Extensive experience spanning 20-years on the ground in mainland China advising clients on public affairs, issue and crisis management, cross border M&A, litigation communications and long-term corporate reputation management. Clients include foreign firms establishing their presence in China for the first time to some of the largest and most well established foreign investors. Since the mid-2000s, a significant amount of work advising Chinese companies on issues impacting their international expansion.Recent issue and crisis counsel includes joint venture disputes, environmental incidents, high-profile corporate investigations, anti-corruption allegations, multi-jurisdictional recalls, food and safety issues, bankruptcy, intellectual property litigation, cross-border class action litigation, and corporate espionage.A selection of work highlights include:▪️ Prominent global financial company that sought to increase market access and broaden engagement beyond its primary public affairs stakeholder community.▪️ Global automotive company as it sought to expand its financing business into China.▪️ Global content owner forced to stop the sale of multiple products in China following the cancellation of product certificates. ▪️ Foreign investor with extensive long-standing operations in China as it worked to resolve unpaid social security obligations affecting thousands of current and former workers across the country. ▪️ Prominent foreign investor under investigation for alleged corrupt practices. ▪️ Food manufacturer after its joint venture in China was identified to have sold contaminated products.▪️ Large global investor who identified that core technology had been stolen.▪️ Leading automotive company after it was forced to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles across China.Areas of experience include: #China, #PublicAffairs, #GovernmentAffairs, #CrisisManagement