Overview
Jingchun (Cherry) Huang assists clients with the international legal and regulatory aspects of their cross-border trade and investment, including anti-bribery, anti-corruption, export control, economic sanctions, forced labor, government investigation and multilateral development bank investigations.
Cherry advises clients on analyzing and navigating legal implications of international regulatory compliance requirements on their international business, especially under US export control and sanction laws. Cherry assists clients in responding to government investigations in relation to the alleged violation of US export control and sanction regulations. She also assists Chinese state-owned construction companies in responding to investigations launched by multilateral development banks. Her previous work experience as a corporate and transactional lawyer ensures her a quick and sophisticated understanding of commercial transactions where clients are encountered with regulatory compliance challenges.
Cherry gained a specific understanding of how to address and handle legal and compliance matters arising from business operations of clients from her secondment experience for a term of 12 months at an international material technology company, while involved in handling various legal and compliance issues arising from its daily business operation across the Asia Pacific Region.
- New York
- Chinese National Bar (non-practicing)
- LL.M., University of Michigan Law School, 2018
- LL.M., China University of Political Science and Law, 2014
- B.A., China University of Political Science and Law, 2011
Representative Matters
- Advised multiple Chinese companies on regulatory compliance issues in relation to US economic sanction and export control arising from their international investment or trade activities, including advising clients on international trade contract performance issues involving a US sanctioned party, analyzing the legal impacts on clients’ business after its affiliate was added to the Entity List, etc.
- Advised an international materials science company on various compliance issues arising from its China operation
- Assisted multiple Chinese national state-owned construction companies in responding to investigations launched by multilateral development banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank, in relation to alleged violation of MDBs’ integrity compliance principles during their bidding or performance of international construction projects, and assisted clients in the rectification and compliance improvement efforts
- Assisted a US distributor in the semiconductor sector in responding to an investigation by the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in connection with the company’s alleged violation of US export controls by selling controlled items to a company on the Entity List
- Assisted a Chinese oil company in an internal investigation in response to a request by the US Department of Justice in connection with the company’s alleged violation of US Iranian sanctions
- Assisted several Chinese companies in their application for removal from the Unverified List administered by the US BIS
- Advised a Chinese company on the forced labor compliance risks under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) involved in its contemplated business transaction with an Indian company
- Assisted a multi-billion international investment fund in its compliance due diligence on multiple technology companies, focusing on anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, export control, economic sanctions, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment matters, assisting with post-investment compliance monitoring of portfolio companies
- Carried out a compliance due diligence on a Chinese publicly listed company in the clean energy industry and prepared a comprehensive report on the same, focusing on anti-corruption and anti-bribery, forced labor, export control, economic sanctions, data privacy, etc.
- Contributor to Steptoe’s Cryptography Regulations & Trade Controls analyzing the regulatory restrictions on the use, import and export of encryption hardware, software, and technology in multiple jurisdictions
News & Publications
Resources
Client Alerts
FCPA/Anti-Corruption Developments: 2021 Year in Review
February 15, 2022
By: Iris E. Bennett, Brigida Benitez, Zoe Osborne, Wendy Wysong, Jingchun (Cherry) Huang, Samantha McCarthy, James M. Purce, Lin Yang, Bo Yue, Wilson Zhao, Joshua Dupre (law clerk), Zhaoxi Zhang (international paralegal)