Kate Yin

Partner, Fangda Partners

Ms Yin is a recognised leader in complex government enforcement, internal investigation and regulatory compliance, particularly in challenging crossborder matters. Ms Yin has been ranked as a band 1 lawyer for corporate investigation anti-corruption by Chambers Asia, regulatory compliance and data protection by The Legal 500 and ‘regulatory and compliance lawyer of the year’ by China Law Practice.

Ms Yin has represented clients in a wide range of areas, such as anti-bribery, anti-unfair competition, data protection, accounting fraud, securities law, antimoney laundering, conflict of interest, trade secret and sanction and export control. With deep insight into government enforcements and market practices, Ms Yin is highly sought after in most challenging government enforcements and corporate investigations, particularly those that are multijurisdictional. Ms Yin has successfully defended clients in government enforcements and helped clients avoid hefty penalties and headline stories.

Ms Yin has participated in various high-profile cases such as the GSK Chinese commercial bribery prosecution and the Siemens FCPA monitorship. Highly regarded as a leader in the compliance field, Ms Yin has been engaged by the CLA under the Ministry of Justice as an expert on compliance to author China’s Annual Corporate Compliance Bluebook for the past six years. Ms Yin is also an expert on TC260, responsible for drafting implementation measures for the Cyber Security Law.