On May 15, 2025, GRCD China announced the 2025 "GRCD China Young Lawyer of the Year" list. Llinks partner Mr. Nigel Zhu was honored on this list for his solid professional expertise, outstanding performance, and exceptional service quality.
Mr. Nigel Zhu is currently a partner in Llinks' comprehensive compliance practice team, providing professional legal services in areas such as cybersecurity and data compliance, anti-trust, anti-corruption, export control, and ESG.
Mr. Zhu is qualified to practice law in both China and New York State, USA, with over 12 years of legal experience. Prior to joining Llinks, Mr. Zhu worked for several years at a renowned U.S. law firm, primarily providing compliance services in cybersecurity, data compliance, and anti-trust to multinational corporations. He also has extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, and other business areas.
In the field of cybersecurity and data compliance, Mr. Zhu has rich experience across industries such as consumer goods, automotive, pharmaceuticals, internet, finance, chemicals, and energy. He specializes in providing comprehensive and actionable cybersecurity and data compliance services, including but not limited to data compliance audits, digital marketing compliance, AI compliance, cross-border data transfer compliance, cybersecurity/data security reviews, cybersecurity incident response, and protection of critical data. Mr. Zhu holds certifications such as CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe), and PIPCA (Personal Information Protection Compliance Auditor).
In the field of anti-trust and competition law, Mr. Zhu has extensive experience in merger control filings. His clients include the leading home decoration and furniture retail enterprise by market share in China, the leading new energy battery manufacturer by market share, a top producer of cathode materials for new energy batteries, as well as state-owned enterprises, private companies, and foreign enterprises in retail, manufacturing, energy, and high-tech industries. Additionally, Mr. Zhu excels in providing legal services such as anti- trust compliance analysis, anti-trust compliance system development, responses to administrative inspections, anti-trust civil litigation, administrative reconsideration, and administrative litigation.
In the field of anti-corruption, Mr. Zhu has years of experience, offering comprehensive anti-corruption legal services before, during, and after incidents. Pre-incident services include the development of anti-corruption compliance systems and corporate anti-corruption compliance training; during incidents, he assists with corporate anti-corruption investigations and responses to government investigations; post-incident services include handling personnel matters related to employees involved in corruption and assisting companies with reporting and filing cases.
Mr. Zhu has been recognized as one of the "Client Choice: Top 15 Compliance Lawyers" by LEGALBAND in 2024, a "Rising Star" by China Business Law Journal in 2023, and has been repeatedly recommended by The Legal 500 in the fields of compliance, anti-trust, and data compliance.
GRCD, a professional media platform under the Asia Pacific Media Foundation (APMF), focuses on corporate governance, risk control, and compliance. It provides ratings and information services in the compliance field through extensive research and analysis. The "GRCD China Young Lawyer of the Year" list aims to recognize young compliance lawyers who have achieved outstanding performance in recent years, supporting their growth into industry leaders. The selection process is based on nominations from institutions and clients, combined with GRCD China's long-term research, ultimately identifying 30 lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional performance in this field.
