James Jiang

Introduction

James Jiang is a managing partner at Topcom. He focuses his practice on government affairs and compliance, data security, dispute resolution, intellectual property and corporate matters, covering TMT, consumer goods, healthcare, food and beverage, and automotive industries. James is licensed to practise law in the PRC and New York State. He is an adjunct professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law and an arbitrator of the China Commission of Arbitration for Sport and Shanghai Arbitration Commission.

James has been leading the team for a long time to represent many domestic and international clients in highly sensitive government investigations and complex corporate legal matters in China. In 20 years of practice, he has handled a wide range of cross-border legal matters, including data protection, investment and financing, and intellectual property rights protection. In the areas of government affairs and compliance, he has represented clients in high-profile government and corporate investigations, and criminal cases, such as the Top 10 Most Important Legal Cases of 2016 That Pushed Forward China’s Legal System, in which he represented the world’s largest meat processing group in an in-depth food safety investigation initiated by multiple Chinese regulatory authorities. This case directly resulted in the revision of dozens of national and local Shanghai food safety laws and regulations and was ranked one of the top 10 most important legal cases of 2016 selected by China’s Supreme Court and CCTV, China’s official central television station.

Another representative case is China’s First Case of Illegally Providing Trade Secret to Overseas Entities, for which he provided comprehensive compliance services for a leading domestic high-tech company involving trade secret protection, anti-unfair competition, IP protection, and anti-bribery and anti-corruption. The trade secret protection case, concluded in 2022, was the first case of illegally providing trade secrets to overseas entities investigated and handled by China’s judicial authorities.

James has been frequently invited to discuss cutting-edge topics in compliance regulation and maintains close communication with relevant authorities to provide clients with actionable regulatory and practical guidance.