Ping An

Manage a team of associates and legal consultants on complex cross-border investigations, responding to inquiries from enforcement authorities, defending companies from allegations of misconduct, and handling internal investigations into corporate misconduct on behalf of multinational corporations in Asia Pacific, as well as advise on the creation and implementation of corporate compliance programs. Ping has provided regular FCPA and anti-corruption advice to multinationals during mergers and acquisitions, advised companies on compliance risks of proposed transactions, and assisted with upgrading internal controls and risk mitigation measures. Ping has handled dozens of investigations for Fortune 500 companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, technology, consulting, manufacturing, and consumer goods industries, including multi-jurisdictional FCPA investigations across different continents. He has particular expertise in handling investigations, risk assessments, third-party audits, and compliance advisory in the life sciences industry. With experience working with over half of the top 20 global pharmaceutical and medical devices companies on investigations, compliance, and commercial transactions, Ping has accumulated a considerable body of knowledge of life sciences companies’ risk profiles in China and other jurisdictions. Ping regularly hosts life sciences compliance roundtables and spearheads compliance surveys in the life sciences industry. Ping is natively bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English, and has traveled to 28 cities in mainland China to conduct internal investigations and risk assessments, and make site visits. In addition, Ping has led internal investigations and defended government enforcement actions in Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Ping manages cross-border litigation in U.S. courts. As a trial lawyer, Ping first-chaired a number of jury trials and binding arbitrations in California.

Worked on cross-border investigations and internal investigations on behalf of multinational companies. Part of the core team that handled defense of an FCPA enforcement action on behalf of a European telecommunications company and a landmark regulatory enforcement action against a multinational consumer products company in China. Worked on and managed cross-border product liability litigations in the US on behalf of Chinese companies.