Liu Jiaxin holds a PhD in Intellectual Property Law from the China University of Political Science and Law. She served as a judge for twelve years, adjudicating more than 5,000 commercial and IP cases. Her landmark rulings were recognised as “Annual Influential Cases” and were nominated for contributions to advancing the rule of law in China, with one live-streamed trial attracting more than one million viewers.

In 2024, she transitioned to corporate legal practice. She currently serves as legal director for Alibaba Group's ATH and Qwen business units, overseeing litigation management across copyright, trademark, data, unfair competition and contract disputes, with a particular focus on AI-related litigation risk prevention and strategic responses. She has also established a rapid dispute response mechanism and spearheaded the digital transformation of dispute resolution. She holds adjunct academic positions, has published numerous papers in leading academic journals, and co-authored several legal works.

Gary Wang has more than 20 years of experience across large state-owned enterprises, Hong Kong-, US- and A-share listed companies, and investment institutions. He has extensive expertise in capital markets, cross-border transactions and corporate governance, having led complex projects including cross-border M&A, domestic and overseas listings, and equity and debt financings, as well as overseeing global governance and risk management for listed companies.

As chief legal officer at Joyson Electronics, Wang leads the group’s global legal and compliance affairs, guiding landmark transactions including Joyson’s Hong Kong listing, a USD1.3 billion international syndicated loan and multi-billion-renminbi subsidiary equity financings. Under his leadership, the company has developed a global corporate governance and compliance framework that effectively balances localisation with international standards.

Trusted by the group’s management as a high-value multidisciplinary professional, he delivers strategic, forward-looking and creative solutions to complex issues, continuously contributing to corporate value creation and shareholder value enhancement.

Cao Yiwen, general counsel and chief compliance officer at China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group, has more than 18 years of experience in maritime, shipping logistics and shipbuilding legal management. Over the past year, she has led the handling of major cross-border commercial and maritime disputes, achieving favourable judgments, settlements and effective risk mitigation in several complex cases. She was also closely involved in legal risk control for newbuilding and offshore engineering projects, strengthening contract structures, claims mechanisms and dispute resolution arrangements. She has continued to enhance sanctions

and cross-border compliance management systems, while strengthening insurance claims co-ordination and historical risk resolution. Her work has provided strong legal protection for the group’s international business development and asset protection.

As general counsel and compliance officer of Huolala Group, Jean Jiang has established systematic compliance capabilities tailored to the internet logistics industry, underpinning the group’s robust business operations. Professionally, she led the establishment of two core systems: a tiered compliance penetration system and an end-to-end dispute resolution system, covering compliance requirements across all of the group's business scenarios. She also serves as executive director of the China Transportation Association’s legislative affairs committee. She has participated in consultations on more than 15 new regulations and legislative drafts in the internet logistics sector, with more than 20 legislative proposals from her team adopted by regulators, marking her successful transition from a compliance implementer to a co-creator of industry rules.

In terms of value delivery, she has enabled business growth through compliance, creating space for business model innovation and overseas expansion within the regulatory framework. In response to regulatory requirements, she devised an innovative zero-product-modification regulatory adaptation solution, significantly reducing overall compliance costs. She is also rolling out AI-driven compliance tools tailored to the internet logistics sector's high-frequency, dispersed compliance needs, significantly boosting compliance processing efficiency.

Richard Li, group general counsel and company secretary of Dah Sing Bank Limited, is based in Hong Kong and was a barrister prior to joining the group. He oversees legal matters and manages legal and regulatory risks for the bank, its listed holding companies, subsidiaries and associated entities. He leads the group’s legal and company secretarial functions in Hong Kong, comprising six Hong Kong lawyers, five qualified company secretaries and support staff, while co-ordinating with mainland China colleagues on cross-border matters, including those involving Macau.

With extensive experience in the banking and financial sector, Li plays a key role in supporting the group’s strategic initiatives and ensuring strong governance and regulatory compliance. His continued recognition reflects his leadership in delivering pragmatic, commercially sound legal solutions and safeguarding the group’s long-term interests.

Han Linping brings a combination of experience from elite law firms and leading listed companies. She has developed solid expertise in corporate global expansion, cross-border dispute resolution, pharmaceutical compliance, investment, M&A and corporate governance.

As general counsel of Bloomage Biotech, she oversees the company’s overall legal and compliance functions. She provides full-spectrum support for corporate restructuring, global expansion and major business projects, and has resolved numerous complex cases both domestically and inernationally. Combining rigorous legal expertise with sharp business insight, she drives sustainable business development.

Lilian Li is head of the securities, legal and compliance platform at Shanghai RAAS Group. She promotes the integration of law and business, positioning the legal team as a strategic partner driving high-quality corporate development. Leveraging her expertise in group-level operations and organisational structure, she has developed forward-looking top-level frameworks aligned with regulatory requirements, to establish a vertically integrated control system, and has built a team deeply embedded in business operations to support management decision-making.

As a key contributor to major projects, she has efficiently implemented a number of strategic M&A transactions, establishing a closed-loop compliance risk management mechanism covering pre- and post-investment stages. She has also developed a full-lifecycle compliance framework for biopharmaceutical operations, strengthening risk controls as a foundation for strategic growth and reinforcing governance through structured institutional processes. With a professional, rigorous and innovative approach, she supports the group’s strategic execution and long-term development.

Tina Liu serves as vice president, general counsel, chief legal officer and chief compliance officer for Marubeni Pharmaceuticals Group China. Prior to her in-house tenure, she practised at top-tier PRC law firms and elite “magic circle” international firms, specialising in high-profile corporate M&A, cross-border investment, and PE and VC transactions. Backed by strong jurisprudential expertise and extensive transactional experience, she holds an LLM from the University of Glasgow and an Executive MBA from Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis (2019), equipping her with exceptional industry insight and a strategic business mindset.

As head of the legal team, she leads the team across major commercial transactions, compliance infrastructure, dispute resolution, IP management and legal enablement, providing comprehensive and strategic legal leadership. As a core executive of Marubeni, she drives pivotal strategic decisions and execution, dedicating her legal expertise to support business growth.

Nan Wang specialises in corporate compliance, internal investigations and government regulatory enforcement. She has more than 10 years of experience in anti-corruption, fraud and compliance investigations related to healthcare and life sciences, as well as expertise in designing and implementing compliance programmes and systems for the global operations of multinational corporations. She serves as the executive director of ethics and compliance at Eli Lilly China, responsible for overseeing the company's overall compliance monitoring mechanism. Prior to this role, Wang served as the company’s executive director of global privileged investigations. Wang graduated from the East China University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor of Laws, and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in the US. She is licensed to practise law in the states of New York, California and Wisconsin.

With more than 17 years of experience in life sciences legal and compliance matters, Iris Yuan covers the full lifecycle of innovative drug R&D, clinical trials, commercialisation, and complex cross-border licensing deals at Duality Biologics. She led the legal support for the company’s landmark Hong Kong IPO and dual-listing initiatives and has been instrumental in high-impact industry transactions.

A graduate of the University of Tokyo and the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, she serves as deputy director of the Shanghai Biopharma Industry Association’s compliance committee and as an arbitrator at the Xiamen Arbitration Commission. She is a former member of the China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Association’s compliance committee. Her accolades include Chambers and Partners’ “Most Influential General Counsel”, China Business Law Journal’s In-house Counsel Award 2025 in Biomedical & life sciences and Capital market (Overseas) sectors, LexisNexis’ “40 Under 40”, and recognition in Legal 500’s GC Power List. She is also a regular invited speaker at leading industry forums including China Bio.

James Yuan is head of global compliance investigations, Asia Pacific, at AstraZeneca’s global ethics and compliance function. A New York-licensed lawyer, he has extensive experience in corporate compliance, white-collar matters, regulatory enforcement and complex cross-border legal issues.

Before joining AstraZeneca, Yuan served as executive director and managing counsel for global investigations at MSD’s office of the general counsel. Earlier in his career, he practised at leading international law firms, advising multinational companies on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters, litigation, government enforcement and sensitive internal investigations.

Yuan is recognised for his judgement, integrity, and commitment to the highest standards of ethics and corporate conduct, and has extensive experience navigating complex legal and compliance matters across highly regulated industries.

Zhu Yue serves as vice president and general manager of the legal department at Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group), and as a global partner at Fosun. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Science and Technology of China, a Master of Science in Biology from the University of Iowa, and a JD from the University of Maryland School of Law. She is admitted to practise law in the State of California and brings a dual professional background in life sciences and law.

Leading the legal and compliance team at Fosun Pharma, Zhu has successfully supported more than 300 complex M&A and business development licensing transactions. These include a licensing collaboration between Fosun subsidiary Yao Pharma and Pfizer value at more than USD2 billion, an exclusive collaboration between Fosun Pharma and BioNTech for the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in Greater China, and Fosun Pharma's acquisition of a controlling stake in Antikin (Chengdu) Biopharmaceutical for more than RMB4bn (USD589.6 million). The Antikin (Chengdu) acquisition was recognised with the M&A Deal of the Year Award by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in 2022. Fosun Pharma’s legal department also received the ALB 2026 Healthcare and Pharmaceutical In-House Team of the Year Award.

Ralph Leung is global legal director at Aedas, where he leads the group’s global legal function with a strategic focus on commercial alignment, risk management and value creation. Since assuming the global role in 2024, he has repositioned the department as a trusted business partner, strengthening governance across international operations and driving early legal engagement in key decisions.

He has led major initiatives spanning environmental, social and governance matters, project finance, receivables management and complex disputes, helping safeguard enterprise value while improving operational and financial outcomes. Leung is also closely involved in the responsible adoption of AI, with a particular focus on data governance, IP and regulatory risk. A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, he is an experienced arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator, widely recognised for his cross-border dispute resolution expertise and contributions to professional training and academia.

Chen Longjiang is group legal director at Suofeiya Home Collection. In alignment with the group’s compliance, risk control, IP strategy and development objectives, he leads his team in providing comprehensive legal support for 35 core departments.

He established case and trademark management systems to boost operational efficiency, consolidated the main “SUOFEIYA” brand rights, secured the first judicial recognition of the sub-brand “HUAHE” as a well-known trademark, and formulated evidence enhancement strategies for the fast-growing sub-brand “MILANLA”.

He facilitated the expansion of new product lines into bathroom fittings, kitchen appliances and ceramic tiles by removing trademark obstacles through administrative procedures, litigation and negotiations. He has also promoted risk control tools such as e-signing, fund supervision and tiered credit rating systems, effectively balancing business growth, risk control and consumer confidence.

Rocky Pan serves as general counsel and head of investment at M&G Group, where he oversees global legal affairs, strategic investments and government relations.

He served as senior legal director and board secretary at a new energy start-up, as regional legal counsel at DSM, an European tech company, and as senior legal counsel at General Electric. He has extensive management and practical experience in legal governance, compliance, M&A, crisis response and government affairs, with deep expertise in legal management across a range of business organisations.

Pan has led his team to achieve recognition as one of Asian Legal Business China's Top 15 Legal Teams, and has received numerous individual honours, including being ranked among the Top 10 Legal Directors by WeLegal, named one of ALB China's Top 15 General Counsel, featured on the Legal 500 GC Powerlist, and selected as one of the Top 20 Outstanding General Counsel by Lexpress.

Pan is committed to expanding the scope of legal professionals’ responsibilities and to enhancing the influence of Chinese legal practitioners in the business community.

Nancy Wei is the legal director of Tupperware China. She began her legal career 22 years ago, gaining experience in both domestic law firms and the China offices of international law firms, as well as serving as in-house counsel and head of legal for well-known brands in the consumer and retail industries.

As in-house counsel and a legal department leader, Wei has overseen contract management, the establishment of legal SOPs, advertising compliance, dispute resolution, employment matters, data privacy, corporate governance, crisis management and internal legal training. She regularly participates in roundtable discussions and training sessions organised by relevant institutes, where she shares her insights and experience on a wide range of legal topics.

Wang Siyuan is head of legal affairs at Yuanli Technology Group, where she is responsible for the group’s corporate transactions, capital markets, compliance and corporate structure. She advises senior leadership on strategic matters and directs cross-border legal operations across Singapore, South Korea, the US and Hong Kong. Wang has been central to the group’s global expansion efforts, leading the compliance rollout for its AI products across multiple jurisdictions and building an integrated data privacy framework that addresses the General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and China’s data security regulations. She manages a portfolio of more than 350 domestic and international legal entities and has championed the adoption of AI-driven legal tools and automated contract review systems, enhancing both the efficiency and precision of the group's legal function.

Prior to joining Yuanli, Wang was a senior counsel at King & Wood, where her practice focused on capital markets and cross-border investment and transactions. She holds a BA from the China University of Political Science and Law and an LLM from Emory University School of Law. She is also a Certified Data Compliance Officer, issued by the China Cybersecurity Review, Certification and Market Regulation Big Data Center (CCRC).

Cathy Chen serves as deputy manager of intellectual property at Delta Group China. She holds postgraduate degrees in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University and jurisprudence from the China University of Political Science and Law, and is a certified Chinese Patent Attorney as well as a practising Chinese Lawyer.

She has received multiple industry honours, including the 2025 Outstanding IP Manager Award, China’s Top 40 Under 40 Corporate IP Elites in 2024, and the Outstanding Contribution Award of the 18th Delta Innovation Awards.

Chen has authored books and articles including Collection of Typical Cases on Responses to Overseas IP Disputes and Legal Regulation of Unfair Competition Involving Data and Algorithms in the AI Era.

Since joining Delta in 2023, she has handled numerous litigations initiated by Delta as plaintiff, covering serial trade secret and patent ownership disputes. One landmark trade secret case resulted in compensatory damages of nearly RMB60 million (USD8.8 million) and was designated a benchmark case by the China National Intellectual Property Administration, together with procuratorates, public security organs, and provincial and municipal courts in Zhejiang and Hangzhou.

Fang Xiao is a senior intellectual property adviser at Midea Group, holding professional qualifications including German Patent Attorney and Chinese Patent Agent.

With more than 10 years of experience in IP, he has deep expertise in global IP strategy, operations and risk management for large enterprises, as well as years of practical experience at a German patent law firm. Since joining Midea, he has been responsible for European patent management, covering layout planning, risk control and team empowerment.

Fang oversees Midea's global oft IP legal affairs including trademarks, copyright, domain names, open-source software and AI-generated content compliance, as well as brand protection. An excellent strategist, he translates corporate strategies into structured goals and leads cross-departmental key projects, providing legal support and building management systems. Managing multiple global IP law firms, he is adept at integrating resources to deliver robust global IP protection for the company.

Gao Huandong is Midea Group’s global general legal counsel and holds a doctorate in law. He leads the legal and compliance department, providing legal support and management for Midea Group’s global operations, and spearheads the implementation of the company’s compliance system. He was awarded “Best General Counsel – Asia and Greater China” in 2026 and “The Most Influential General Counsel in Greater China” by Chambers and Partners in 2023 and 2025, and was included in The Legal 500’s “GC Power List China” in 2024.

Gao also serves as an arbitrator for the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the Beijing International Arbitration Center, the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and the Hainan International Arbitration Court.

Carol Xu is general counsel for the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macau at Edrington, responsible for legal, compliance and governance matters across the region. Greater China is a core strategic market for the group, and Xu provides agile and forward-looking legal support for Edrington’s regional business development and key initiatives.

She plays a pivotal role in supporting projects related to brand building, market expansion and enhanced immersive experiences, balancing the effective protection of brand value with sustainable business growth. Working in a complex regulatory environment, Xu focuses on early risk identification and pragmatic legal solutions that facilitate timely and informed commercial decision-making.

With a strong business-oriented mindset, she works closely with senior management and cross-functional teams to maintain a dynamic balance between risk management and growth objectives.

Sin Wan Li is a compliance officer of Beijing Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine. Specialising in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) compliance governance, she has built the enterprise’s integrity and compliance management system with outstanding professionalism, establishing a benchmark framework for the industry. She has developed six core compliance systems, embedding pre-audit, electronic review and compliance verification into key workflows, and has proactively strengthened risk control to enhance operational efficiency and compliance capabilities. She promotes a culture of compliance through diverse initiatives. Under her strong leadership, her team was included in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist Hong Kong in 2023 and 2026. She was also recognised with LexisNexis’ “Under 40 2024 Greater China” award and GRCD’s “2025 Industry Contribution Award – Corporate Legal Counsel”, setting model for compliance in the TCM sector.

As general counsel and chief compliance officer at China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group, Cao Yiwen has continuously advanced the group’s risk management, internal control and compliance systems. Over the past year, she has organised key operational risk assessments, improved risk monitoring indicators, and promoted their implementation across subsidiaries. She has also led the advancement of the “build–inspect–rectify–govern” internal control framework, strengthening legal review and audit supervision over major investment projects, contract approvals and fund utilisation.

She has co-ordinated the resolution of historical risk matters and promoted closed-loop rectification mechanisms. Adhering to the principles of “compliance first, controllable risk and business-oriented legal support”, she has effectively supported the company’s high-quality development and industrial transformation while ensuring lawful and compliant operations.

Liu Zeyu served at King & Wood Mallesons and the National Green Development Fund prior to joining Shenghong Holding in 2023, where he assumed full responsibility for the group’s legal affairs, with a primary focus on building the legal team and driving the establishment and implementation of a group-wide legal and compliance management system. Over the past year, he has supported the group’s strategic development by leveraging precise compliance management to effectively mitigate operational risks. In sectors such as chemical manufacturing, he safeguarded key projects – including the Shenghong refining-chemical integration initiative – and successfully resolved litigation risks involving hundreds of millions of renminbi in asset preservation claims and construction disputes. He has also ensured end-to-end compliance across crude oil procurement as well as the production and sales of refined products, while dynamically analysing and responding to international sanctions policies. He has successfully implemented the group’s internal anti-fraud control system, fortifying its integrity and risk management defences, thereby preventing significant financial losses for the group.

China Re P&C is a leading property and casualty reinsurer in China, providing comprehensive reinsurance solutions across all lines of business. Through its management of the UK-based Chaucer Insurance Group and operations in 11 jurisdictions, the company serves more than 200 markets worldwide, supporting catastrophe protection, overseas interests, emerging risks, agricultural insurance, major infrastructure projects and liability insurance.

Yu Huicong has nearly 20 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance law and compliance. As head of legal and compliance, she leads an international team advising on global expansion, strategic investments, innovative products, complex claims and dispute resolution. She has also established an integrated framework of risk management, internal controls and compliance, strengthening governance and resilience across both domestic and international operations.

Zang Qiong is the head of legal at Anjuke, committed to transforming the legal function into a core driver of business values. She has led the delivery of three key strategic achievements:

Building an end-to-end accounts receivable management system to secure cash flow and optimise assets;

Establishing a comprehensive data asset protection framework, with a landmark case recognised as a judicial model, setting a key industry precedent; and

Leading a high-performing, integrated national legal team to deliver standardised and efficient services.

Tang Ziwei, FLSmidth Greater China board director and head of China legal and compliance, oversees legal, compliance and IP matters across manufacturing, sales, and supply chain operations in Greater China. In 2025, her work received the "Highly Commended" recognition from China Business Law Journal across six categories: manufacturing, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, IP (dispute and enforcement), international compliance and sanctions, data protection and privacy, and cross-border M&A — a professional tribute to her excellence in building compliance systems and resolving complex projects and disputes.

With over a decade of experience in manufacturing-focused legal and compliance, she excels at embedding legal insights into business strategy and resolving challenges in high-pressure, multi-jurisdictional settings, demonstrating outstanding cross-border, cross-cultural and cross-functional co-ordination, resilience and leadership. Through pragmatic communication and principled professionalism, she has earned the deep trust of internal and external stakeholders and continues to drive legal and compliance as a source of commercial value through her broad influence.

Her representative achievements in 2025 include securing a landmark victory in a trade name unfair competition case, independently leading a cross-border team through a major acquisition, and building the company's data compliance system.

Peng Yong is general counsel at Shanghai Film Group. He also serves as an arbitrator for the Shanghai Arbitration Commission and the Shanghai International Arbitration Center. With nearly 30 years of experience in the legal profession, Peng has held roles in municipal procuratorates, anti-corruption bureaus, law firms, large state-owned enterprises, overseas-listed companies, and well-known domestically listed film and media corporations. For more than a decade, he has specialised in legal affairs within the cultural, entertainment and media industries. He possesses extensive industry knowledge and legal expertise across the entire value chain of the film and television sector—including investment and financing, filming and production, promotion and distribution, and derivatives development—as well as in the expansion of live-action cultural tourism.

Peng led copyright enforcement and rights protection cases for The Voice of China series. He has also represented companies in providing comprehensive legal services for the investment, production, marketing and promotion of numerous well-known domestic films. He has concurrently served as deputy secretary of Shanghai Film’s party committee, as well as executive deputy general manager and deputy secretary of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio’s party committee.

He has served as general counsel since 2020. Since joining the group, he has leveraged his extensive industry experience, together with his strong professional and managerial capabilities, to make significant contributions to the group's operations and development from both legal and commercial perspectives.

Song Xi is vice president of New Classics Media Corporation. She has been responsible for the company’s legal affairs for more than a decade. Her areas of expertise include film and television, culture, media, IP, corporate compliance management, investment and financing, M&A and IPOs. She provides comprehensive and practical advice and solutions for the company in relation to major project negotiations, decision-making and risk control.

She has overseen the legal protection of more than 100 film and television projects in which the company has invested, developed and produced. In recent years, she has led her team in providing professional and comprehensive legal support for numerous projects that have achieved both high ratings and critical acclaim, including The Tale of Rose, The Guardians of Dafeng, Legend of ShenLi, Joy of Life ,YOLO, Hi, Mom, and A Life-Long Journey.

Macy Wang serves as legal vice president of Greater China at Publicis China, with overall responsibility for legal, compliance and dispute resolution across the region. She brings more than 15 years of cross-sector and cross-jurisdictional legal leadership experience, and has led numerous cross-border M&A and joint venture transactions, including complex deals subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and antitrust review by the EU, all successfully closed with an aggregate value exceeding several billion US dollars.

She possesses outstanding professional service capabilities, with deep expertise in dispute resolution, investment and financing, data compliance and corporate governance. She excels at delivering high-quality, efficient legal solutions for complex business scenarios. She built a legal and compliance team and established a full-process management system covering litigation, IP and compliance governance, successfully safeguarding the group’s core strategic trademark rights. She has also been named to the panel of arbitrators of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center.

Since assuming her current role, she has proactively built a compliance framework for AI applications, driven policy implementation and company-wide training, and leveraged AI tools to enhance team efficiency. With sharp business insight and strong professional service capabilities, she continues to help the enterprise achieve compliant operations and innovative growth in a complex market environment.

Xiong Ye is a partner and head of risk control at South China Venture Capital Fund. He holds a Doctor of Law degree and is a Certified Public Accountant of China, with an interdisciplinary background in computer science, finance, and law.

With extensive experience in commercial litigation, IPOs and capital markets, he has long been engaged in legal services in the capital markets sector. He oversees full-cycle due diligence, transaction st ructuring, post-investment management, and overall risk control for PE investment projects, having led due diligence for more than 100 companies.

Integrating expertise in law, finance and technology, he provides comprehensive support, including legal risk analysis, financial compliance verification, and industrial value evaluation, to strengthen investment decision-making.

Cao Shipeng is legal counsel at Harvest Investments Management, with overall responsibility for the full cycle of legal and compliance management of the firm’s private equity funds. He has accumulated years of in-house legal experience across venture capital, private equity, strategic corporate investment & M&A, corporate governance and general corporate compliance matters. Admitted to practise law in China and New York state, he leverages his dual-bar qualifications to deliver comprehensive legal support covering fund lifecycle compliance, deal structuring and ongoing corporate regulatory governance.

Kenny Wu serves as board secretary and head of the risk management department at China Grand Prosperity Investment Group. He oversees the development of risk management systems, internal control informatisation, compliance internal audit and full-process legal support. He assists the board in building a full-chain risk and compliance system covering early warning, identification, disposal and resolution, integrating risk control into strategic development, resource allocation and daily operations to support the high-quality development of the group’s RMB100 billion (USD14.74bn) in assets under management.

Wu leads the team in upholding the philosophy that “compliance and risk management create value”, supports the “S strategy” and business innovation, and promotes digital transformation to provide forward-looking support for complex transactions and model innovation. With extensive experience in private equity investment and financing, dispute resolution and corporate compliance, he is committed to working with outstanding peers to define and lead industry best practices.

Macy Wang serves as legal vice president of Greater China at Publicis China, with overall responsibility for legal, compliance and dispute resolution across the region. She brings more than 15 years of cross-sector and cross-jurisdictional legal leadership experience, and has led numerous cross-border M&A and joint venture transactions, including complex deals subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and antitrust review by the EU, all successfully closed with an aggregate value exceeding several billion US dollars.

She possesses outstanding professional service capabilities, with deep expertise in dispute resolution, investment and financing, data compliance and corporate governance. She excels at delivering high-quality, efficient legal solutions for complex business scenarios. She built a legal and compliance team and established a full-process management system covering litigation, IP and compliance governance, successfully safeguarding the group’s core strategic trademark rights. She has also been named to the panel of arbitrators of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center.

Since assuming her current role, she has proactively built a compliance framework for AI applications, driven policy implementation and company-wide training, and leveraged AI tools to enhance team efficiency. With sharp business insight and strong professional service capabilities, she continues to help the enterprise achieve compliant operations and innovative growth in a complex market environment.

Joshua Chu is a Hong Kong–based dispute resolution and blockchain lawyer, law lecturer and legal innovator, specialising in emerging technologies and digital assets. He serves as co-chair of the Hong Kong Web3 Association and as a senior consultant at Prosynergy, a regulatory consulting firm founded by former Securities and Futures Commission regulators, where he advises on complex cross-border and digital asset matters. He is also an executive director at China Information Technology Development.

Chu has led a series of legal firsts in Hong Kong, including the city’s first crypto litigation, novel court orders enabling alternative service via data rooms and the digital performance of disclosure obligations, as well as the launch of blockchain-native tokenised listed company bonds and tokenised injunctions.

Drawing on his dual experience as a litigator and technologist, Chu has become a key voice in how Hong Kong’s legal system adapts to digital finance and Web3, with his views regularly featured in local, crypto and international media. His pioneering cases and structures exemplify a practical, forward-looking approach to the law.

Gu Ning serves as deputy general manager of the legal and compliance department at CAISSA Tosun Development. She previously worked in the legal risk control department at the headquarters of a Fortune Global 500 company and at a leading domestic law firm. She graduated from the China University of Political Science and Law and the University of Hamburg. Gu has an international legal perspective and multidisciplinary expertise. She holds a Chinese legal practitioner qualification, the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute’s Sustainable Investing Certificate, and an internal auditor certificate.

Specialising in commercial dispute resolution and compliance management, Gu has handled multiple multi-billion-dollar transnational litigation cases. She excels in major risk management and compliance system development for listed companies, having played a key role in the first reorganisation case of a listed tourism company in China, which was recognised as a landmark case in Hainan Free Trade Port’s rule-of-law business environment.

Gu participated at the Ministry of Justice’s advanced training programme for foreign-related lawyers. She is recognised as a foreign-related legal talent in Hainan province, serves as a mediator at the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Haikou International Commercial Mediation Centre, and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She was named ALB South & Central China In-House Lawyer of the Year 2024.

Tong Jia is general counsel at Li-Ning Group. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Southwest University of Political Science and Law and an MBA from Peking University's National School of Development. She oversees legal compliance and intellectual property affairs across Li-Ning Group’s subsidiaries and affiliated entities.

She serves as a practicing mentor at the MBA Education Center of the China University of Political Science and Law, and as an arbitrator for multiple arbitration commissions. She has extensive expertise in corporate legal governance, compliance system development, risk management, IP protection and brand safeguarding.

Since joining Li-Ning Group, her strategic vision and operational efficiency have strengthened the company’s comprehensive legal support and risk mitigation. Both she and her team have been recognised with multiple prestigious legal industry awards.

Natalie Li is a senior technology, media and telecommunications lawyer qualified in Hong Kong and Australia. Before joining SmarTone as general counsel, she worked at leading international law firms and Fortune 100 companies, advising on some of the most high-profile and complex matters, including AI, e-commerce, regulatory investigations, competition and corporate transactions.

Li enabled SmarTone to introduce strategic cross-border initiatives, unlocking access to the mainland China market of more than 1.4 billion consumers. Her strategic achievements include securing a landmark prepaid SIM distribution licence in China. Beyond market entry, she has helped SmarTone align with Hong Kong regulators and navigate the complex, newly enacted requirements of the Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance, safeguarding both corporate interests and the wider interests of society.

Li has been at the forefront of AI adoption, introducing a cutting-edge “human–AI collaboration” model that strategically pairs each lawyer with at least one AI agent, and accelerating the integration of generative AI across legal operations. Under her leadership, the in-house legal team has been recognised as a finalist for the prestigious Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyer award in 2026.

She has received the LexisNexis Elite Award and was named to the LexisNexis 40 Under 40 list for three consecutive years.