Yinan (Ian) WANG

Representative Matters

• Cybersecurity and Data Compliance
• Assisted Focus Technology on obtaining approval from the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) for data cross-border transfer security assessment – the first successful case for Jiangsu province, internet companies, cross-border e-commerce companies, and private listed companies in China
• Assisted the Chinese subsidiary of American Express Company (Amex) on obtaining approval from CAC for data cross-border transfer security assessment – the first successful case for finance industry
• Assisted the Chinese subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services AG on obtaining approval from CAC for data cross-border transfer security assessment
• Advised the world’s largest enterprise management and collaborative business solutions provider - SAP on its China Standard Contractual Clauses compliance program for personal information cross-border
• Advised one of the world's largest alternative investment management companies - Brookfield on its China Standard Contractual Clauses compliance program for personal information cross-border
• Advised an innovative educational digital content and technology service provider – Namibox on data compliance for its IPO success on Nasdaq (cybersecurity review, CSRC filing, legal opinion, inquiries responding, etc.)
• Provided legal compliance services of the data asset valuation business for Beijing International Big Data Exchange
• Conducted a data compliance program on dealing with government’s request for information for China TravelSky Holding – the third world largest global distribution system (GDS) equipped with the world’s largest Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) data processing center
• Conducted personal information protection compliance legal consulting project for multiple products (CCTV.com, CCTV News, CCTV Video, iPanda Channel, etc.) under CCTV International Network

• Cross-border Merger & Acquisition
• Advised Tianneng Group in their investment project to build a lead-acid battery factory in Vietnam
• Advised a Chinese listed company in establishing a subsidiary in India engaging in the business of R&D, manufacture, sale of automobile
• Acted as leading counsel for SGX mainboard-listed CEFC International in the acquisition of Dyneff, a leading independent fuel distributor in France
• Advised a central government owned enterprise on a coal-power-transmission project in Mongolia
• Advised a state-owned enterprise on an investment of gold mines in Ecuador
• Advised a state-owned enterprise on establishing a joint venture company in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Advised a large Chinese private company on its acquisition of a petroleum products retail business in Kazakhstan
• Advised CRRC on its investment in Turkey
• Advised Camel Group on establishing a joint venture with Fortius Company to build a battery factory in India
• Advised a state-owned enterprise on establishing a joint venture company with Lear Corporation, one of the world's largest automotive interior systems suppliers
• Advised Chang’an Industry on establishment of a robot technology joint venture with Reis

• Cross-border Dispute Resolution
• Represented a state-owned enterprise in US litigation facing delisting after being placed on the US Entity List
• Represented a large domestic listed company in a US$ 50 million international engineering project arbitration with a Mongolian company at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• Represented a domestic energy enterprise in a US$ 100 million international commodity trade dispute arbitration with one of the world's largest companies at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
• Represented a large private enterprise by initiating legal proceedings in local courts and domestic arbitration tribunals regarding a Serbian engineering contracting project (successfully recovered over US$ 7 million in engineering fees)
• Represented an Indonesia company in defending an international construction contract dispute involving a US$ 6 million claim at the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
• Represented a US company in defending an investment contract dispute involving a US$ 3 million claim at CIETAC
• Represented a US listed company in defending a distributor agreement dispute at the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC)
• Represented a Chinese party in proceedings to recognize and enforce a US$ 3 million Chinese court judgment in the U.S.
• Represented a domestic mobile game developer in a trademark case against the American game company Jam City at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• Participated in 337 investigations (IP Infringement) before U.S. ITC: Toner Cartridges (337-AT-918), Outdoor Grills (337-AT-895), Tire (337-AT-894), Shredder (337-TA-863), Sucralose(337-TA-604)

Education Background

• Juris Doctor (cum laude), University of Minnesota Law School (2005)
• Bachelor of Laws, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics (1999)

Professional Qualifications

• Bar admission in P.R. China
• Bar admission in New York State (U.S.)
• Certified Information Security Professional-Personal Information Protection (CISP-PIP)

Professional Background

• Previously worked at prestigious international and PRC law firms

Recognitions and Affiliations

• Vice President of China-Africa Business Council
• Data Protection Expert by the National Engineering Laboratory of Cybersecurity Emergency Response Technology (NELCERT)
• Deputy Director of the 12th Legal Professional Committee of Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence of the Beijing Lawyers Association
• Expert specially appointed to the Beijing Municipal Data Cross-Border Facilitation Service Reform Expert Group
• Academic Dissertation Evaluation Expert of the Ministry of Education (cybersecurity field)
• National List of 1,000 Foreign-related Lawyers by the Ministry of Justice
• Directory of Professional Lawyers in Beijing's Foreign-Related Legal Services Field
• Member of the Chinese Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Enterprise Compliance
• Arbitrator at China Maritime Arbitration Commission
• Arbitrator at Nanjing Arbitration Commission/Jiangsu (Nanjing) International Commercial Arbitration Center
• Special mediator at Beijing Court's One-Stop Diversified Resolution Center for International Commercial Disputes
• Practical instructor at Renmin University of China Law School's Foreign-related Rule of Law Talent Training Innovation Base and practical instructor for Legal Master's degree graduate students

Selected Publications

• The China Chapter of Law Over Borders Comparative Guide: Data Protection, the Global Legal Post, 2025
• Global Data Cross-border Transfer Governance (Associate Editor-in-Chief), Science Press, 2023
• Penalties and enforcement mechanisms - Top 5 operational impacts of China’s PIPL, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) website, 2023
• Research on the Promotion and Regulation Path of Cross-Border Flow of Personal Financial Information in China (Recommended Excellent Paper of the 37th National Computer Security Academic Exchange Conference), Information Security Research, 2022
• Legal Chapter of China Cyberbiosecurity Development Report, 2020
• Annual Review: Data Protection & Privacy Laws, Financier Worldwide Magazine, 2019
• Legal Issues Involved in Chinese Companies Cross Border M&A -- Analysis on Regulations on the Takeover of Listed Companies in US, UK and Germany, China Enterprise News (February 3, 2015)