Susan Ning

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Susan Ning holds a Bachelor of Law from Peking University and a Master in Law from McGill University. She was admitted as a Chinese lawyer in 1988.

Susan joined King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) in 1995. She is the managing partner of the Regulatory & Compliance Group. Susan’s main areas of practice include cybersecurity and data compliance, antitrust and competition law. In addition, Ms. Ning also practises international trade and investment law.

Prior to the enactment of the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) in 2008, the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) in 2017, the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law in 2021, Susan took a very active role in assisting and consulting with the Chinese government on the bill drafting. Since the enactment of these laws, she has been actively involved in drafting regulations, measures for implementation and guidelines. Through these consultations and her extensive experience in helping clients to deal with antitrust investigations, Susan built and maintained a close working relationship with the Chinese regulatory authorities. In order to grasp the latest developments and regulatory trends in big data legislation, the KWM cybersecurity and data compliance team, led by Ms. Ning, is a member of the Information Security Management Working Group in the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee, the Big Data Standards Working Group in National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee and the National Artificial Intelligence Standardization General Group and actively participates in the formulation of industry standard of big data.