Li Tianhang

Introduction

Li Tianhang is a senior partner at Hui Ye Law Firm. He currently serve as Director of the Data & AI Committee of Hui Ye; Deputy Director of the Anti-Fraud and Criminal Risk Control Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association; Research Fellow at the Cyber Governance Research Centre of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and External Practice Supervisor for the Master of Laws (LLM) programmes at East China University of Political Science and Law and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

Li has been repeatedly recognised as a leading and recommended lawyer by international legal ranking institutions including ALB, Chambers, The Legal 500, China Business Law Journal and LEGALBAND in areas such as data compliance, criminal compliance, anti-fraud and anti-corruption, compliance, and legal innovation. Practice areas include cybersecurity and data compliance, anti-fraud and anti-corruption investigation and response, criminal compliance, and criminal defense.

In the field of cybersecurity and data compliance, Li has provided comprehensive legal services, including end-to-end data compliance, cross-border data transfer compliance, regulatory investigation response, crisis management, and criminal risk prevention to leading multinational corporations, numerous domestic unicorn enterprises, and companies across the internet, e-commerce, financial services and manufacturing sectors, and has earned strong recognition from clients.

In the area of anti-fraud, anti-corruption and anti-commercial bribery investigations, Li has provided legal services to multiple Fortune Global 500 companies in industries including chemicals, automotive, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, retail, e-commerce, and manufacturing. His work includes conflict-of-interest investigations, corruption and fraud investigations, and responses to criminal offences against enterprises. He has been highly regarded by clients for assisting enterprises in conducting investigations and remediation, recovering substantial economic losses, enhancing compliance systems, and mitigating legal risks related to commercial bribery.

In the area of criminal compliance and criminal defence, Li has assisted many enterprises in improving compliance frameworks, identifying, preventing and isolating criminal risks, and has successfully helped senior executives of well-known companies mitigate criminal legal exposure through defence strategies. In matters involving intertwined criminal and civil disputes, he has represented many A-share listed enterprises and prominent investment groups, successfully resolving disputes through criminal proceedings.