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Dakun WANG
Non-equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2304
Email wangdakun@zhonglun.com
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Practices

Trade Compliance & Trade Remedies, Antitrust & Competition, Compliance & Investigation
Dakun WANG
Mr. Dakun WANG has extensive and in-depth expertise in export control and economic sanctions regimes of major jurisdictions, including China, the United States, and the European Union. He has accumulated substantial practical experience in assisting Chinese enterprises in responding to U.S. export control and economic sanctions measures, as well as in the establishment and enhancement of corporate compliance management systems.
His client base includes large state-owned enterprises, well-known joint ventures, and multinational corporations. His legal services cover a wide range of areas, including sanctions and export control risk identification and assessment, design of corporate compliance and internal control frameworks, due diligence and third-party compliance reviews, responses to overseas enforcement investigations and administrative proceedings, policy research, and compliance training. His work has consistently received high recognition from clients.
In the field of policy and academic research, Mr. Wang has served as a principal contributor to multiple key research projects concerning export controls and U.S. extraterritorial jurisdiction. He has published numerous professional articles in leading domestic legal and policy journals, combining strong theoretical depth with practical applicability. He is also a frequent speaker at industry seminars and legal forums, where his insights have been widely acknowledged and well received.
Mr. Wang is currently a member of the Foreign-Related Legal Talent Pool of the Beijing Lawyers Association and has been honored as a "21st Century Gold Award Lawyer in Foreign-Related Legal Practice" by the Southern Finance Legal Research Institute and the China Judicial Big Data Research Institute.
Representative Matters
Advised a large central state-owned enterprise in the energy and chemicals sector on the establishment of a group-wide corporate compliance management system
Advised a major state-owned power generation group on the development of an overseas operations compliance framework
Advised a leading logistics and shipping enterprise on the design and implementation of an economic sanctions compliance program
Advised a large commercial aircraft manufacturer on the establishment of an export control compliance system
Advised a state-owned power company on the construction of an enterprise-wide compliance management system, which was subsequently recognized by an international legal publication as an annual corporate compliance project
Assisted a central state-owned investment group with overseas compliance system construction and compliance assessment advisory services
Advised a large chemical conglomerate and its subsidiaries on trade compliance risk screening and ongoing sanctions and export control compliance matters
Provided ongoing export control and economic sanctions compliance advisory services to a leading manufacturing company
Assisted a trade promotion organization in conducting compliance risk screenings for member enterprises in relation to overseas export controls and economic sanctions
Advised a central state-owned enterprise on U.S. national security review issues, including engagement with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in connection with a merger transaction
Honors and Awards
(一)For Individual
Selected as a member of the Foreign-Related Legal Talent Pool of the Beijing Lawyers Association, 2021
Honored as a "21st Century Gold Award Lawyer in Foreign-Related Legal Practice" by the Southern Finance Legal Research Institute and the China Judicial Big Data Research Institute, 2022
(二)For Deal
Comprehensive Compliance Management System Project for Inner Mongolia Guohe Power Co., Ltd.,China Business Law Journal – Deal of the Year: Corporate Compliance (2020)
Publications
"Mitigating U.S. Sanctions Risks: Insights from OFAC Civil Penalty Cases" (co-author), COSCO Shipping, November 2022
"The Export Control Law and Its Role in Enhancing International Trade Governance" (co-author), China Foreign Exchange, December 2020
"Impacts of New U.S. National Security Review Rules on Cross-Border M&A by Chinese Enterprises" (co-author), Overseas Investment & Export Credit, August 2020
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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Education
LL.M. in Corporate and Financial Law, University of Glasgow, 2016–2017
LL.B., China Foreign Affairs University, 2006–2010 -
Professional Experience
Non-equity partner, and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2018 to present
Legal assistant, AllBright Law Offices (Beijing), 2017–2018
Deputy director and officer, Economic Cooperation Committee, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, 2010–2016 -
Languages
Chinese
English