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Will WUShanghaiMember of PRC Bar
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Partner
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Practices:Compliance, Investigation and Regulatory Enforcement
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Tel:13621625524
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Fax:+86 10 8587 0079
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Email:will.wu@chancebridge.com
Areas of Practice
For more than a decade, Will has served as a dedicated compliance and investigation lawyer who regularly advises on and handles complex multi-jurisdictional internal investigations and enforcement actions related to legal issues for multinational corporations. Will also on regular basis assists these companies with devising internal compliance and risk management programs, and the relevant internal implementing policies.Will has worked with clients from a variety of sectors and industries, including healthcare, technology, consumer products, financial services, entertainment, manufacturing, automotive, and agriculture, in matters involving regulatory scrutiny and potential exposure across jurisdictions. His ability to navigate multi-faceted cross-border challenges makes him a trusted advisor in high-risk, high-profile investigations and compliance matters.
Before joining Chance Bridge, Will had extensive working experience with a top international law firm and a top Chinese law firm as part of their compliance and regulatory enforcement practice.
Education background
- East China University of Political Science and Law, LL.M. of Private International Law
- Anhui Medical University Free University, LL.B. of Medical Jurisprudence
Work Experience
- 2017 - 2025, Senior Legal Counsel of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
- 2015 - 2017, Associate,Zhonglun Law Firm
Language
Chinese, EnglishKoninklijke Philips: Worked with leading US counsels to secure a complete declination from DOJ and a favorable settlement from the SEC in a multi-country FCPA investigation.
A world leading industrial technology company: Strategically advised the client from cross border data transfer perspective regarding its internal investigation approach and external disclosure plan with relevant foreign and China regulators.
A multinational, publicly traded healthcare company: Lead counsel for over 50 internal investigations focusing on ABAC, conflict of interest, fraud and anti–trust issues and strategically advised the client to deal with external inquiries and investigations from multiple Chinese authorities connecting with these issues.
A leading healthcare manufacturing company: Assisted the client with fulfilling the post FCPA settlement reporting obligations.
A multinational, publicly traded IVD company: Lead counsel in multiple internal investigations into potential ABAC, conflict of interest and fraud issues involving senior management.
DAF Trucks Corporate: Assisted DAF as the investigation and fact-finding lawyer on the EUR 2.9 billion settlement with the European Commission of its investigation into alleged anticompetitive practices by European truck manufacturers and on the defense against follow-on damage claims based on the settlement decision.
A world leading animal nutrition and technology company: Lead counsel for internal investigations focusing on ABAC issues. Managing forensic companies and auditing firms in the process of the investigation.
A world leading painting and performance coatings company: Lead counsel for multiple internal investigations into ABAC issues in its North Asia practice.
A world leading industrial company from Japan: Assisted with conducting ABAC compliance due diligence review and issued compliance due diligence report.
Assisted multiple international companies in various industries with designing, reviewing and/or improving their entire compliance system including but not limited to the code of conduct, compliance handbook, ABAC policy, data privacy policy, tendering rules, gift and entertainment policy, whistleblower policy, third-party management policy, and remedial and disciplinary policy.
Assisted multiple international companies in conducting employee and third-party compliance training.
A state-owned building materials company: Lead counsel to manage and coordinate massive state secret review and prepare the expert opinion addressing legal grounds for not providing certain evidence to the US courts.
A Canadian manufacturer of aircraft simulators: Assist the client to deal with one PRC public criminal investigation concerning bribery involved with a major state-owned airline and providing pre-training for the client’s executives to be questioned at ICAC in Hong Kong and preparing materials to be submitted to procuratorial organs in China.
legal consultant for multiple international companies with their compliance matters and internal investigations into ABAC, fraud and conflict of interest issues. Occasionally assisted these companies to make criminal reports to relevant Chinese authorities. The clients included but not limited to a well-known industrial automation company in the United States, a fresh dairy producer in France, a consumer brand of Europe and a Japanese water and housing products brand.
The Ocean Cleanup (Pro Bono): Assisted the NGO on its cooperation project with Chinese top universities to rid the oceans of plastic pollution.
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