Yu Zhong has been practicing law for over 20 years, and admitted to practice law in both P.R. China and Hong Kong S.A.R., and is a senior partner of Beijing Kangda Law firm (Guangzhou). Yu Zhong used to be an in-house legal counsel at an influenced state-owned company. The in-house experience helps her better understand the needs and strategies of clients. Yu Zhong gained extensive exposure while advising various clients such as PRC state-owned enterprises, financial institutions, and PRC government authorities in matters both in and outside of China, including M&As, financing, restructuring, and outbound investment, has extensive experience in corporate compliance, internal investigations and compliance & government investigations, crisis management, etc. She has represented major multinational companies in crisis events, including government investigations and related administrative reviews. Yu Zhong represents the leading voice of Guangdong capital legal services and continues feeding back the development of the legal industry by sharing her insights on legal services in the capital market. Along with the position in the Guangdong capital market legal services has steadily increased, Yu Zhong was also engaged by the Guangdong Lawyers Association Capital Market and Security committee as a Chief of Staff. With accumulating reputation in legal service and rising status among legal professionals, Yu Zhong never stops providing professional and sound service to every client.

Sun Yat-Sen University, Master of Law in Economic Law. Multiple articles published in Chinese Lawyer and other media.

A leading lawyer in Company/Commercial at Greater China, awarded by Chambers Asia-Pacific

"Achievement in Legal Practice", awarded by Guangzhou Lawyers Association

"Achievement in Legal Research”, awarded by Guangzhou Lawyers Association

Excellent Committee Director awarded by Guangdong Lawyers Association

Elite Lawyers in Foreign Practice, awarded by The Ministry of Justice in China

Leading Lawyers in Foreign Practice, awarded by Ministry of Justice, Guangdong Burau

Leading Lawyers in Foreign Practice of Guangzhou

Elite Lawyer of Guangdong Province, awarded by Ministry of Justice, Guangdong Burau

❖ Led in initial public offerings and refinancing and restructuring including IPOs of Hunan Zhong Chuang Chemical Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Tiger Head Battery Group Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Video Star Intelligent Co., Ltd., refinancing of Guangdong Mingzhu Group Co., Ltd.

❖ Assisted a well-known state-owned company investing in a famous ride-hailing platform in carrying out data compliance due diligence, including analyzing an international business data compliance system according to specific obligations of laws and regulations in-bound and out-bound, and issued network security supervision status reports; provides a customized implementation strategy based on the current practice of the clients.

❖ Assisted an international company in establishing and revising privacy policy and compliance plans for the cross-border transfer of data, and also assist clients in responding to investigations on cybersecurity.

❖ Assisted a technology company in a “source code” driven M&A, joint venture, strategic alliances, and collaborative transactions, including patent and copyright acquisition and technology transfer projects involving universities or with government resources.

❖ Assisted a state-owned finance company by providing legal advice on personal data protection, including compliance analysis on obtaining data from third parties and web crawler applications.

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