Haiwen has extensive experience in the field of data compliance and cybersecurity, and provides business scenario-based legal services to a wide range of multinational companies, well-known unicorn companies and large state-owned enterprises. Our belief is to become an industry expert before we advise as legal experts.

Our clients range from various industries, including finance, healthcare, telecommunication and Internet, AI and big data, automobile and transportation, e-commerce, FMCG, IoT, logistics, manufacturing, etc. We provide clients with a variety of comprehensive legal services, including establishment and implementation of data compliance programs, compliance assessment of data processing activities and design of tailored solutions, consultation on complicated data protection issues arising from business operations, opinions on the application of cybersecurity review and response solutions, and response to data breach incidents and government enforcement against personal information or cybersecurity issues. Also, in IPO, M&A and investment transactions, we work closely with transaction teams, conduct data due diligence investigations and propose remedial recommendations; we help clients to establish and improve their data compliance programs for IPO purposes, and prepare legal opinions and other listing materials on data compliance as needed. During Chinese companies' overseas expansion, Haiwen assists clients to tackle the challenges and develop the response system compatible with both international and Chinese requirements.

Haiwen has well-established contacts with regulatory, legislative and academic institutions in this field, and actively participates in legislative research and discussion as legal experts. We have advised on frontier data compliance issues. Meanwhile, Haiwen maintains good communication with technical services providers in this field, and actively explores a data-compliance solution driven by “law + technology”.

Our diversified team consists of professional lawyers with rich experience, former in-house counsels of multinational companies and product managers of technology companies. Our lawyers have expertise in China' s laws and practice as well as overseas backgrounds, making us a reliable partner for companies in their Chinese and global businesses.