ServicesGovernment Affairs & Compliance; Cyber Security & Data Protection; General Corporate; Dispute Resolution

SectorsConsumer Products; Health Care; Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices; High Technology

AdmissionsPRC
CPA
Data Security Engineer

EducationEast China University of Political Science and Law, LL.M.

Joyce Xie is the founding partner at Topcom. She focuses her practice on government affairs and compliance, cyber security and data protection, general corporate, outbound investment, and dispute resolution.

Joyce received her master's degrees in law from East China University of Political Science and Law. She has professional qualifications such as CPA and Data Security Engineer. She has provided legal services to numerous multinational companies in consumer products, health care, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and high technology industries for their complex legal matters in China, covering cross-border data transfer, cross-border transaction, and taxation compliance. She has also represented clients in high-profile regulatory compliance matters and government investigations.

"Ranked Lawyers" in Regulatory / Compliance by The Legal 500 Greater China 2024.

Commissioner of Corporate Compliance Practice Committee of Shanghai Bar Association

Represented a world-leading U.S. e-cigarette company in providing comprehensive legal services in all aspects of its entry into the Chinese market, including policies related to market access, trade, taxation, intellectual property, antitrust and unfair competition. Assisted the client's Chinese entity in managing registration and licensing, daily operations, labor and human resource matters. Reviewed product packaging, labels and materials including the product manuals to meet the compliance requirements. Advised the client on compliance for online and offline sales of e-cigarette products in China;

Represented a world-leading automotive parts company in its acquisition of a domestic hydrogen cell technology company; provided transaction-related legal services involving legal and compliance due diligences, dispute resolution and subsidy policy consultation;

Represented a globally renowned consumer products company in its acquisition offer of an established cosmetics company and provided cross-jurisdictional legal due diligence services;

Represented a European leading fund in its acquisition of a gaming equipment consumer products company and provided legal and compliance due diligence services in Greater China;

Represented a state-owned biotechnology company in its ODI in R&D pharmaceutical companies in Israel related to three new drug pipelines, including conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating investment and intellectual property licensing agreements, and handling relevant approval and filing formalities;

Represented a state-owned pharmaceutical company in its domestic equity investments and joint R&D cooperation in several new drug companies involving COVID-19 test kits, CRO labs, Cart-T cell technology and stem cell therapy;

Represented a state-owned medical logistics company for its equity investments in rehabilitation medical equipment company;

Represented a well-known U.S. fund in the acquisition of an e-commerce company that sold mainly Chinese brand furniture and home appliances in Southeast Asia, including participating in the negotiation, drafting transaction documents, designing restructuring plan for the client's overseas equity structure, and assisting in the completion of the overseas restructuring;

Represented a well-known overseas fund in the establishment of an equity investment fund and provided legal services on deal structuring and negotiation, and preparation of closing documents;

Represented a well-known overseas fund in its equity investment in a domestic home automation products company, including drafting and negotiating the transaction documents, designing the transaction structure and setting up the VIE structure of the target company;

Represented a world-leading semiconductor company in the cross-district relocation of its Wuxi subsidiary's plant and the negotiation with government authorities;

Provided comprehensive compliance services for leading domestic memory chip company to formulate various internal rules and regulations, including bidding management, trade secret protection, personal information protection, and data security compliance, etc.;

Represented a prominent state-owned enterprise in the investigations involving commercial bribery and accounting fraud, initiated by the European partner in its joint venture company;

Represented one of the world's top three travel management companies in its data exit security assessment and personal information protection issues;

Represented China's largest food group in investigating its wholly-owned subsidiaries' compliance issues arising from the process of import trade of the U.S. and Australia Wagyu beef and imported seafood, and provided compliance rectification plans;

Represented a world-renowned U.S. medical device company in a series of lawsuits involving disputes over product quality, labor and operation policy;

Represented a world-leading medical device sales company in due diligence and data security self-assessment, including conducting interviews with employees, collating data flows, measuring data magnitudes, and assessing data compliance risks;

Represented a global U.S.-based sporting-goods retailer to deal with administrative investigations in product quality and food safety issues, and handled corresponding massive class action lawsuits filed by professional consumers;

Represented a world-leading dairy products manufacturer in the lawsuits filed by professional consumers across China;

Provided legal advice to a subsidiary of a state-owned enterprise on the advertising contents of a number of milk powder products;

Provided legal advice to a subsidiary of a state-owned listed group on the advertising contents of health food products, and filed application to the competent authorities for approval;

Provided daily legal counseling for a leading international snack and pet food group, as well as theme park-specific services, dispute resolution, food safety training, etc.;

Represented one of the largest raisin products manufacturers in its daily operational matters in China;

Represented one of the most influential cuisine websites in its daily operational matters in China.

Author, "Corporate Investigation and Data Compliance Practices in the New Legal Environment", published by Chambers and Partners in 2024;

Co-author, "White-Collar Crime 2023", published by Chambers Global Practice Guide in 2023.