Professional Experience
Yi Wang is a partner at Merits & Tree. Before joining Merits & Tree, Yi Wang worked as a senior partner at a local law firm in Shenzhen for 9 years. Mr. Wang has rich experience in the area of regulatory and compliance, including data protection and financial technology.
Awards & Rankings
2023 Chambers and Partners as Recommended Lawyer in TMT: Data Protection & Privacy.
2022 LEGALBAND China Lawyers Specially Recommended List: Top 15 in Cybersecurity and Data Compliance.
2022 LEGALBAND China Lawyers Specially Recommended List: Top 15 in Digital Economy.
Education
Master in Digital Transformation, Hong Kong University
Master in Economic Law, Shenzhen University
LL.B., Shenzhen University.
Qualification
Mr. Wang has been admitted to practice in the People's Republic of China.
Mr. Wang has been certified as a Data Protection Officer by the Electronics Industry Standardization Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Certification Number: CESI-PIPP-DPO-2020-00014), a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) by IAPP, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS.
Working language
Chinese and English