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Xiaokun（Sean）Qu
Qu Xiaokun Partner（Record Unfiled）
Compliance and Risk Management
Corporate and M&A
Dispute Resolution
IP and Technology Innovation
Detailed introduction
Sean Qu is a Partner of Dentons Shanghai office, his main practice areas include Corporate and M&A, Compliance and Risk Management, as well as Dispute Resolution. Mr. Qu’s industry expertise covers life science & healthcare, manufacturing, real estate and technology sectors.
With more than 10 years of experience, Mr. Qu has assisted many Fortune 500 multinational companies and large domestic and foreign companies in completing many mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructurings projects, as well as providing legal advice and support in corporate governance, business cooperation, labor and employment, business compliance and legal risk prevention and control as corporate legal counsel. Mr. Qu also has extensive experience in compliance investigations, and often assists multinational companies in conducting anti-corruption and other compliance investigations, and further assists in handling a series of following labor, civil, administrative and criminal proceedings.
Mr. Qu has rich experience in cyber and data security as well as personal information protection. He assisted various top MNCs in their compliance assessment and remediation projects, that involve establishment and improvement of organizational structure and management policies, review and revision of privacy statements and data processing agreements, and security incident response etc. Mr. Qu has both legal and technical expertise, he is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) admitted by International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), as well as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) admitted by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2).
In addition, Mr. Qu frequently assists in domestic and cross-border lawsuits and arbitrations, involving disputes of corporate governance, equity acquisition, construction projects, commercial contracts, labor and employment etc.
Before joining Dentons, Mr. Qu worked at a Big 4 (Deloitte) associated Law Firm and a Chinese red-circle law firm for many years.
• Assisted a number of subsidiaries of a Hong Kong listed company in handling a series of disputes with a group company and its subsidiaries, involving business cooperation disputes at the project company level and equity acquisition disputes at the group company level;
• Assisted a well-known foreign-invested intelligent manufacturing company and its subsidiaries in conducting compliance investigations, and handled a series of following labor arbitrations, corporate resolution and shareholder information right litigations etc.;
• Assisted a well-known multinational company in responding a data breach incident, including assisting in impact assessment and communication and negotiation with partners;
• Assisted a diversified multinational company in carrying out cyber & data security and personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, and provided daily compliance consulting and support;
• Assisted a Fortune 500 multinational pharmaceutical company in carrying out personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, including the review and revision of legal documents such as management policy, privacy statement and data processing agreement, as well as assessment of data processing issues under various business scenarios;
• Assisted a Fortune 500 multinational pharmaceutical company in conducting personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, including the review and revision of legal documents such as management policy, privacy statement, and data processing agreements, as well as personal information protection issues covering clinical trials and other scenarios;
• Assisted a Fortune 500 multinational medical device company in carrying out personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, including the review and revision of legal documents such as management policy, privacy statement and data processing agreement;
• Assisted a Hong Kong-listed pharmaceutical company in carrying out cross-border data transfer compliance assessment, involving cross-border data issues in clinical trials and other scenarios;
• Assisted a foreign luxury car company in establishing a business compliance system and related management policy, including cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection compliance;
• Assisted a foreign bank in conducting personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, including review and revision of privacy statement and data processing agreement;
• Assisted a multinational manufacturing company in carrying out cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, including assisting in the improvement of relevant compliance policy and data processing agreements;
• Assisted a foreign invested retail enterprise in carrying out personal information protection compliance assessment and rectification, including review and revision of compliance policy and other documents;
• Assisted a foreign invested software company in conducting cross-border data transfer compliance assessment, including cross-border data mapping and analysis etc.;
• Assisted a Fortune 500 multinational pharmaceutical company in its restructuring, involving the optimization of domestic business and investment structure, and the handling of relevant medical qualifications and licenses;
• Assisted a foreign invested real estate enterprise in handling the demerger of the company, involving the legal documents and procedures of the demerger, as well as the allocation of assets and qualifications after the demerger;
• Assisted a private pharmaceutical company in dealing with the governance issues of the group company and its subsidiaries, including concerted action arrangements at the shareholder level;
• Assisted a private manufacturing enterprise in handling the equity and business restructuring of the group company and its subsidiaries;
• Assisted a well-known multinational manufacturing company in its mass layoff, including drafting relevant legal documents and providing on-site implementation assistance;
• Assisted a foreign invested electrical manufacturing company in conducting an anti-corruption compliance investigation, and assisted in handling a series of following labor and civil disputes and criminal proceedings;
• Assisted a foreign invested industrial enterprise in conducting anti-corruption compliance investigations, including assisting in investigation and interviews, and providing support for the handling of relevant labor, contract and criminal issues;
• Assisted a foreign invested auto parts manufacturer in conducting anti-corruption compliance investigations, including assisting in investigation and evidence preservation, communicating with regulatory authorities, and handling related construction disputes;
• Assisted a foreign invested glass equipment manufacturer in conducting a trade secret infringement investigation, including assisting in the investigation and evidence preservation, as well as dealing with related labor, infringement and criminal issues;
• Assisted a foreign invested chemical company in conducting an anti-corruption compliance investigation, including assisting in the investigation and interviews etc., and providing support on related labor and criminal issues.
• Assisted a foreign invested coating company in conducting anti-corruption compliance investigation and handling related litigation procedures;
• Represented a South African engineering company in a series of international engineering contract disputes against a Chinese engineering company before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission;
• Represented a foreign coating company and its Chinese subsidiary in a engineering contract dispute before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) against a Chinese automobile company;
• Represented a foreign media production company in a production contract dispute before the Shanghai International Arbitration Center against a real estate company;
• Represented a foreign invested architectural design company in an architectural design contract dispute before the Southwest Branch of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) against two Chinese real estate companies;
• Represented a foreign invested auto parts company in a construction contract lawsuit with a Chinese company;
• Assisted a local state-owned enterprise in a construction contract dispute with a UAE company;
• Represented a well-known consulting company and its affiliates in various contract disputes with a number of companies.
East China University of Political Science and Law, Master of International Law
Shandong University, Bachelor of Laws
Global Law Offices, Shanghai
Shanghai Qinli Law Firm (associate with Deloitte Legal)
PRC Attorney-at-law
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
• AI Governance Series II: The Other Side of the Coin - EU Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive, 2024.1
• AI Governance Series I: The EU's New Artificial Intelligence Act - 10 Key Things You Need to Know Now, 2024.1
• Cybersecurity Incident Prevention and Response – Commentary on the Draft Administrative Measures for Cybersecurity Incident Reporting, December 2023;
• Commentary on the Data Protection Law Enforcement Action towards ChatGPT and China’s First Legislation on Generative AI, May 2023;
• Observation on China’s First Approved Case of Data Export Security Assessment, February 2023;
• Analysis on the Legal Basis for Personal Information Processing during Drug Clinical Trial, published on China Pharmaceutical News, December 2022;
• Resolving the Compliance Dilemma for Healthcare Data Sharing and Utilization, July 2022;
• Data Compliance for Drug Clinical Trial, Episode 1: Legal Basis for Personal Information Processing, May 2022;
• Understanding China’s Personal Information Protection Law, September 2021;
• Highlight of the Key Points of China’s Data Security Law, June 2021;
Member of the Shanghai Bar Association
Member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)
Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
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