Corporate Governance & Compliance

King & Wood is able to provide clients with comprehensive corporate governance and compliance advice thereby reducing or avoiding the risk of administrative penalties, civil liability, criminal liability or other risks with the potential to adversely affect our clients businesses, ensuring that the reputations and images of institutions and individuals remain protected.

King & Wood has assisted multi-national companies with investments in China and every type of domestic enterprise in reviewing, developing and assisting with the implementation of ethics and compliance programs in conformity with Chinese laws, regulations, rules and policies, to prevent and detect violations of the law. The Firm's compliance attorneys aim to ensure that clients have in place comprehensive programs to guide them and their employees in conducting business ethically and in compliance with their legal and regulatory obligations.

The Firm designs and tailors compliance programs to meet each client's business requirements, taking into account existing organizational and management structures, culture and needs. King & Wood follows a cost-effective team approach in developing and updating clients' compliance programs.

King & Wood's compliance lawyers are experienced in applicable areas such as employment, environment, anti-bribery, government contracting, intellectual property, international trade, privacy and record retention. Our attorneys also advise clients on the management of internal and external claims, litigations and other legal risks.

• Composition, practices and procedures for boards of directors and professional committees;
• "Best practices" for boards, professional committees, individual directors and officers in the performance of their duties;
• Development of board and professional committee charters, governance guidelines, codes of conduct and other corporate programs, policies and procedures;
• Corporate governance-related disclosure requirements;
• Self-evaluation systems related to corporate governance;
• Director and officer fiduciary duties and responsibilities;
• Executive compensation;
• Compliance with legal and ethical requirements;
• Duties of directors in change in control transactions;
• Executive succession;
• Internal investigations, (including those by special committees of boards of professional directors and independent auditors);
• Changes in laws and regulations, and evolving specific implementation plans on corporate governance;
• Crisis management