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  • Guoxun ZHANG

    Senior Counsel / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2288

    Email zhangguoxun@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Trade Compliance & Trade Remedies, Antitrust & Competition, Customs & Import/Export

  • Industries

    Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology

CV

Guoxun ZHANG

Mr. Guoxun Zhang is a Senior Counsel of Zhong Lun Law Firm.
Prior to his legal career, he worked in the Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of China, the Industrial Security and Import and Export Control Bureau of the same ministry, and the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs. This distinguished background has granted him a deep understanding of import & export control laws within the frameworks of Chinese, US, and EU legal systems, as well as considerable practical experiences in both investigation and advisory capacities.
Currently, Mr. Zhang primarily practices in import & export control and sanction, providing compliance consulting services to many high-tech companies and financial institutions.
In recent years, he has developed extensive expertise in assisting Chinese companies in responding to US export control investigations and achieving removal from blacklists, as well as building corporate compliance mechanisms. His capabilities are most prominent in comprehensive compliance system development, overseas compliance system development, export control and sanctions compliance, and national security review of cross-border investment.

Representative Matters

Compliance System Development

Provided legal services to Sinochem Group for building its comprehensive compliance system


Compliance Consulting and Risk Screening

Provided retainer-based legal compliance consulting services to SMIC


Compliance Training

Provided compliance training services to Ping An Bank


Investigation Response and Removal from Blacklist

Assisted Suzhou GYZ Electronic Technology in responding to the US government's on-site investigation and successfully got the client removed from the Unverified List (UVL)

Honors and Awards

For Deal

"Comprehensive Compliance Program of a specified enterprise", Annual Enterprise Compliance, China Business Law Journal, 2020

Memberships & Affiliations

Expert, ACLA "The Belt and Road" Overseas Services Leading Expert Pool

Member, International Compliance Division, CCPIT Trade Friction Legal Advisory Committee

Beijing Third Party Compliance Evaluation Expert

SGS Certified Legal Advisory Expert on Enterprise Social Responsibility

Arbitrator, China Maritime Arbitration Commission

Parttime Tutor, School of Juris Master, China University of Political Science and Law

Appointed tutor of the foreign-related lawyer training program, School of Juris Master, China University of Political Science and Law Specially

Publications

"Export Control Law Comprehensively Improves the Level of International Trade Administration"(co-author), China Forex, December 2020

"The Impact of the New U.S. National Security Review Regulations on Cross-Border M&A of Chinese Enterprises" (co-author), Overseas Investment & Export Credits, August 2020

Related

  • Education

    China Foreign Affairs University Bachelor degree of Law and Master degree of International Law

  • Professional Experience

    Senior Counsel, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2018 to present
    Counsel, AllBright Law Firm, 2016-2018
    Deputy Director, Department of American and Oceanian Affairs, Bureau of Industry, Security, Import and Export Control, Bureau of Trade Remedy and Investigation in Ministry of Commerce of PRC, 2005-2016

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English
    French