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  • Frank WANG

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email fengwang@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Corporate & Commercial Crime, Litigation & Arbitration, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance

  • Industries

    Banking & Financial Services

CV

Frank WANG

Frank Wang's practice focuses on criminal compliance, dispute resolution, funds, and securities.

Frank has extensive experience researching and handling matters involving economic, financial, and duty-related crimes. He has also served as compliance counsel to Fortune Global 500 companies, advising companies and senior executives on anti-corruption, anti-fraud, and legal risk management matters. In addition, his compliance work covers capital markets misconduct, including illegal fundraising, money laundering, insider trading, market manipulation, and false statements.

Frank's clients include PetroChina, Ping An, Bank of Communications, Tencent, Anbang Insurance, Bank of China Travel Service, AVIC Trust, Jupai Investment, Unilever, Nivea, Fuji, Mitsubishi, Continental AG, ThyssenKrupp, CEVA Logistics, Thermo Fisher, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Science Sun Pharmaceuticals, and Sodexo.

Representative Matters

Compliance, Investigations, and Risk Management

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Chinese internet company on the development of its compliance system

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Chinese energy company on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Chinese insurance group on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Chinese commercial bank on a data protection project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 American telegraph company on a risk management project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 American energy company on a risk management project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 German heavy industry company on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 German manufacturing company on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Japanese manufacturing company on an anti-fraud investigation

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Japanese heavy industry company on a risk management project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 French food service company on a risk management project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Swiss pharmaceutical company on an anti-commercial bribery project

  • Advised a Fortune Global 500 Dutch food company on an anti-commercial bribery project

  • Advised an American pharmaceutical company on an anti-commercial bribery project

  • Advised an American life sciences company on an anti-fraud investigation

  • Advised a German skincare company on an anti-fraud investigation

  • Advised a Dutch supply chain company on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a state-owned commercial bank on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a state-owned trust company on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised an insurance group on a risk management project

  • Advised an investment group on an anti-fraud project

  • Advised a real estate company on an anti-fraud investigation

  • Advised a cosmetics company on an anti-fraud investigation


Dispute Resolution

  • Assisted a centrally owned financial company in resolving a cross-border investment dispute involving civil and criminal issues

  • Assisted a centrally owned financial company in resolving a senior executive liability dispute involving civil and criminal issues

  • Assisted a state-owned securities company in resolving disputes with financial consumers over financial products, involving civil and criminal issues

  • Assisted a state-owned trust company in resolving a real estate investment dispute involving civil and criminal issues

  • Assisted in resolving a dispute concerning alleged corruption by a senior executive of a state-owned construction group, involving civil and criminal issues

  • Assisted in resolving a merger fraud dispute involving a listed company and related civil and criminal issues

  • Assisted in resolving an investment fraud dispute involving a private equity fund and related civil and criminal issues


Criminal Matters

  • Handled a matter arising from the "Bond Storm" case investigated by the Ministry of Public Security, involving alleged improper profit transfers and misappropriation by a fund manager

  • Handled a matter arising from the "Bond Storm" case investigated by the Ministry of Public Security, involving alleged improper profit transfers and misappropriation by a senior executive of an insurance company

  • Handled a matter arising from the "Fox Hunting" case investigated by the Ministry of Public Security, involving alleged securities insider trading by a fund manager

  • Handled a case involving alleged misappropriation, embezzlement and illegal withdrawal of capital by a board chair, investigated by the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a case involving alleged bribery through the acquisition of shares before an IPO by a securities sponsor, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a gambling case involving an Australian entertainment group, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a case involving alleged forced transactions by a financial public relations company, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a major case involving alleged manipulation of the securities and futures markets, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a case involving alleged abuse of power by the general manager of a state-owned enterprise, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a major case involving the alleged illegal transfer of land-use rights, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a major case involving the alleged fraudulent issuance of VAT invoices, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled the first electronic bill fraud case, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a major case involving alleged bribery of bank personnel in connection with interbank bill discounting, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a case involving the alleged fraudulent issuance of privately placed bonds, under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security

  • Handled a matter arising from the "August 2" dust explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, under the supervision of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate

  • Handled the Microsoft copyright infringement case, selected as one of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases in 2013

  • Handled a matter arising from the "Green Hedge" case involving alleged smuggling of solid waste by a company, handled by the General Administration of Customs

  • Handled a major food safety case involving an American food company

  • Handled a major case involving the alleged fraudulent purchase of foreign exchange by a financial institution in Shanghai

  • Handled a securities insider trading case involving the board chair of a listed company in Shanghai

  • Handled a securities insider trading case involving the beneficial owner of a private equity interest in Shanghai

  • Handled a case involving the alleged illegal disclosure of information by a listed company in Shanghai

  • Handled a major bid-rigging case in Shanghai

  • Handled a case involving the alleged smuggling of ordinary goods by a rare earth group in Jiangxi Province

  • Handled a contract fraud case involving an individual recognized as one of China's top ten science and technology talents

  • Handled a major contract fraud case involving the head of a bank

  • Handled a matter arising from the Ezubao illegal fundraising case

  • Handled a matter arising from the Da Da Group illegal fundraising case

  • Handled a matter arising from the Kuai Lu Group illegal fundraising case

  • Handled a matter arising from the Zillion Group illegal fundraising case

  • Handled a matter arising from the Shan Lin Finance illegal fundraising case

  • Handled a bribery case involving a bureau-level official in Xinjiang

  • Handled a bribery case involving a deputy mayor in Anhui Province

  • Handled a bribery case involving the head of a district-level development and reform commission in Shanghai

  • Handled a bribery case involving the head of a local police station

  • Handled a case involving alleged bribery, embezzlement of public funds and abuse of power by the director of a demolition office in Jiangsu Province

  • Handled a bribery case involving a senior executive of a foreign-invested department store

  • Handled a corruption case involving a senior executive of a major state-owned enterprise in Shanghai

  • Handled a case involving the alleged unauthorized distribution of state-owned assets by a senior executive of a public institution

  • Handled a case involving alleged bribery by a senior executive of a major state-owned enterprise

  • Handled a major organized crime case assigned by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

  • Handled a major provincial-level organized crime case

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Criminal Profession Committee, Shanghai Bar Association

Member, Council of Criminal Law Study Committee, Shanghai Law Society

Member, Graduate Thesis Defense Committee, East China University of Political Science and Law

Adjunct Lecturer, China Europe International Business School

Publications

"Corporate Criminal Compliance Practice Guidelines" (co-writer), Wolters Kluwer law practice series, 2021

"Law and Practice of International Dispute Resolution" (co-author), China Law Press, 2015

"The Review of the Criminal Reconciliation System", the third prize of the eleventh session of East China Lawyers forum, 2013

"Rational Consideration on the System of Listening to Lawyer's Opinion in the Procedure of Criminal Arrest——Taking the Amendment of Criminal Procedure Law as Perspective", the second prize of the thirteenth session of East China Lawyers Forum, 2012

"Study on the Improvement of Criminal Law Against False Statement in Securities Market", the excellent master's thesis prize of East China University of Political Science and Law, 2008

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., East China University of Political Science and Law
    Jiangsu Police Institute, Criminal Science and Technology

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Partner, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices,LLP (Shanghai)
    Associate, Shanghai Zhaijian Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English