The digital economy, as a new type of economic form, has now become an important support for promoting the steady improvement of new quality productivity and ensuring the stable operation of the economy. The digital economy is gradually rewriting the landscape of the global market, providing unprecedented development opportunities for digitally transformed enterprises. Along with growth and change, complex compliance challenges such as cybersecurity, data governance, and AI technology ethics have become more of a focus for enterprises. Meanwhile, under the trend of accelerating the pace of enterprises going overseas, these challenges are becoming more and more complicated, which makes enterprises urgently need to review their compliance strategy and development direction in a more comprehensive and detailed manner, and therefore the service empowerment of professional service team has gradually become a key demand.
Global Law Office (hereinafter referred to as "We" or "GLO") is recognized as one of the premier law firms specializing in the digital economy and data security., we bring extensive expertise and refined professional skills to the table in various aspects of enterprise compliance system development, including risk assessment, policy formulation, compliance investigations, training, and response to government regulation and risk incidents. Our ability to meet clients' legal service needs in compliance and risk management has earned us widespread acclaim and recognition from both clients and the industry.
We offer specialised and ongoing legal advisory services to domestic and international enterprises in various sectors, including the internet, artificial intelligence, connected vehicles and autonomous driving, IoT, telecommunications, cloud Services & IDC/AIDC, arithmetic, data assets & data trading, e-commerce and retail, fintech, healthcare, industrial internet, transportation and infrastructure, advertising and marketing, and big data.
We possess a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted compliance risks encountered by enterprises in their operations. With a focus on expertise in the digital economy and network data security, we provide holistic support to clients, addressing diverse aspects of "big compliance" critical to their business operations. This includes areas such as anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-monopoly, anti-unfair competition, anti-money laundering, trade secrets, e-commerce, consumer rights protection, capital markets, intellectual property, labour and employment, and dispute resolution.
We customise comprehensive, one-stop solutions to meet the specific compliance needs of our clients, combining our expertise with their business realities. To address the escalating demand for legal services in compliance, we have assembled a seasoned and diverse global compliance service team. With professional service teams established in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Shenzhen, our team members bring backgrounds in serving as compliance officers in large enterprises and extensive experience in law enforcement from various regulatory authorities.
Our service team not only possesses a deep understanding of domestic legal requirements, including those related to the digital economy and data security, but also boasts diverse overseas educational backgrounds, providing reliable support for enterprises' global compliance development. Over the past few years, our partners responsible for this area have consistently been recognised as leading and highly recommended compliance lawyers by renowned rating agencies, including Chambers, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, and LEGALBAND.
Our Core Business Touches Deeply On Relevant Topics In The Digital Economy, Covering The Following Areas:
Enterprise Digital Globalisation Compliance
- Conduct Data Exit Risk Assessments
- Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (Pias) And Prepare Reports
- Drafting Standard Personal Data Exit Contracts And Annexes
- Assisting With Submissions To The Internet Information Division
- Drafting And Revising Privacy Policies, Corporate Data Management Standards, Rules For Responding To Requests From Personal Information Subjects, Data Processing Agreements, Etc.
- Data Classification And Hierarchy Management
- Data Localisation And Handling Of Cross-Border Transfers
- Personal Data Protection Certification
- Emergency Response To Data Security Incidents
- Cross-Border Data Flows Framework And Regulation
- Cross-Border E-Commerce And Establishment Of Cross-Border Digital Platforms
- Trade And Economic Sanctions
Corporate IPO, Investment & Financing And M&A Data Compliance
- Identifying Data Compliance Risks And Counselling Corrective Actions
- Assisting With Cyber Security Review
- Issuing Legal Opinions
- Responding To Regulatory Enquiries
- Assisting With CSRC Filings
- Perform Full Process Due Diligence On Target Companies Or Assets Related To M&A
- Designing Deal Structures, Drafting Deal Agreements And Supporting Documentation
- Data Migration And Integration Planning, Privacy Protection
- Disclosure And Compliance Reporting
- Digital Asset Value Investment Compliance
Enterprise Internal Compliance Governance
- Digital Transformation Development Innovation
- Constructing Network System And Infrastructure
- Constructing Network Security System
- Building Digital Security Assurance Capacity
- Digital Enterprise Platform Integration Compliance
- Constructing Digital Personnel Qualification And Organisational Structure
- Training Digital Literacy Skills Foundation
- Digital Competency Professional Training Education
- Data Risk Prevention Construction
- Digital Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)
Enterprise Data Technology Innovation Compliance
- Artificial Intelligence (With AIGC) Product Comprehensive Compliance Review And Solutions
- Large Model Introduction, Negotiation, Agreement Review
- Algorithm Filing And Algorithm Security Capacity Building And Assessment
- Algorithm Governance Framework Design
- Security Assessment Of Public Opinion Attributes Of Internet Information Services
- Security Assessment Of New Internet Technologies And Businesses (Dual New Assessment)
- Survey And Mapping Geographic Information Data Compliance
- Internet Map Service Qualification
- Corporate Science And Technology Ethics Compliance Building
Enterprise Data Resource Management
- Legal Due Diligence On Data Resources
- Data Classification Hierarchy Governance
- Data Resource Governance Programme And Tools Support
- Data Asset And Ownership Organisation
- Data Product Compliance Assessment And Testing
- Data Infrastructure Compliance Programme Design
- Public Data Operation Model Design And Consultancy
- Data resource entry form compliance review and consultancy
- Data Transaction Compliance Review And Agreement Design
- Digital Transformation Consulting And Implementation Support
Corporate Digital Economy Business Tax Compliance
- Assisting In Timely Response To Tax Situations
- Tax Risk Status Assessment
- Tapping Into Tax Digitisation Potential
- Improving The Effectiveness Of Tax Supervision
- Improving The Tax Compliance Management Framework For Data Resources Entering And Flowing Through The Table
- Optimising The Overall Tax Cost Of Data Assets
Public Legal Services
- Policy Interpretation Of ‘Triple Data’
- Government-Side Digital Strategy Rulemaking
- Digital China Industry Research Support
- Digital Domain Innovation Summit Support
Representative Deals:
We have undertaken numerous projects involving this area and have accumulated a wealth of experience. Our main services and representative cases include:
- Advised a domestic head Internet fitness platform, for data compliance on a year-round basis and at the IPO stage, providing a full range of legal services for its data compliance business.
- Advised a well-known reading internet company, as its special legal advisor for data compliance in the listing stage, providing legal services for the listing project.
- Advised a leading domestic internet tax platform for data compliance in the year-round and IPO stage, providing a full range of legal services for its data compliance business.
- Advised a leading domestic AI company with a strong internet base for AI data compliance, participated in relevant major projects, and provided legal advice on data compliance for its products or services going live in multiple jurisdictions.
- Advised a well-known domestic mobile phone and smart hardware device manufacturer on data compliance for smart hardware and electronic products as well as ecosystem partners.
- Advised a well-known automotive internet company for the company's establishment of companies overseas, intellectual property rights issues for its online products, and extra-territorial law compliance issues.
- Advised the head of AI and internet company for the compliance of the company's AI technology application.
- Advised a large Internet automobile platform company for conducting a mapping of the company's data processing activities including algorithmic automated decision-making, and providing compliance guidelines and personal information protection impact assessment (PIA) services for algorithmic services and automated decision-making.
- Advised a leading domestic e-commerce platform in multiple business areas, including the Internet of Things (IoT), e-commerce, advertising, and new technologies of face recognition.
- Advised a leading insurance limited company for its data compliance business.
- Advised a leading domestic dairy group to build a compliance system for the protection of personal information within the company, focusing on sorting out the personal information handling activities in the business segment of ambient temperature products and the corresponding non-compliance risks, and proposing supporting solutions.
- Advised an internationally renowned high-end luxury goods brand on trade secret protection.
- Advised a private equity institution on providing data compliance services in terms of data resource management consulting, privacy policy grooming, personal sensitive information collection compliance and other aspects of its healthcare investment project's various product lines, and issued a risk assessment report.
- Advised a company in the education sector on providing comprehensive data governance legal services for its digital education scenarios, providing legal consulting services on risk assessment of business scenarios, data resources into the table and value realisation.
- Advised a municipal state-owned data operation company on providing feasibility study and legal consulting services on value realisation of data assets, data resource entry and data transaction.
- Advised a municipal government on providing professional consulting services for the establishment of financial derivatives, and to carry out feasibility study and analysis on data asset regulation, value realisation of public data assets, data element management and application logic.
- Advised a large state-owned bank to assist it in carrying out a data resource compliance and authorization consulting service project, identifying and sorting out the problems and key points of the client's data resource authorization and compliance, and assisting the client in building a data resource circulation system.
- Advised a large energy central enterprise group to provide data resource governance and table entry consulting services, carry out energy data full life cycle compliance management and data asset inventory, guide the client to carry out data asset table entry practice, and ensure that the group fulfills the requirement of releasing the value of data elements.
Media's Evaluation
“Their work quality is very good. The team are also very willing to put in the effort to get a deal done under a tight timeline while meeting our high expectations.”
——Chambers-Greater China 2024
Awards & Rankings
Awards
- 2023, China Law Awards 2023: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, International Trade & Customs Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2022, China Law Awards 2022: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2024, Nominated in China Law Awards - Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2023, China Law Awards 2023: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, International Trade & Customs Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2022, China Law Awards 2022: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2024, Nominated in China Law Awards - Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2022-2023, China Law Awards - Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
- 2022-2023, Nominated in Cyber Security and Data Protection Law Firm of the Year, Asian Legal Business
Rankings
- 2023-2024, Recommended firm in TMT: Data Protection & Privacy, Chambers and Partners Greater China Region
- 2024, Recommended firm in Data protection, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- 2022-2023, Top-tier firm in Data protection, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- 2021, Recommended firm in Data Protection, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- 2019-2023, Top-tier firm in cybersecurity & data protection, LEGALBAND
