Yunxia (Kate) Yin Joined Ropes & Gray
12 September 2012
Yunxia (Kate) Yin, an experienced Hong Kong-based lawyer who focuses on providing anticorruption advice and conducting related investigations for clients in both China and the United States, is joining Ropes & Gray. She will be based in Hong Kong. Yin was most recently with the white-collar criminal defense practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Hong Kong. A native Chinese Mandarin speaker, she has assisted multinational companies with FCPA monitoring and internal investigations and has conducted anti-corruption due diligence for acquisitions. She also has represented executives of Chinese companies under investigation by the US government. Yin has also served as general counsel to the China Enterprise Counsel in Los Angeles. she is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, holds a masters degree in chemistry from Northwestern University and degrees in economics and chemistry from Beijing University. She will also work closely with the firm’s lawyers in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Shanghai, where Ropes & Gray has a strong focus on private equity, M&A, finance, life sciences and IP issues related to transactions.
