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Ziqing ZHENG

Ms. Zheng is good at dealing with clients' legal issues in the context of complex international relations. In recent years, Ms. Zheng has accompanied officials from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) in exchanges with counterparts from the European Commission. Additionally, Ms. Zheng has assisted the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and SAMR in research related to EU rules on countering foreign subsidies.

Ms. Zheng is one of the earliest attorneys in China dedicated to antitrust law. Since April 2007, Ms. Zheng has represented multinational companies and domestic enterprises in nearly 200 concentration filings, including several with additional restrictive conditions and parallel national security reviews.

Ms. Zheng was invited to participate in public legal education campaigns organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). As the sole legal expert, Ms. Zheng attended the official legislative seminar on the Regulations on the Protection of Children's Personal Information on the Internet and was invited to the official consultation meeting on the Regulations on Standardizing and Promoting Cross-border Data Flows (Draft for Comments) by the CAC.

Representative Matters

  • Represented the $7.6 billion acquisition of Bayer's animal health business by Elanco in the concentration filing in China, which was the first to receive approval among global jurisdictions.

  • Represented the target company in the concentration filing when a U.S. chip company attempted a £40 billion acquisition.

  • Provided data outbound security assessment and personal information protection consulting for a foreign-invested enterprise.

  • Provided legal consultation on IoT and cross-border data for a state-owned manufacturing enterprise with operations in multiple jurisdictions.

  • Provided legal advice on trade sanctions for a privately-owned Chinese manufacturing enterprise.

  • Drafted the annual ESG special report and compliance management policies for a non-ferrous metal mining company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.


Memberships & Affiliations

Antitrust Expert of Beijing Administration of Market and Regulation

ICC Task Force on Merger Control Reforms

Member of Consumer Rights Protection Branch of China Law Society

Member of Beijing Telecommunication Law Society

External Research Supervisor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Publications

"Interpreting the EU Draft Artificial Intelligence Act”, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2023

"Regulation and Oversight of Artificial Intelligence in the United States, EU, and UK”, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2023

"China-Employee Monitoring”, "OneTrust DataGuidance”, 2023

"Focusing on Overseas Antitrust of Internet Platforms”, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2022

"Latest Developments and Impact of EU Antitrust Law”, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2021

"Focusing on Cross-Border Data Disclosure and National Security Review”, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2021

"Focusing on the New Trends in Internet Platform Antitrust”, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2021

"EU Antitrust Law to Consider 'State Subsidies'“, "China Foreign Exchange”, 2020

"First Amendment to the Antimonopoly Law—Issues to Note for Corporate Legal Affairs”, "LexisNexis”, 2020

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar，2008
    New York Bar，2016

  • Education

    LL.M., New York University School of Law
    Juris Master, Peking University
    B.A., Japanese Language, Beijing Foreign Studies University

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity Partner, Zhonglun Law Firm
    Non-equity Partner, Junhe Law Firm
    Visiting associate, Latham & Watkins LLP
    International fellow, US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
    Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English