Aurora Zhang is an associate in the firm’s Shanghai office. She counsels multinational clients on critical operational issues covering areas such as contract administration and enforcement and application procedures for licenses and business compliance. She has also advised start‐ups on cross-border corporate structuring, business formation, and capital funding. She monitors market access opportunities and the changing regulatory environment, conducts research to address regulatory barriers for market entry, and regularly advises clients in a variety of industries, including food and agriculture, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and technology.
Prior to joining the firm’s Shanghai office, Aurora was an associate at multiple law firms, including a boutique law firm in New York, a top-tier PRC law firm in Shanghai, and the Shanghai office of a leading international law firm. She has extensive experience advising U.S.-based corporations in their business formation, expanding, and investment in China. She is a member of the firm’s multidisciplinary working group helping clients navigate the rapidly evolving business, legal, and operational issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. She also participated in a multi-jurisdictional investigation of a U.S. publicly traded company’s Asian and European operations that involved allegations of fraud, corruption, and violations of U.S. sanctions.
Aurora is bilingual in Mandarin and English. She also has basic knowledge in Japanese. Having spent years living in China, the United States of America, and Japan, she has a unique understanding of cultural sensitivity, cross-cultural communication, and interactions on a day-to-day basis and in business settings. In addition, Aurora serves as a mentor, appointed by the Dean of Shanghai International Studies University Law School, for legal practice, career planning, and legal English study programs.
Education
- Shanghai International Studies University, LL.B. (2010)
- Vanderbilt University Law School, LL.M. (2011)
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