Joyce Huang Verified

EU Data Protection, Cross-Border Transfers and Outbound M&A Compliance

Joyce Huang advises Chinese enterprises on data protection and privacy compliance in outbound M&A, private equity investment, IPO preparation and cross-border data transfers involving the European Union.

Ms. Huang is a partner at Jiushang Law Firm with offices in Beijing and Shenzhen. She has over 12 years of practice experience focused on capital markets data compliance, M&A and investment data due diligence, cross-border data transfers, and anti-corruption and internal investigations. She has led more than 100 cybersecurity and data compliance projects in China and abroad, serving clients in financial services, healthcare, autonomous driving, internet technology, logistics and new energy.

Capital Markets Data Compliance

For companies preparing domestic or overseas IPOs, she provides data compliance optimization, cybersecurity review assessments and support in responding to in-depth inquiries from regulators and exchanges.

Her IPO work covers listing readiness reviews, gap analysis and remediation design, and coordination with cybersecurity review authorities on novel issues where the law remains unsettled. She has supported autonomous driving companies, medical big data unicorns and leading freight platforms through overseas and Hong Kong listing processes, including cybersecurity review applicability assessments.

Investment Data Due Diligence

She represents leading investment institutions in data compliance due diligence on target companies, advises on closing conditions, and leads post-investment data compliance remediation.

Her due diligence portfolio spans dozens of investments across healthcare, telecom, e-commerce, logistics, fintech and artificial intelligence, including assessments of important data, socially sensitive topics and special-industry negative information. She has also conducted forward-looking assessments of overseas listing risks for a leading automotive LiDAR manufacturer.

Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations

She leads complex internal investigations covering bribery and corruption, financial fraud and data fabrication, with extensive experience responding to government supervision and administrative enforcement.

Ms. Huang has completed more than 80 anti-corruption due diligence and investigation engagements across healthcare, real estate, food and beverage, and advanced manufacturing, and has helped listed companies uncover financial fraud and data fabrication in internal investigations.

Compliance Systems and Credentials

She has built data risk prevention systems for multinational clients operating across borders, including PIPL-driven compliance optimization for a listed health services company and full-process review of financial data aggregation and sharing for a licensed financial holding group, with comparative research across the United States, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

Education: Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Corporate Strategy, The University of Hong Kong (2022); Master of Economic Law, Shenzhen University (2011); Bachelor of Laws, Shenzhen University (2008). Credentials: PRC lawyer license; Shenzhen Stock Exchange independent director qualification; DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP); IAPP CIPP/E and CIPM; Shenzhen Data Exchange DEXCO five-star data trading compliance specialist. Recognized by Chambers (TMT: Data Protection and Privacy, 2026), The Legal 500 (Greater China FinTech, 2026), LEGALBAND (Cybersecurity and Data Compliance, 2025) and ALB (2025).

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