Corning Greater China, including investment projects, strategic co-operation, corporate governance, dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, daily operations and compliance matters. The team not only are fully involved in the participation of complex transactions and projects, but also bring compliance awareness and intellectual property right protection systems into enterprise management. |
FESTO (CHINA)LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Tony Dong |
Philips Greater ChinaPHILIPS LEGAL, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: Steven Shen |
Shanghai Junshi BiosciencesLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Ye Peili |
WINNER
CHINA NONFERROUS METAL MINING GROUPLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zhang Xiangnan |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
AccentureLEGAL DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: Allen Gao |
BOE Technology GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Feng Liqiong |
CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATIONLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Du Jiangbo Sinopec is the largest oil and petrochemical products suppliers and the second-largest oil and gas producer in China. It is also the largest refining company and the third-largest chemical company in the world. Its total number of gas stations ranks it second in the world. Sinopec Group also ranked second on Fortune’s Global 500 list in 2020. Sinopec’s legal department builds legal and compliance management systems for the company, provides support and guarantees for the company’s major business decisions, and handles the company’s dispute cases. |
Ping An InsuranceLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT (OVERSEAS)Team Leader: Danny Kan |
Tsinghua TongfangLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE TEAMTeam Leader: Su Yunpeng |
UNITED ENERGY GROUPLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Leslie Zhang
In order to meet the growing demand for multi-jurisdictional compliance at UEG, the legal team manages and is responsible for the day-to-day legal compliance of all the business entities in a number of jurisdictions, conducts in-depth studies of the newly promulgated economic substance requirements in the relevant countries or regions, and ensures the group’s strict compliance with such requirements. In addition, the legal team has established a comprehensive legal management and compliance system for the entire group, formulated local legal policy for each jurisdiction that the group operates in, and developed a series of contract templates for the group’s various business activities. |
WINNER
37 INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENTLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Lai Qiqi The legal department of 37 Interactive Entertainment provides comprehensive legal support for the listed group and its subsidiaries, and excels in the fields of intellectual property protection, dispute resolution, investment and mergers, and data protection. In addition to game developing and publishing, the scope of legal services has expanded to online education and other major cultural and entertainment fields. The 37 legal department has established a sound IP right protection mechanism. The criminal, civil, administrative and other legal measures are widely used to solve disputes. The team independently undertakes multiple litigation cases, the total amount of which reaches into hundreds of millions of renminbi. In addition, the legal department, together with other departments, actively promotes the implementation of a series of strategic contents of the group, is good at balancing commercial demands and legal risks, and provides professional and comprehensive legal support for the strategic layout and promotion of business efficiency of the group. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing Electric VehicleDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCETeam Leader: Cheng Guochuan |
IQIYILEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Yan |
KE HOLDINGSPLATFORM SUPPORT TEAMTeam Leader: Chen Yan
On the one hand, the team endeavours to improve effort in mobile application privacy control to protect end-users’ rights in knowing and agreeing to privacy policies on Beike Platform. One the other, by providing training and platform rules, the team helps Beike Platform to bring respect and empowerment to our business partners. In December 2020, the platform support team initiated and helped Beike to be the first residential service platform to obtain certifications of both ISO/IEC 27001 information security management system and ISO/IEC27701 privacy information management systems in China. In December 2020 and January 2021, the team helped Beike join in the effort to assist the National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee to establish the “House Rental and Sale app” modules, which will be applied as national standards such as the Information Security Technology Guidelines for Personal Information Notices and Consent, and the Information Security Technology Basic Specifications for Collecting Personal Information in Mobile Internet Applications. |
PERFECT WORLDLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Ma Yihan
The team systematically determines key points of data compliance and risks of overseas business under different jurisdictions such as Europe and the US, and draws up compliance plans and draft privacy policies in accordance with local compliance requirements. As a “product manager-oriented” legal team, the legal department has close contact with, and a deep understanding of, the business and product, and is able to provide customised data compliance services for each business. In 2020, the legal department completed the California Consumer Privacy Act and General Data Protection Act compliance project, and assisted the group to become one of the first companies to acquire APP security certification in China. |
SINA CORPORATIONLITIGATION TEAMTeam Leader: Amy Zhang
The litigation team successfully concludes thousands of proceedings every year, and has innovated the group’s system for self-protection of IP rights, which has generates hundreds of millions in revenue, setting up landmark cases including the “copyright dispute over live-streaming of the Chinese super league”. For the past few years, the litigation team has also contributed to a number of model cases in data protection, and further promoted the establishment of business rules of the industry. |
TOYOTA MOTOR (CHINA)LEGAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISIONTeam Leader: Chen Ranxi
At present, the division has 12 employees and is responsible for contract drafting and review, legal advice, data protection, assisting on participation in important project planning and formulating compliance solutions, handling litigation and arbitration, managing IP affairs, and rendering legal support to Toyota China’s subsidiaries, including giving legal advice and training. Since its establishment, the division has been committed to continually improving the team’s professional capability, building an excellent legal team with both professional competence and efficiency in the auto industry. |
WINNER
UNITED ENERGY GROUPLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Leslie Zhang
The team successfully responded to and handled a number of international commercial arbitrations and excelled, including responding to an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration on a joint bidding agreement in London, where the tribunal ultimately rejected all claims of the other party, winning an ICC arbitration against the government of a sovereign country in respect of withdrawal of a product sharing contract, and initiating the enforcement proceeding in respect of the winning award in several countries including the US, Netherlands and UK. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing Electric VehicleDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCETeam Leader: Cheng Guochuan |
China Construction First Group The Second ConstructionLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Xiaoliang |
Shanghai Electric PowerDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCE, LEGAL SERVICE SHARED CENTRETeam Leader: Wu Ming |
SINA CorporationLITIGATION TEAMTeam Leader: Amy Zhang |
WINNER
YANGO GROUPLEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Yiqun
Since its establishment, the department has actively improved the group’s legal management and risk control systems, including informatisation and digitalisation. While enhancing its own level of professionalism, it also strengthens knowledge output and learns together with the business departments. The legal and risk management department has always taken “escorting and creating benefits” as its mission to provide its own strength for the company’s long-term and stable development. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Centre Testing International GroupLEGAL COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Bao Aiwu |
China Construction First Group The Second ConstructionLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Xiaoliang |
China Nonferrous Metal Mining GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zhang Xiangnan |
DULWICH COLLEGE INTERNATIONALLEGAL TEAMChina Team Leader: Emilie Niu
The legal team, led by Diana Gan, with five core values, professionalism, wisdom, trust, inspiration, and intuition. The team consist of 6 members, China team – Emilie Niu and Yuki Cheng, Singapore team – Theresa Tayabali and Siti Donachy and US member- Cynthia Maclean. Together, it supports DCI’s organic growth and Business Development – being the strategic growth advisor and achieve efficient deal structuring and effective negotiation for new business ventures, Corporate Governance and Compliance- ensuring that the wheels keep running in the areas of licence/regulatory/data protection; Intragroup Structuring and IP Protection- Enhancing value of the brand and group IP by monitoring brand/IP usage and enforcement. Division and Functional Support- providing value-add through contract management, practical advice and solutions, and sound dispute resolution. |
WINNER
LUK FOOK HOLDINGS (INTERNATIONAL)LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Irene Cheung
The group’s legal affairs department is involved in compliance with regional regulations and laws. This includes regular observance in all such regions of the local labour laws, adherence to retail and operational regulations, assistance with resolving potential labour disputes, drafting operational and employment-related agreements, and working effectively with local law firms as needed to maximise efficiency and legal expertise in these areas. The department is committed to providing the most comprehensive legal advice at a high calibre for its management, with the aim of safeguarding the rights and interests of the group in worldwide jurisdictions. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing Yuanli Education Science and TechnologyLEGAL YUANTeam Leader: Jia Zheng |
Sony Mobile ChinaLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Peter Zhang |
WINNER
S.F. EXPRESSLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Brian Sun |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Boehringer Ingelheim ChinaTOTAL CHINESE MARKET LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Sandy Yao |
IQIYILEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Yan |
KE HoldingsGROUP LEGAL CENTRETeam Leader: Chen Yan |
Xiaomi CorporationLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Liu Zhen |
WINNER
S.C. JOHNSONBRAND PROTECTION, GLOBAL LEGALTeam Leader: Becky Wang
The team reports to global legal, and is primarily concerned with intellectual property-related issues in the APAC region, including but not limited to making IP protection strategies, legal action deployments, trademark registrations, trademark and copyright dispute solving, IP awareness promotions, product research and verification, and developing external partners. Cases conducted by the team have been awarded the QBPC Annual Top 10 IP Protection Cases three times (2018, 2019 and 2020); and were also selected as China Customs Top 10 IP Protection Cases in 2017, and Hebei High Court Top 15 IP Cases in 2019. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Mango Excellent MediaLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zou Xuzi |
PERFECT WORLDLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Ma Yihan
The legal department’s remarkable achievements also include a number of benchmark cases with industry influence. For example, the case of “Wuxia Q Zhuan” was ranked as one of China’s Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases by the Supreme People’s Court, and the case of “Zhu Xian” game achieved a record highest criminal fine for copyright infringement in Sichuan province. In 2020, the legal department also won all its cases as plaintiff, and most cases as defendant. Accordingly, the legal department safeguards the rights and interests of the group, and increases net income and reduces losses for the group by protecting intellectual property rights. |
SINA CorporationLITIGATION TEAMTeam Leader: Amy Zhang |
Suning.comIP LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Guo Chenhui |
TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUPLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Qihu
This ensures professional, accurate and multi-dimensional legal support for the healthy development of the company, and sets a benchmark for legal services in the industry. |
TOTO (China)LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Lu Yuping |
WINNER
YUM CHINALEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Joseph Chan
We have consummated several strategic transactions. The Huang Ji Huang (HJH) acquisition doubled the number of restaurants in our Chinese dining business to now more than 1,000 restaurants, making this business division one of the largest Chinese restaurant players in the country. Our Suzhou joint venture partner’s equity stake acquisition resulted in consolidation of the financials of the important Suzhou market, while our joint venture with Lavazza, a leading 125-year-old Italian premium coffee brand, kick-started an important strategic growth initiative. The joint venture with Mininglamp formed a cutting-edge AI company for the restaurant industry. The transaction triggered antitrust approval in China. Because of the variable interest entity structure involved, the approval process became unintentionally high-profile. The antitrust approval finally obtained set a historic precedent in China, and was closely followed in the legal and tech industries. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
APP-ChinaLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Xinlin |
Nestle (China)LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE FUNCTIONTeam Leader: Bian Bianka |
Panasonic Corporation of ChinaLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE CENTRETeam Leader: Liu Qiang |
PepsiCoLEGAL DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: Jeffrey Wang |
Shanghai Electric PowerDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCE, LEGAL SERVICE SHARED CENTRETeam Leader: Wu Ming |
Yango GroupLEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Yiqun |
WINNER
CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVELEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Pan Zhuqing
The team continues to provide professional and comprehensive legal support and protection for the company and its subsidiaries in the fields of company M&A, legal risk prevention system construction, compliance management, litigation and arbitration, and domestic and foreign market projects. The team has established a comprehensive legal and compliance management system and business co-ordination mechanism, and assisted the company in obtaining a number of major international market orders. In 2020, facing the harsh international regulatory environment, the company’s legal and compliance management team actively planned and overcame various compliance difficulties to ensure the company’s acquisition of the German Vossloh locomotive business sector was successfully completed. This acquisition is the first time a Chinese enterprise has successfully acquired an overseas rail transit equipment complete vehicle company, and it is a milestone event for a Chinese enterprise to enter the European rail transit equipment manufacturing market. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
FULLSHARE HOLDINGSLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Bill Zhou
Fullshare’s headquarters is in Nanjing, and the legal team supports the company’s legal matters and risk control in transaction structure, due diligence, transaction negotiations and documents, financing, listing compliance, and post-investment management for cross-border M&A transactions. Most team members are senior lawyers, with extensive experiences from top international law firms and large state-owned corporations, as well as domestic and overseas qualifications. The legal team takes the balance of legal risks and business requirements as core points to ensure and promote the rapid and stable strategic development of our enterprises to achieve globalisation and diversification. |
Saint-Gobain (China) InvestmentLEGAL DEPARTMENT, APAC REGIONTeam Leader: Feng Xiaoju |
Tencent Music Entertainment GroupLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Qihu |
UNITED ENERGY GROUPLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Leslie Zhang
One landmark deal was the acquisition of Kuwait Energy Company (KEC) for a total of US$1 billion, the completion of which was a significant contribution to UEG’s transformation from a small oil and gas company with a single business asset to a medium-sized international independent oil and gas company with oil and gas assets, and operating in multiple regions. Shortly after the deal, the general counsel of UEG managed to complete the integration of the global legal teams within the group and established a comprehensive legal management and compliance system for the entire UEG group. |
WINNER
NESTLE (CHINA)LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE FUNCTIONTeam Leader: Bian Bianka
Nestlé’s China legal and compliance function is a dynamic team with solid experience and a diverse background. Being the legal guardian of Nestlé’s businesses, assets, culture and values, we aim to help Nestlé’s businesses to grow faster and sustainably in the Greater China market with the pragmatic and rigorous management of legal and compliance risks and opportunities, and effective and value-adding Nestle-specific solutions. Our service scope has expanded widely, covering core areas from legal advice to IP protection, corporate governance, litigation and arbitration, regulatory inquiries and investigations, compliance, corporate restructuring, new investments, M&A, legal and compliance training, legal advocacy, sustainability, etc. Lately, our function has also embarked on a journey to renovate and innovate, with new processes and digital tools to enable efficient and effective service provision. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
China Huarong InternationalLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Anny Zheng |
Fullshare HoldingsLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Bill Zhou |
Guangxi Investment GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Jinhai |
CONTINENTAL HOLDING CHINACHINA LAW DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xie Limin
With its constant support for the business transformation, the team has successfully completed investment activities like the greenfield project in Changshu, and assisted business teams like Tire to explore new business concepts. In terms of restructuring, taking the example of the spinoff of the Powertrain business (Vitesco Technologies), the team has led numerous share and asset transactions to continually optimise the business structure of the group, and helped the spinoff business to set up its new legal team. |
WINNER
CHINA GUANGFA BANK CREDIT CARD CENTRELEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Li Heng
The legal team maintains contractual and intellectual risk with technology such as robotic process automation (RPA) and natural language processing (NLP). As an innovative and composite legal team oriented by risk management, we have established a comprehensive management system to effectively prevent and control various legal compliance risks of enterprises. The team also ensures functional and well-serviced management supervision has been fully established, and plays a vital role in legal management and supervision. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing CapitalLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Shao Li |
Guangxi Investment GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Jinhai |
WINNER
GUANGXI INVESTMENT GROUPLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Jinhai |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
China Pacific InsuranceLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yuan Ye |
Qianhai Ark Asset ManagementRISK AND REPUTATION GROUPTeam Leader: Leon Lam |
SWISS REINSURANCE, BEIJING BRANCHLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Sun Nengwu
The team lives by the group’s agility values and strives to manage legal and compliance risks in a proactive manner. By delivering quality advice to the business and management on the core reinsurance business, innovations, transactions and investments, the team has become an integral part of all material aspects of business initiatives. In addition, the team takes a forward-looking approach in managing potential risks and enabling the business, by keeping abreast of trending topics in relevant areas such as (re)insurance supervision, data (privacy) protection, intellectual property, equity investment, dispute resolution and international trade control. |
SDIC RE Asset ManagementRISK CONTROL AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Fang Xing |
Taikang Asset ManagementCOMPLIANCE AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zhou Feng |
ZHONGRONG INTERNATIONAL TRUSTLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Jessie Wang The legal department of Zhongrong International Trust (ZRT) is responsible for the deal structure design, legal document review and legal risk control of all ZRT’s asset management products throughout the whole process from establishment to operation and exit. ZRT manages more than US$107.7 billion in assets, and its asset management products cover multiple areas such as: Real estate investment; infrastructure investment; industrial and commercial enterprise finance; capital markets; consumer finance; supply chain finance; and family trusts. The legal department delves into the study of various laws and regulations, regulatory policies and judicial precedents, actively designs new products with innovative models, continually pays attention to detail, and strictly controls and prevents potential transaction risks. By promoting standardisation on legal document review, adopting sample contracts throughout ZRT, and establishing a scientific and sophisticated system of legal risk control, the legal department can always finish this work efficiently. Our highly effective and efficient legal team has made extraordinary contributions to ZRT’s legal risk control. |
WINNER
BEIJING ELECTRIC VEHICLEDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCETeam Leader: Cheng Guochuan |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Continental Holding ChinaCHINA LAW DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xie Limin |
Toyota Motor (China)LEGAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISIONTeam Leader: Chen Ranxi |
Xpeng MotorsLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Stuart Lin |
AUTOLIVLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Huang Yiyun
Through multiple efforts made by our legal department in upgrading our IP protection strategy, enhancing customer risk management, and optimising supply chain control, the legal team made a unique contribution to Autoliv China’s satisfactory operational results for the past challenging year of 2020. Members of Autoliv China’s legal department not only continually enhance their professional expertise, but also persistently deepen their understanding of the industry, and the business needs of the company. By always bearing in mind the provision of practical, targeted and timely legal support, the team is highly recognised by the company’s management team and business departments as an indispensable business partner. |
WINNER
S.F. EXPRESSLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Brian Sun |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beijing Public Transport CorporationLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Zhengxiang |
CHINA STATE SHIPBUILDING CORPORATIONLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Cui Ruijie
Major achievements in 2020: 1. Consolidated the foundation of the rule of law, and promoted significant improvements to legal risk prevention and control capabilities. 2. Successfully completed the domestic and foreign anti-monopoly application for the reorganisation and integration of the two major shipping groups. 3. Organised, guided and urged member units to advance the handling of major disputes and cases, avoiding or recovering economic losses of nearly RMB3 billion (US$461 million). 4. Promoted the construction of rules and regulations with compliance management and risk management, and achieved good results. |
WINNER
PING AN INSURANCELEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT (OVERSEAS)Team Leader: Danny Kan The Ping An Group overseas legal team monitors a wide range of overseas legal and compliance matters, cementing Ping An Group’s top rankings in various league tables. The Ping An team is composed of senior lawyers with extensive experience from Magic Circle and other international law firms. To manage its diverse and regulated businesses, the Ping An team advises on a broad range of financial regulatory matters in Hong Kong and Singapore. It also handles complex company secretarial and listing rules compliance matters involving multiple jurisdictions. On the technology front, unlike conventional in-house teams, the Ping An team is at the forefront of designing and applying technology to manage legal affairs, leveraging the multi-disciplinary qualifications of its team members. It also manages an international proprietary intellectual property portfolio supporting the development of Ping An Group’s five ecosystems of financial services, healthcare, auto services, real estate services and smart city services. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
CCB International (China)LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DIVISIONTeam Leader: Yu Shixuan |
China Development BankLAW AND COMPLIANCE DIVISION, STRATEGIC CLIENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Liao Wenbin |
China Guangfa Bank Credit Card CentreLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Li Heng |
NANYANG COMMERCIAL BANKOPERATIONAL RISK, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DIVISIONTeam Leader: Ng Siu Fun
NCB is well recognised for the diverse variety and high quality of banking services to customers around the world. The ORLC division is composed of professionals qualified in mainland China and Hong Kong, in areas such as law, accounting and finance, to provide full-fledged legal and compliance advice. The division acts as a significant player in the second line of defence, under the “three lines of defence” policy adopted by NCB, with crucial obligations to assess and monitor the legal and compliance risks in the first line of defence, and is responsible for formulating and providing practical guidance. |
ICBC InternationalLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Khor Han Wai |
Postal Savings Bank of China, Beijing BranchLEGAL AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER RIGHTS PROTECTION TEAMTeam Leader: Ma Xiaoou |
WINNER
POWERCHINA INTERNATIONAL GROUPLEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT (COMPLIANCE) DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Peng Shenying |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
China Construction First Group The Second ConstructionLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Xiaoliang |
Guangxi Investment GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Jinhai |
Shanghai Construction GroupLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Haifeng |
CHINA MACHINERY ENGINEERING CORPORATIONLEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Duan Xiangwei
To maintain a sustainable and strong performance, and to protect the legal rights and interest of the company, the legal risks and management department gives legal advice and settles disputes for all the energy and infrastructure projects developed and constructed in more than 150 countries and territories during their full life circle. To reduce the potential legal risks of the company, the department regards compliance as its core competitiveness, highly values compliance and risk management, and has also issued a compliance guide to give legal guidance on business development. |
WINNER
LUK FOOK HOLDINGS (INTERNATIONAL)LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Irene Cheung
Given the large global sales network and development of the group, the legal affairs department performs different task groups including contracts and projects, intellectual property, shops and properties, and supplier management to deal with the corresponding tasks. Co-operation with other departments is an integral part of our teamwork and efforts to improve the overall efficiency of the group. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
S.C. JohnsonBRAND PROTECTION, GLOBAL LEGALTeam Leader: Becky Wang |
WALMART (CHINA)LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Daniel Shih
The legal team closely co-operates with the business development team by providing legal services in project investment and asset management, which helps the rapid expansion of Walmart’s high-end format Sam’s Clubs in China. The team also actively participates in legislative research on collection and use of data, protection of individual information, etc. It closely monitors change and development on legislation, administration and judicial systems, and provides appropriate legal and compliance solutions and suggestions to Walmart China. |
WINNER
BEIJING YUANLI EDUCATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYLEGAL YUANTeam Leader: Jia Zheng
The company’s employee numbers have increased more than 100 times in the past five years. With the support of the legal team, the company has maintained good labour and employment norms, and has avoided any major labour disputes. The legal team has supported every round of investment, and every financing project of the company, which currently has an estimated value surpassing US$15.5 billion. The contract review procedure is also managed by the legal team, with more than 10,000 contracts reviewed during a typical year. The team has also supported business departments with contract negotiations and fulfillment, and tackled any contract disputes. The legal team is in charge of IP work, and two entities in the group received the “Beijing Municipal IP Experimental Unit” award. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
DULWICH COLLEGE INTERNATIONALLEGAL TEAMChina Team Leader: Emilie Niu
The legal team, led by Diana Gan, with five core values, professionalism, wisdom, trust, inspiration, and intuition. The team consist of 6 members, China team – Emilie Niu and Yuki Cheng, Singapore team – Theresa Tayabali and Siti Donachy and US member- Cynthia Maclean. Together, it supports DCI’s organic growth and Business Development – being the strategic growth advisor and achieve efficient deal structuring and effective negotiation for new business ventures, Corporate Governance and Compliance- ensuring that the wheels keep running in the areas of licence/regulatory/data protection; Intragroup Structuring and IP Protection- Enhancing value of the brand and group IP by monitoring brand/IP usage and enforcement. Division and Functional Support- providing value-add through contract management, practical advice and solutions, and sound dispute resolution. |
NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY GROUPGROUP AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Guan Rui
The legal team has 11 members, 70% of whom have Master’s degrees or above. It is an excellent professional legal team, and has been unanimously recognised by all departments and leaders within the group. The legal team has been rated as the company’s team of excellence for four consecutive years, from 2016 to 2019. |
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XIAOMI CORPORATIONLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Liu Zhen
The department currently has more than 200 full-time employees, some working overseas and providing professional support for Xiaomi’s overseas market expansion. More than 80% of department staff have Master’s degrees or above in law, and many lawyers have working experience in Fortune 500 companies or well-known law firms. The legal department of Xiaomi Corporation is committed to building a global legal team with perfect business acumen and high professionalism. By introducing the legal management system and the assistance of big data, the team can ensure efficient collaboration, and is dedicated to helping the continual development of the group’s entire business. |
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BOE Technology GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Feng Liqiong |
HAIER SMART HOMEGLOBAL LEGAL DEPARTMENT – IOT/IP SUPPORT TEAMTeam Leader: Liu Qun, James
At the same time, the team has further improved our comprehensive IP legal management system, based on “litigation and risk control, processes and assets, system and operations”, to monitor and prevent IP infringements in multiple approaches, and provide effective legal protection for Haier’s global business operations. |
MIDEA GROUPGROUP LEGAL GREATER COMPLIANCE CENTRETeam Leader: Li Junwei, Sean
The group legal compliance centre understands that legal risk prevention and control need to be embedded in the important processes of the group’s business, while promoting the business also remains important. For this, it is necessary to deepen the business units’ understanding of risk, trust in the legal department, and enhance the group’s awareness of legal risk prevention. |
PANASONIC CORPORATION OF CHINALEGAL AND COMPLIANCE CENTRETeam Leader: Liu Qiang
As China’s business environment changes, Panasonic continues to take on challenges in new business activities and establish new business models in China. Through establishing close and trusted relationships with the business divisions, Panasonic’s legal team are assigned as team members of new projects at an early stage, and we provide appropriate and prompt support for changing business needs and effectively managing corporate risks. At the same time, to strengthen risk management and improve compliance operational levels at business sites, the legal team has constructed, and continues to update,an efficient compliance programme using IT, as well as establishing a compliance culture. |
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CHINA NATIONAL OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENTLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zhang Yu
CNODC has an international legal team proficient in foreign languages, as well as in contract negotiations and project management. Adhering to the requirements of compliance and corporate governance in applicable legal regimes, the legal team of CNODC is dedicated to the construction of a comprehensive and whole process legal risk prevention and control system, enhancing its strategic value in CNODC’s central business and effectively preventing all kinds of major overseas legal risks. Meanwhile, the legal team of CNODC strives to build its compliance system and promote the modernisation of CNODC’s corporate governance system, aiming to contribute legal assistance to CNPC’s business in core resource countries worldwide, and playing an important role in ensuring China’s national energy security. |
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China Nonferrous Metal Mining GroupLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zhang Xiangnan |
China Petrochemical CorporationLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Du Jiangbo |
POWERCHINA International GroupLEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT (COMPLIANCE) DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Peng Shenying |
Shanghai Electric GroupLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Tong Liping |
Shanghai Electric PowerDEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND COMPLIANCE, LEGAL SERVICE SHARED CENTRETeam Leader: Wu Ming |
Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment GroupLEGAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Qingyan |
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YUM CHINALEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Joseph Chan
The reporting team oversaw all our disclosures as a dually listed public company on the NYSE and HKEX, and served the board secretariat function. The team also consummated our Hong Kong secondary listing. The IP team overhauled our IPR strategy, entailing both defensive and offensive features, to buttress the protection of our critical innovation. The marketing team enabled the brand teams to deploy an agile marketing strategy in response to a dynamically evolving pandemic. The focus on digital marketing accentuated the importance of cybersecurity and privacy compliance. The team stayed at the forefront of regulatory developments, and proactively educated the business teams. As digital promotion collaboration was expanded, the team tackled complex data sharing issues. The back of house (BOH) team supported critical functions including supply chain, HR, franchise development, and public affairs. |
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Coca-Cola (China)LEGAL DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINA AND MONGOLIATeam Leader: Su Yan
The team adheres to the working concept of “full support”, proactively engaging in a project from when it is just an idea, and escorting it through the whole process, even until after it ends. The team proactively participates in industry activities and follows up on all hot topics. It is also putting its passion into emerging stronger, from both professional and business perspectives, to enable the team to be coherent with constant business evolution, and to provide outstanding legal support. |
Ferrero Trading (Shanghai)CHINA LEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Stella Zhou |
NESTLE (CHINA)LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE FUNCTIONTeam Leader: Bian Bianka
Nestlé’s China legal and compliance function is a dynamic team with solid experience and a diverse background. Being the legal guardian of Nestlé’s businesses, assets, culture and values, we aim to help Nestlé’s businesses to grow faster and sustainably in the Greater China market with the pragmatic and rigorous management of legal and compliance risks and opportunities, and effective and value-adding Nestle-specific solutions. Our service scope has expanded widely, covering core areas from legal advice to IP protection, corporate governance, litigation and arbitration, regulatory inquiries and investigations, compliance, corporate restructuring, new investments, M&A, legal and compliance training, legal advocacy, sustainability, etc. Lately, our function has also embarked on a journey to renovate and innovate, with new processes and digital tools to enable efficient and effective service provision. |
PepsiCoLEGAL DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: Jeffrey Wang |
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BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CHINATOTAL CHINESE MARKET LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Sandy Yao |
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AbbottGREATER CHINA LEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Aaron Shao |
I-MabOVERSEAS LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Alex Cao |
BGI GENOMICSLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Qian
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LILLY CHINALEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Li Yongyi
We deeply understand Lilly’s businesses and strategies, and work to develop legal solutions that assist our business partners in successfully implementing those strategies. We develop a company-wide understanding of the risks inherent in our businesses, especially those with enterprise-level implications, and we work to assure that decisions made involving risks to the company are both prudent ones and ones made at a level appropriate in the company, given the magnitude of the risk. |
Lonza ChinaLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Olive Yu |
Shanghai Junshi BiosciencesLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Ye Peili |
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APP-CHINALEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Xu Xinlin |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Air Liquide (China)LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Rosita Chen |
CorningLAW DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: David Huang |
FESTO (CHINA)LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Tony Dong |
OTIS Elevator ManagementLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Lu Yi |
Saint-Gobain (China) InvestmentLEGAL DEPARTMENT, APAC REGIONTeam Leader: Feng Xiaoju |
TOTO (China)LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Lu Yuping |
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KE HOLDINGSGROUP LEGAL CENTRETeam Leader: Chen Yan |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
SINA CorporationLITIGATION TEAMTeam Leader: Amy Zhang |
ANKER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS COOPERATIONLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Cheng Gang Through the innovative use of a variety of dispute response strategies, we have core expertise in both active defence and passive responses to disputes. In 2020, we won a series of successful litigations in patent disputes, general labour civil and commercial litigations, administrative (penalty) litigations, and trademark litigations. Anker’s legal team has guaranteed the IPO of the company, the rapid development of the company’s business, and has greatly improved the company’s ability to respond to cases and create value for internal and external customers. We have also maintained a judicial remedy protection line to safeguard the company’s operations, escorted the company through various obstacles and competition, and have made bold progress as a legal team in the internet e-commerce industry. |
BEIJING CHUKONG TECHNOLOGYGROUP LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Jiang Zhihan
The team has improved the company’s compliance system, established the company’s overall property knowledge system, independently handled domestic and foreign investment and financing projects, and made outstanding contributions to the company’s phased development. |
PING AN MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENTLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Jenny Zeng
The department has responsibilities including, but not limited to, business supervision, investment and financing and M&A, intellectual property protection, compliance system construction, compliance review, prospective research, and technology application, which all cover various business sectors such as information technology, medical insurance cost control, hospital management, medical services, business insurance empowerment and financial leasing. With regard to legal affairs, the team has achieved efficient co-ordination of systematic construction and ad hoc support, and promoted close integration of streamlined processes with key risk management and control. In terms of compliance construction, the team established a “three-line defence” mechanism to identify and mitigate risks. The internal compliance management and audit inspection are organically integrated to realise a mode of “two-wheel drive”. |
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IQIYILEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Yan
The team completely protects the company’s sustainable innovative business model and enhances its reputation in the online video industry. In order to boost the technological innovation and development of the company, the legal department also provides comprehensive legal services on data compliance, patent development, etc. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
HUAYI BROTHERS MEDIACORPORATION LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Li Jingjue
We also pay great attention to talent cultivation. Our team is comprised of both PRC and international practising legal experts, with rich experience in all areas of regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment and security issues. What’s more, beyond merely navigating the various legal issues in regular practice, we are also keen participants in social events, including the discussion on amendments to the Copyright Act and all kinds of seminars conducted by professional associations. |
JOYYLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Simon Qi
The legal department greatly contributed to JOYY and Huya’s listing in the US, and actively participated in Bigo Live, IMO and other significant acquisition deals, as well as tens of billions of dollars’ worth of strategic and financial investments. The team is in charge of the group’s global compliance and dispute management, which involves dozens of jurisdictions around the world. It identifies and mitigates legal risks, and builds up legal compliance capacity in each of the jurisdictions. It also manages the group’s IP affairs, and has evolved a sophisticated and integrated IP right management system covering patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names. |
Mango Excellent MediaLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Zou Xuzi |
SINA CorporationLITIGATION TEAMTeam Leader: Amy Zhang |
Suning.comPP SPORTS LEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Tonell Liu |
Tencent Music Entertainment GroupLEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Qihu |
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PERFECT WORLDLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Ma Yihan
For example, the legal department provided comprehensive legal support for the successful development and operation of popular games such as Zhu Xian, Perfect World, New Swords Man, Condor Heroes, and Forsaken World. This included quickly identifying core risk points and resolving bottleneck issues during negotiations in relation to various issues, including IP authorisation and crossover, and fast-paced projects such as game promotion. The legal department also provided professional risk assessment opinions and legal documents, utilised big data to empower legal work, and improved the efficiency of contract review by using its self-developed online contract review system and digital system tools. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
37 Interactive EntertainmentLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Lai Qiqi |
Besttone HoldingLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Chen Yadu |
IDREAMSKY TECHNOLOGYLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Jasmine Liu
The team devotes itself to compliance supervision after company listing, investment arrangement and post-investment management, business contract drafting and review, risk control, dispute resolution, and intellectual property management, providing extensive legal support for the company’s operations. |
Riot GamesLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Emi Zhao |
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QIANHAI ARK ASSET MANAGEMENTRISK AND REPUTATION GROUPTeam Leader: Leon Lam |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
BAIDU VENTURESLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Zhang Mingzhen
Along with solid professional backgrounds, the legal team members have a comprehensive awareness of the institution’s investment strategy, commercial logic and risk preference, so that the risk control function can integrate successfully into each section of the institution’s operation, and the smooth operation of the institution can be guaranteed. In the meantime, considering our role as an investor shareholder of early-stage startup companies, our legal team also provides timely professional legal support to the portfolio companies. We aim to help portfolio companies with their difficulties, together with our other departments, in order to achieve the mutual benefit and progress of both investor and portfolio companies. |
CITIC CAPITALLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wong Yong Kai
The legal team is committed to providing comprehensive and efficient legal services on the onshore and offshore private funds of the company. The team actively participates in every step of fund investment, is heavily involved in the company’s proprietary investment, and fields a high volume of daily legal support to the company. With the proliferation of proposed laws, regulations and policies targeting the investment industry, the legal team has been engaging in in-depth study and policy analysis with the intent of guiding members of the business and deal teams through this rapidly evolving landscape. The legal team strives to maximise the interests of the company and its investors. Due to its diligence and dedication, along with its efficient and pragmatic work style, the legal team is widely recognised, and has won a good reputation in the private fund industry. |
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AGILE GROUPLEGAL CENTRETeam Leader: Shang Dongning
In 2019, the team was the winner in the real estate and construction category, and highly commended in the securitisation category of the China Business Law Journal In-House Counsel Awards. In 2020, the team was involved in overseas investment projects with equity exceeding RMB100 billion, assisted in handling financing projects worth more than RMB10 billion. The self-acting agency rate was up to 94% during the year, and the team completed the registration of trademark rights in more than 100 cases. The official WeChat public account of our legal system, which operates in our centre, has also had a great influence on lawyers and the legal profession.
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Fullshare HoldingsLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Bill Zhou |
Logan GroupLEGAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Yang Xiaolan |
SDP InvestmentLEGAL TEAMTeam Leader: Matthew Wang |
Yango GroupLEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Wang Yiqun |
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ACCENTURELEGAL DEPARTMENT, GREATER CHINATeam Leader: Allen Gao
The legal department’s services cover all aspects, and the team fully supports the company’s business, covering almost all industries and the needs of various corporate functions. All members participate in technology quotient training and use artificial intelligence (AI) and other legal technologies in their work to actively adapt to new and complex business models. Meanwhile, the legal department focuses on timely communicating and sharing the latest achievements of legal technology with its domestic counterparts, and advocates and actively participates in building a good legal technology ecosystem. In the process of establishing a co-operative ecosystem with Chinese companies, and helping them expand their overseas business, the legal department uses its global legal resources and its own unique advantages to assist clients in their global business deployment. |
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Ericsson (China) CommunicationPATENT UNIT, CHINATeam Leader: Li Yanhua |
Foxconn Industrial InternetLEGAL, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ANTI-CONRRUPTION DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Eric Xie |
NET263LEGAL AND SECURITIES DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Li Bo |
COGNEXLEGAL SERVICES, ASIATeam Leader: Mary Yang
The legal team pays particular attention to the ever-changing and complex business environment in China and other Asian countries, and by its prompt response, efficient movement and leadership, helps Cognex safely and smoothly navigate changes and uncertainties, while simultaneously quickly grabbing opportunities that arise. The team values self-improvement, and we think highly of those qualities that enable us to work hard, play hard and move fast. All three things together make us a success in completing comprehensive and complex legal work with such a small team. |
Tsinghua TongfangLEGAL AND COMPLIANCE TEAMTeam Leader: Su Yunpeng |
XTC TechnologyLEGAL DEPARTMENTTeam Leader: Leo Chen |
