On August 7, 2025, GCProfiles officially released its "2025 GCProfiles Power List: Top 20 Compliance Experts". With their superb professional capabilities, outstanding performance, and excellent market reputation in the field of compliance, Llinks partners David Pan and Xun Yang were named to the list.

David Pan

Dr. David Pan obtained his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Pan was admitted to practice law in 2002. He is also admitted in New York State, USA.

Dr. Pan acts as an adjunct professor in Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance etc., director of Data Protection Committee of Shanghai Bar Association, an examiner expert of Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange, third party evaluation expert for Shanghai Pilot Program of Non-prosecution Compliance.

Dr. Pan has practiced law in China and in the U.S. over 20 years. He accumulated an in-depth knowledge on Chinese and international business culture and legal systems. Before joining Llinks, Dr. Pan worked in two well-known Chinese law firms, and most recently worked for a Fortune 500 Company as its General Counsel for Greater China. In addition to his corporate services such as mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, technology license etc., Dr. Pan specializes in various compliance matters including anti-trust, anti-corruption, cybersecurity and data protection, export control and sanctions. The clients that he represented spread over various industries, including auto, investment, energy, pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, food, advanced manufacturing, sports and entertainment, retail and consumer, real estate.

Based on his thorough understanding on business operations, Dr. Pan also specializes in providing companies with practical solution-oriented services in the regulatory compliance areas of anti-corruption, antitrust, and anti-unfair competition.

Dr. Pan represents MNCs in data and cybersecurity related legal matters, such as offshore server, log records storage and filing, personal data collection and use, data integrity, centralized data process, differentiation between trade secrets and state secrets etc. In the course of handling these cases, Dr. Pan gained solid practical experiences in this field. Dr. Pan has served clients in healthcare, auto, tourism, e-commerce, retail, education, services, finance, fintech, and manufacturing in the establishment and improvement of compliance system in the entire process of data collection, storage, usage, transfer, and destruction, and provided compliance solutions for cyber security, digital transformation, data asset and transaction, and big data.

Dr. Pan is recommended as a leading lawyer in fields of corporate compliance, antitrust and competition, cybersecurity and data by rating agencies like ALB, Chambers, Legal500, LEGALBAND, Who's Who Legal, The Asian Lawyer, asialaw Profiles, China Business Law Journal and Legal Hall of Fame (Legal Guru Club).

GCProfiles's Remark

Dr. Pan has dedicated many years to the compliance practice and has made significant achievements in multiple compliance areas, including antitrust and anti-unfair competition, corporate investigations and anti-corruption, intellectual property, cybersecurity and data protection, and economic sanctions and export control. The clients of Dr. Pan span various industries, including automotive, investment, and energy. His recent representative projects include the cybersecurity and data compliance project for Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited's (CATL) Hong Kong listing, and the data compliance for Mengniu Dairy's AI nutrition and health project. In practice, Dr. Pan helps clients balance commercial interests with compliance obligations and uses forward-looking and executable compliance strategies to assist them in preventing legal risks, earning widespread trust and praise from clients.

Client's Testimonial

"With outstanding legal skills and business acumen, Dr. Pan provides clients with professional, solution-oriented services in the field of regulatory compliance".

Xun Yang

Mr. Xun YANG received his LL.B degree in law and his LL.M degree in jurisprudence from Fudan University. He also received an LL.M degree from Columbia University USA.  Mr. Yang is admitted to practice in the P.R.C. and qualified in New York State, USA.  Before joining Llinks, Mr. Yang worked at various internationally renowned law firms in Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, etc. He has 20 years of practical experience, including nearly 8 years abroad.

Mr. Yang has long been practicing in technology-related legal areas, mainly advising in the life science, TMT, finance and high-end manufacturing companies on IP,  data security and regulatory matters. In particular, he:

• Advising on technology licensing-in and licensing out in the pharmaceutical, TMT and chemical industries, especially including one of the top 10 drug licensing-out of 2021, the licensing-in of core technology for high-speed rail, etc.;

• Advising digital on transformation, e.g., patient care platforms for pharmaceutical companies, telemedicine, IT outsourcing for financial institutions and OTO, PaaS and SaaS platforms for manufacturing, distribution and retail companies. Services covered the establishment of digital platforms, data and personal information protection, legal supervision, etc.;

• Advising on IP protections and risk screening in the fields of life science, material science, software technology, etc., some of which have been successfully listed;

• Assisting designing IP strategy and IP governance as well as performance of IP auditing;

• Advising on regulatory matters in innovative technology areas, such as gene technology, cell therapy, fintech, artificial intelligence, etc.; and

• Assisting in technology and IP-focused investments, partnerships and M&A, including industries like IVD, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health services, chip design, industrial automation and fintech.

Mr. Yang has been invited to publish articles in China Law & Practice, Data Guidance, Computer and Technology Law Review and E-Commerce Law Practitioner, and has been responsible for writing "Telecom Media - China" for Getting the Deal Through many times. He was also responsible for the compilation of Cyber Law, and co-authored the International Technology Trade Guide.

Mr. Yang has been recommended by Legal 500 in the areas of intellectual property and data protection.  He has also been listed by China Business Law Journal as one A-list lawyer in China.

GCProfiles's Remark

Mr. Yang has long-term research and practice accumulation in the fields of cybersecurity and intellectual property. His clients cover a wide range of industries including life sciences, TMT, finance, and high-end manufacturing. He has a deep insight into the legal and regulatory trends in relevant domestic and international fields. Mr. Yang is skilled at assessing risks and formulating compliance plans for new technologies, applications, and products from the perspectives of intellectual property, data protection/cybersecurity, and regulation. His professional expertise and service results are highly recognized by clients. His recent landmark projects include designing a "privacy computing" compliance evaluation system for a leading internet company, providing legal services for AI product global expansion, and advising on overseas intellectual property protection and cross-border technology transactions for a pharmaceutical R&D company.

Client's Testimonial

"Mr. Yang's team has always worked side-by-side with our company, providing high-quality legal services to find practical solutions. A deep understanding of data privacy laws and regulations has played a key role in helping our company address difficult compliance issues, and we are very grateful for the dedication and professionalism".

GCProfiles (GCP) is an international legal industry research and analysis organization that provides reliable information, professional lists, and research reports to the global legal market from an independent third-party perspective. It aims to provide authoritative references for top-tier companies and law firms. This selection process will primarily reference self-recommendation/recommendation materials from law firms and companies, partner evaluations, and market feedback. Through the GCP rating mechanism and independent procedures, it will ultimately present 20 outstanding compliance experts in the Chinese legal services market.