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John JIANG
Counsel / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-1022
Email johnjiang@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Antitrust & Competition, Cybersecurity & Data Protection
John JIANG
Mr. John Jiang has counselled multinational companies and private equity funds on cross-border and global transactions and compliance. For the past decade, his expertise has been sought after by clients on antitrust issues in connection with complex cross-border transactions and business models; he also advises clients on digital transformation and contract lifecycle management matters.
Leveraging his experiences as a corporate counsel in the telecom/IT industry in both China and the United States during the 1990s and 2000s, John advised on numerous digital transformation projects involving cross-border IT components and data flows, including post-acquisition integration. With his understanding of business context and digital tech stack, John has contributed to the successful design and implementation of strategic transactions and compliance projects involving various layers of the Cloud stack; his latest focus is on transactional and compliance issues related to Functions as a Service, such as large language models embedded in AI-enabled digital offerings.
Representative Matters
Digital Transformation/Cloud Service
Antitrust/Competition
Corporate and M&A
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Memberships & Affiliations
Chief Lecturer (for its longest-running national training series), All China Lawyers’ Association (ACLA), 2003-2012 (which covered legal drafting, mergers & acquisition, international negotiation, commercial dispute resolution, and legal department management, with a record attendance of over 3,500 legal professionals)
Member (on a four-member panel), China Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel (the world’s largest corporate counsel organization)
Publications
“Q&A with Zhong Lun Law Firm discussing Digital Transformation in China” (co-author), Lexology GTDT, 2022
“Managing the China Competition Aspects of Global M&A” (co-author), Lexology GTDT, 2020
“The Art of Legal Drafting” (co-author), Legal Press China, 2007
Related
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Articles Related
Highlights on China's New IPR Antitrust Related Rules/Guidelines
In June 2023, significant regulatory developments occurred in the TMT sector, most significantly the new regulations and guidelines rolled out by various authorities. The CAC issued regulations on short-range self-organizing network services and published the first record list for deep synthesis service algorithms in China. The MIIT expanded the scope of and procedures for administrative penalties. The SCA issued security evaluation measures for commercial cryptography. The SAMR issued antitrust guidelines for mergers and acquisitions and compliance rules for blind box business. The SPC, SPP, and MPS jointly veiled guidelines to address cyber violence. The NISSTC established standards for classifying cybersecurity incidents. Enforcement highlights included a joint report by the CSAC and CNCERT/CC on data collection by video streaming apps and a data breach case under the Data Security Law that resulted in significant penalties. These updates underscore the intensified regulatory focus on data security, network service management, antitrust compliance, and cybercrime, signaling the need for enhanced compliance measures across the TMT sector.
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Events Related
Zhong Lun Partner Invited to 2024 Antitrust Writing Awards Ceremony and Received Award
Recently, Zhong Lun Partner, Frank JIANG has been invited to attend the 2024 Antitrust Writing Awards Ceremony organized by Concurrences (a globally respected antitrust publisher) and George Washington University Competition Law Center in Washington DC, U.S.A.
2024-04-30 -
Awards Related
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 1995
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Education
LL.M. in Business Law, Peking University
B.A. in English Literature & Economics (summa cum laude), Wabash College
LL.B. (Robert Winter Scholar), Peking University -
Professional Experience
Zhong Lun Law Firm, October 2006 to present
Domestic and international law firms and multinational corporate legal department, 1995 to October 2006 -
Languages
Chinese
English