Our Team

Calvin is a native Hong Konger, native of Cantonese and Mandarin, and fluent in English. Lawyer Zhao is a senior consultant at Ocean Consultancy Company Limited. Calvin is a practicing lawyer of Mainland China, with over ten years of post-qualification experience. He focuses on providing legal solutions for clients in the automotive, technology, media, telecommunications, finance, and manufacturing sectors in daily operations, data compliance, industry regulation, and investment and financing. Calvin has extensive professional experience in data security and personal information protection, having provided legal services to automotive manufacturers, digital technology companies, data exchanges, data analytics firms, e-commerce platforms, fintech companies, and energy and chemical enterprises on data compliance and regulatory issues.

Calvin’s areas of expertise include building personal information protection systems, cross-border data transmission, corporate IPO data compliance solutions, data security incident response, and data asset trading. He is particularly skilled at coordinating the design and implementation of data compliance solutions for Chinese enterprises across multiple countries, providing practical and efficient legal solutions for Chinese companies expanding into global markets. Through participation in numerous domestic and international cross-border transactions and mergers and acquisitions, Calvin has accumulated extensive practical experience in structuring cross-border investment and financing transactions, drafting documents, and on-site negotiations, helping clients design legal service solutions aligned with business objectives.

Calvin is particularly skilled at helping foreign enterprises develop inbound business through investment, acquisitions, and joint venture projects. He excels om providing legal consulting and management services for clients conducting business simultaneously in multiple jurisdictions. His efficient coordination of lawyers from multiple jurisdictions at home and abroad to provide pragmatic legal solutions has earned recognition from many clients.

Calvin has been repeatedly recognized by legal rating agencies as a recognized lawyer in the fields of data protection and TMT. As an editorial board member, Calvin has published several books, including “Global Data Compliance Responses for Chinese Enterprises Going Global,” “On-Chain Compliance Blueprint—A Cross-Border Compliance Handbook for Digital Assets, RWA, and Stablecoins in the Web3 Era,” and “Corporate Compliance Management System Guide—Comprehensive Governance for Effective Global Governance.” Ms. Zhao studied at City University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of London in the UK, earning degrees in simultaneous interpretation, translation, and law, respectively.