ZENG, Ekin

Mr. Zeng Zheng holds the Securities Practitioner Qualification, Fund Practitioner Qualification, and the qualification to serve as an Independent Director for listed companies in China. He has long focused on capital market crimes, commercial crimes, and corporate compliance, and is a senior criminal lawyer with deep practical experience in these intersecting fields.

In the field of criminal practice, Mr. Zeng possesses extensive practical experience and risk response capabilities, having long dedicated himself to new types of crimes and complex cases. His core practice focuses on four major pillars:

·Capital Securities Crimes: Focusing on risk prevention and control for securities-related crimes such as fraudulent issuance, illegal disclosure or non-disclosure of information, market manipulation, and insider trading.
·Web3.0 & Fintech: Keeping pace with frontier technology and specializing in criminal cases involving cryptocurrency and AIGC (Generative AI). This covers risks related to illegal business operations, organizing and leading pyramid schemes, concealing or disguising criminal proceeds, and aiding information network criminal activities.
·White-Collar Crimes (Duty-Related): Representing corporate executives and professionals in cases involving commercial bribery, embezzlement (misappropriation of funds), forgery of official seals, infringement of trade secrets, and sabotage of production and business operations.
·Commercial Crimes (Operations & Market): Widely addressing criminal crises arising during business operations, including illegal fundraising, contract fraud, false issuance of VAT invoices, intellectual property infringement, and infringement of citizens' personal information.

In the field of corporate compliance, Mr. Zeng provides comprehensive services to domestic and foreign enterprises, ranging from the construction and optimization of compliance systems to anti-fraud investigations, anti-commercial bribery governance, and fraud prosecution strategies. He widely serves key industries such as financial institutions, gaming and internet, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, manufacturing and chemicals, and consumer goods. His compliance practice covers the full lifecycle—from risk identification, policy design, and evidence preservation to crisis response and communication with law enforcement—effectively helping clients manage sudden enforcement risks. Mr. Zeng also possesses mature experience in areas such as executive liability for domestic and foreign enterprises, internal employee crime investigations, and criminal risk identification for external partners. He has handled complex criminal cases and major compliance crises for numerous multinational corporations, listed companies, and top-tier internet platforms, effectively assisting clients in recovering significant economic losses.

In the field of dispute resolution, Mr. Zeng excels in handling difficult cases involving the intersection of criminal and civil law. When facing complex commercial conflicts such as equity disputes, asset disposal, and executive breach of trust, he precisely identifies the criminal risks and key breakthroughs underlying civil disputes. He provides clients with multi-dimensional dispute resolution strategies, committing to utilizing various legal tools within the legal framework to effectively block risks, recover economic losses, and maximize commercial interests.

Prior to joining AllBright Law Offices, Mr. Zeng served for a decade in frontline criminal law enforcement. He lead-investigated numerous high-profile cases involving cross-border and foreign-related crimes, organized crime, and financial fraud. He was deeply involved in cross-border law enforcement, international police cooperation, and asset recovery, with several of his cases making a significant impact in the field of national and international law enforcement cooperation.

Recent Awards and Honors:
1.2025:Selected as one of the Top 15 Client Choice Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Lawyers in China by GRCD (2025 Edition).
2.2025:Selected as one of the Top 20 Compliance Experts by GCP Profiles (2025 Edition).
3.2025:Ranked in LEGALBAND Top Lawyers in China: White-Collar & Commercial Crime (2025 Edition).
4.2024:Selected as Client Choice Compliance Lawyer of the Year: "Criminal Law" List by GRCD (2024 Edition).
5.2023:Awarded "Advanced Individual" by Shanghai Huangpu District Precursor Chemicals Management Association.
6.2022:Selected for LEGALBAND China Top 15 Recommended Lawyers: Commercial Crime & Criminal Compliance (2022 Edition).
7.2022:Awarded "Special Contribution Award" by Shanghai Huangpu District Precursor Chemicals Management Association.
8.2021:Selected for LEGALBAND China Top 15 Recommended Lawyers: Compliance Versatile Practitioner (2021 Edition).
9.2021:Awarded the "Outstanding Dedication Award" (Pi Xing Dai Yue Award) by the Criminal Compliance Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association.
10.2020:Selected for LEGALBAND China Top 15 Recommended Lawyers: Economic Crime (2020 Edition).
11.2019:Rated as Outstanding Partner of AllBright Law Offices.
12.2018:Awarded the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award of AllBright Law Offices.
13.2018:Won the Third Prize for 2018 PE Practice Articles.

Professional Performance:
I. Criminal Defense Legal Services Cases:
1.Provided legal services for a cosmetics company whose internet business was subject to criminal proceedings by cross-regional law enforcement agencies for suspected infringement of trade secrets and occupational embezzlement; the entire case received a decision ofnon-approval of arrest.
2.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a well-known media advertising company suspected of commercial bribery; obtained a decision ofnon-approval of arrest.
3.Provided legal services for a brokerage service provider of a futures exchange suspected of fraud in providing services to the exchange; obtained a decision ofnon-approval of arrest.
4.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a medical device company suspected of the crime of collusive bidding; obtained a decision ofnon-approval of arrest.
5.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a pharmaceutical testing institution suspected of illegal business operations; obtained awithdrawal of the caseby the public security organ.
6.Provided legal services for the actual controller of a used car trading platform suspected of contract fraud; obtained a decision ofnon-approval of arrest.
7.Provided legal services for the actual controller of a construction engineering company suspected of fraud involving RMB 12 million; obtained a decision ofnon-approval of arrestat the request for arrest stage.
8.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a tourism company suspected of organizing others to secretly cross the national (border) line; obtained a decision ofnon-approval of arrestat the request for arrest stage.
9.Provided legal services for the blind box business under a Shanghai network technology company subject to criminal proceedings by cross-regional law enforcement agencies for the suspected crime of opening a casino; the entire case received a decision ofnon-prosecution.
10.Provided legal services for the head of the livestreaming business under a Shanghai network technology company subject to criminal proceedings by cross-regional law enforcement agencies for the suspected crime of opening a casino; strove for and obtainedbail pending trial and lenient treatment.
11.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a leading internet enterprise suspected of taking bribes by non-state staff; obtained a decision ofnon-prosecution.
12.Provided legal services for the head of the mainland region of a multinational logistics enterprise suspected of illegal business operations (trading foreign exchange); obtained a decision ofnon-prosecution.
13.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a securities company suspected of manipulating the securities and futures markets; strove for a decision ofnon-prosecution.
14.Provided legal services for a senior engineer of a leading technology company accused of fraud after resigning and violating non-compete restrictions; obtained a decision ofnon-prosecution.
15.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a toy company suspected of copyright infringement involving over RMB 100 million; obtained a decision ofnon-prosecution.
16.Provided legal services for a German international student suspected of fraud overseas; obtained a decision ofnon-prosecutionduring the review and prosecution stage, and after providing assistance in the investigation by overseas law enforcement agencies, the overseas case was also withdrawn.
17.Provided legal services for Mr. Chen, who was accused of fraud due to an investment and wealth management dispute involving over RMB 700,000; the case was returned to the public security organ andwithdrawn.
18.Provided legal services for the sales director of an asset management company suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits; strove for asuspended sentence.
19.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a trust company suspected of taking bribes by non-state staff; strove for asuspended sentence.
20.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a private fund manager in Jing'an District, Shanghai, suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits; strove for asuspended sentence.
21.Provided legal services for the CFO of a cross-border enterprise suspected of illegal business operations (trading foreign exchange) involving nearly RMB 2 billion; strove for asuspended sentence.
22.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a human resources consulting enterprise suspected of forging official seals; obtained asuspended sentence.
23.Provided legal services for a manufacturer suspected of producing and selling fake and inferior products (The "Dying to Survive" case involving feline drugs).
24.Provided legal services for the actual controller of a NEEQ-listed company regarding share reduction behavior suspected of manipulating the securities and futures markets; reduced the recognized illegal income by half and strove forlenient punishment.
25.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a state-owned enterprise suspected of trade financing contract fraud and abuse of power involving RMB 6.6 billion; strove for a sentence offour years.
26.Provided legal services for a senior executive of an internet financial service company suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits involving RMB 2 billion.
27.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a leading blockchain company suspected of organizing and leading pyramid schemes subject to cross-regional law enforcement involving over RMB 1 billion.
28.Provided legal services for a senior executive of a health product e-commerce company suspected of organizing and leading pyramid schemes involving over RMB 1 billion.
29.Provided legal services for the person in charge of a social voice chat APP platform suspected of fraud involving over RMB 26 million.
30.Provided legal services for a former securities firm employee providing over-the-counter financing services suspected of manipulating the securities and futures markets involving over RMB 270 million.
31.Provided legal services for a real estate industry client suspected of occupational embezzlement involving millions of RMB.
32.Provided legal services for the actual controller of an advertising company suspected of contract fraud involving millions of RMB; strove for lenient punishment of1 year and 6 months imprisonment. 33.Provided legal services for a private entrepreneur accused of infringing trade secrets by a famous brand, with the alleged loss amount of over RMB 10 million; strove forlenient punishment.

II. Compliance and Criminal Risk Control Cases:
1.Provided legal services for the domestic branch of a foreign real estate developer investigated by public security organs for suspected illegal business operations (trading foreign exchange); successfully achievedcase withdrawal.
2.Provided perennial legal services and training onanti-fraud, anti-corruption, and anti-briberycompliance for a leading international payment service provider in Shanghai.
3.Assisted a domestic medical device enterprise in Shanghai in establishing compliance systems and handling compliance events, including sales by distributors to hospitals, interactions with doctors, and responding to investigations by government departments.
4.Provided the rectification plan and implementation promotion for the "Compliance Non-Prosecution" of a water treatment equipment enterprise in Shanghai under the guidance of the Procuratorate.
5.Assisted a quasi-financial exchange company in Shanghai in carrying out compliance clearance and standardization processing, provided legal advice, and assisted in its acquisition of a NEEQ-listed company.
6.Provided legal services for a foreign chemical enterprise in Shanghai subject to a special investigation by the public security department and assisted in designing a compliance rectification plan.
7.Provided compliance consulting services for a multinational diversified chemical and technological innovation enterprise in Shanghai (one of the first Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises in China).
8.Provided compliance legal services and training for an A-share main board listed company in Shanghai primarily engaged in gaming.
9.Provided perennial compliance legal services for a fintech company with a state-owned background in Jiangsu Province and assisted in completing its listed company financing amounting to RMB 400 million.
10.Provided legal services for accusation and criminal-civil cross-over issues for a securities institution infringed upon in channel business, resolving major litigation risks involving RMB 1 billion.
11.Provided legal services for accusation and criminal-civil cross-over issues for a private enterprise infringed upon in financing business, resolving major litigation risks involving over RMB 100 million.
12.Provided legal services related toFCPA compliance investigation, rectification, and risk control for a fintech company in Shanghai.
13.Participated as a member of a third-party compliance organization in the enterprise compliance rectification of a well-known immigration agency in Shanghai suspected of illegal business operations (trading foreign exchange).
14.Participated as a member of a third-party compliance organization in the enterprise compliance rectification of a senior executive of a technology enterprise in Shanghai suspected of the crime of offering bribes to non-state staff.
15.Participated as a member of a third-party compliance organization in the enterprise compliance rectification of a senior executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Shanghai suspected of forging official documents and seals of state organs.

III. Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Cases:
1.Provided anti-fraud and anti-bribery accusation services (Commercial Corruption: Crime of taking bribes by non-state staff) for a multinational pharmaceutical industry listed company in Shanghai.
2.Conducted internal investigations and provided anti-fraud accusation services (Crime of infringing on citizens' personal information) for a pharmaceutical listed company in Shanghai (industry leader) regarding the infringement of trade secrets and personal information such as supplier and client information and production processes.
3.Provided criminal accusation services for a technology enterprise in Sichuan; successfully filed a case regarding a senior executive secretly stealing, deleting, and destroying company file data during their tenure (Crime of sabotaging production and business operations).
4.Provided anti-fraud and anti-bribery accusation services (Commercial Corruption: Crime of occupational embezzlement) for a leading electronic technology company in Shanghai.
5.Provided anti-fraud investigation and accusation services for a leading network technology company in the transportation field in Shanghai.
6.Provided anti-fraud and anti-bribery accusation services (Commercial Corruption: Crime of taking bribes by non-state staff) for an electronic components listed company in Shanghai.
7.Conducted internal investigations and provided legal solutions for a state-owned enterprise regarding an incident of trade secret infringement.
8.Provided legal services for a private enterprise regarding the malicious provision of external guarantees by the actual controller of a listed company, resulting in the mandatory execution of property, involving RMB 300 million.
9.Provided legal services for a Hong Kong listed company regarding the freezing of company property due to external guarantees provided by former senior executives of the listed company, involving RMB 400 million.
10.Provided anti-fraud and anti-bribery accusation services and related criminal legal consultation (Commercial Corruption: Crime of occupational embezzlement, Crime of taking bribes by non-state staff) regarding executive fraud issues for a leading mother and baby consumer goods enterprise.

Speeches and Training:
1.2025:Invited to participate in the "CBLJ Forum · Shanghai 2025" round table to share "M&A Minefields: Contract Risk Management in Corporate Acquisitions."
2.2025:Invited to participate in the 2025 LexisNexis Legal Compliance Forum (Shanghai) round table sharing on "Challenges and Risk Prevention of Generative AI for Enterprise Compliance."
3.2025:Invited to participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting of the AllBright Medical Health and Pharmaceutical Industry Committee to share the topic "Intervention in Corporate Criminal Crisis and Risk Management in the Medical Insurance Storm."
4.2025:Invited to AllBright Law Offices' seminar on “Exogenous Consumption and Service Interconnection” and the 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the Consumer & Retail Industry Committee and Sister Committees; delivered a presentation on “Hot Criminal Law Issues in the Consumer Industry.”
5.2025:Invited by Southwest University of Political Science & Law to teach "Cross-border is not a 'Lawless Land': US FCPA Regulation and China's Overseas Fugitive Repatriation Risk Warning."
6.2025:Invited by Ping An International Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. to share "Common Crimes and Evidence Thinking in Financial Leasing."
7.2025:Invited by the Shanghai Bar Association to share "AI Reshaping Lawyers' Anti-Fraud Business."
8.2025:Invited by the Hangzhou Bar Association to share "AI Reshaping Lawyers' Anti-Fraud Business."
9.2024:Invited to share "Analysis of Data-related Criminal Risk Points and Law Enforcement Trends" at the LexisNexis Legal Compliance Forum.
10.2023:Invited to lecture on "Enterprise Anti-Commercial Bribery Practice" and "Enterprise Anti-Fraud Practice" at East China University of Political Science and Law.
11.2023:Invited to share "The Criminal Compliance Baseline for Financial Institution Practitioners" with a financial institution.
12.2023:Invited by the Criminal Compliance Business Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association to share "How Lawyers Carry Out Rectification Work for Compliance Non-Prosecution of Enterprises Involved in Cases."
13.2023:Invited by the Financial Business Committee of AllBright Law Offices to share "Standard and Non-Standard Aspects of Pan-Financial Criminal Business."
14.2023:Invited by the Medical and Health Committee of AllBright Law Offices to share "Eye of the Storm — Risk Points and Identification Practice of Bribery in Medical-Commercial Interactions."
15.2022:Invited to share "Compliance Practice from the Perspective of the Relationship between Administrative Compliance and Criminal Compliance" at East China University of Political Science and Law.
16.2022:Invited by the Financial Business Committee of AllBright Law Offices to share "Financial Criminal Compliance: From Abnormal to Normal."
17.2022:Invited to share "Analysis of Criminal Risks for Personnel in Virtual Currency Related Industries" with a well-known cross-border blockchain institution.
18.2022:Invited to share "Common Criminal Compliance Risks in the Private Equity Fund Industry" with a fund institution in Shanghai.
19.2022:Invited to share "Interpretation of Legal Risks in the E-commerce Industry" at a state-owned background e-commerce enterprise in Shanghai.
20.2022:Invited to participate in the 2022 LexisNexis Compliance Summit Forum and deliver a speech "Construction of Compliance System from the Implementation of Compliance Non-Prosecution for Enterprises Involved in Cases."
21.2021:Invited to participate in the 2021 ALB Shenzhen Corporate Legal Counsel Summit and deliver a keynote speech "Criminal Compliance — Localized Judicial Innovation Empowering Enterprises."
22.2021:Invited to participate in the Corporate Governance and Compliance Management Summit Forum under the 14th Five-Year Plan and deliver a keynote speech "Criminal Compliance Empowering Enterprises."
23.2021:Invited to train pharmaceutical legal and compliance executives on "Anti-Fraud Investigation in Service-oriented Procurement" at Antuo.
24.2021:Invited to train pharmaceutical legal and compliance executives on "Compliance Optimization of Medical-Commercial Relations" at LEB.
25.2021:Invited to share "Prevention and crackdown on Network Black and Gray Industry Problems" at the Anti-Network Black and Gray Industry Alliance.

Academic Achievements:
1.Co-author,Guidelines for Compliance of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Enterprises, AllBright Law Offices Medical Health and Pharmaceutical Industry Committee, Law Press China, April 2025.
2.Co-author,Practice of Compliance Construction for State-owned Enterprises, AllBright Law Offices State-owned Assets and Enterprises Business Committee, Law Press China, October 2024.
3.Co-author,Guidelines for Enterprise Compliance Practice, Editor-in-Chief: Fa Meng; Executive Editor: Kong Xiangjun, Beijing: China Legal Publishing House, February 2023.
4."Criminal Risks of Private Fund Managers Involved in Illegal Absorption of Public Deposits from the Perspective of Cases," published inEssentials of Private Equity Fund Practice III(Law Press China), 2019.
5."Extraterritorial Experience of FCPA Regulating Commercial Bribery from the Case of Penalty on Multinational Pharmaceutical Enterprises," participated in the 3rd High-end Forum on Criminal Risk Prevention and Economic Development for Chinese Entrepreneurs in 2015, and published in the Journal of Henan Police Collegein January 2016.
6."Prevention of Illegal Crimes in Information Disclosure in the Capital Market from the Boyuan Investment Case," published at the 2nd National Crime Prevention Forum in May 2015.
7.Co-author,Overview of Professionalism of Prison Police(China Legal Publishing House), chapters including "Authority of Prison Police" and "Duty Crimes and Prevention of Prison Police".

Work Experience

• 2015-03-16 to Present:AllBright Law Offices Shanghai Headquarters, Senior Partner/Partner/Lawyer

Social Positions

• Hearing Officer, The Third Branch of the Shanghai People's Procuratorate
• Director, Chinese Society of Criminology;Deputy Secretary-General, Crime Prevention Branch
• Member, Anti-Fraud and Criminal Risk Control Committee of Shanghai Bar Association
• Off-Campus Mentor, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
• MIB Enterprise Mentor, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
• Off-Campus Mentor, East China University of Political Science and Law
• First Batch of Researchers, Criminal Compliance Committee of Shanghai Enterprise Compliance Research Center
• Former Positions:
• Professional Member, Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Case-Involved Enterprise Compliance, Jing'an District, Shanghai
• Professional Member, Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Case-Involved Enterprise Compliance, Hongkou District, Shanghai
• Professional Member, Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Case-Involved Enterprise Compliance, Jinshan District, Shanghai
• Professional Member, Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Case-Involved Enterprise Compliance, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province
• Professional Member, Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for Case-Involved Enterprise Compliance, Lvshunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province

Professional Articles

• Criminal compliance for AI-generated content
• What's it like being chased internationally with a red notice?
• Compliance obligations in targeting telecoms, online fraud
• Corporate criminal compliance in new data security environment
• Compliance management of enterprise trade secrets
• Risk control of email, internet scams in cross-border trade