Frances Chen, Esq.

Frances Chen is an expert in managed document review and cross-border litigation workflows. Ms. Chen specialises in creating customisable, technology-driven workflows for specific case types across internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, data breaches, litigation and data privacy matters. She applies technology and manages teams with expertise spanning e-discovery, data analytics, anti-money laundering, digital risk, compliance and artificial intelligence.

Ms. Chen advises multinational corporations and global law firms across a wide range of industries, including health care and life sciences, financial institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, technology and telecommunications, focusing on developing strategies and formulating workflows to solve data-related challenges and reduce risk.

As a licensed attorney, Ms. Chen combines her extensive industry experience and legal expertise to guide clients in navigating the complex legal and regulatory environments in China and beyond. She assists clients with designing and implementing data governance and compliance programs and manages multijurisdictional data privacy and cross-border data transfer in e-discovery matters. She also routinely advises clients on navigating privacy laws throughout Asia Pacific.

Ms. Chen focuses on providing value-added consulting services that are both cost-effective and results oriented. She has built teams of in-house document reviewers that serve as trusted professionals for clients facing e-discovery and regulatory compliance related matters.

Additionally, Ms. Chen is a frequent speaker at international conferences and compliance trainings for executives. She has served as a guest speaker for the Executive M.B.A. program at IESE Business School on China’s business environment and government relations.

Relevant Experience:

• Provided advisory services for a technology company, including leading complex matters to help the client address risk and compliance concerns globally and reviewing and enhancing global compliance
• Advised a global fintech company regarding the implementation of trade compliance, export controls and anti-money laundering compliance measures to address vendor risk assessment and counterparty due diligence, algorithmic product screening, keyword and product list sourcing and cross-border risk analysis
• Led an e-discovery matter in China for an international life sciences company, formulating data collection and processing strategies, devising document review workflow and addressing other data-related challenges