Nigel Zhu

Mr. Nigel Zhu graduated from University of International Relations and Shanghai Jiao Tong University with an LLB degree and an LLM degree respectively. Mr. Zhu also obtained an LLM degree from the Law School of the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Zhu joined Llinks Law Offices in March 2018. 

Mr. Zhu is admitted to practice law in the People’s Republic of China, as well as in the New York State of the USA. Mr. Zhu has over ten years of experience practicing as a lawyer. Prior to joining Llinks, Mr. Zhu worked at a reputable U.S. law firm for four years and represented multinational companies in data compliance, antitrust, M&A, and foreign investment projects. At Llinks, Mr. Zhu’s primarily focuses are compliance legal services, including cybersecurity and data compliance, antitrust, anticorruption, export control and ESG. 

Mr. Zhu has gained rich experience in cybersecurity and data compliance. The client Mr. Zhu represented include “data-heavy” companies such leading Internet companies and high-tech companies, as well as clients in traditional industries that proactively seek digital transformation, including SOEs, private companies and foreign companies in the fields of retail, auto, pharmaceuticals, finance, manufacturing, and energy. Mr. Zhu is capable of a wide variety of cybersecurity and data compliance services, including cybersecurity and data compliance audit, digital marketing compliance, Internet-based products cybersecurity and data compliance, consumers personal data compliance, network architecture compliance, cyber security incident response, identification of critical information infrastructure and data cross-border transfer compliance. 

Mr. Zhu has considerable experience in all sorts of antitrust legal services. The clients that he represented include the largest home decoration and furniture retail company, the largest food retailer, the largest new energy battery manufacturing company, and a leading new energy battery cathode material manufacturing company in China’s market, as well as other state-owned enterprises, private enterprises and foreign invested enterprises spreading over retail and consumer, manufacturing, energy and high technology. In addition, Mr. Zhu specializes in providing clients with legal services on antitrust compliance analysis, establishment of antitrust compliance system, antitrust administrative investigation response, antitrust civil cases and administrative penalty decisions review and appeals . Mr. Zhu was awarded by the China Business Law Journal as a “Rising Star” lawyer in 2023 and has been recommended multiple times by the Legal 500 in the Data Compliance and Competition Law area .