Henry Chen has more than 17 years of experience in handling cross-border compliance and investigation matters. As a US and PRC trained lawyer, he has advised many multinational corporations on navigating and managing compliance risks in a variety of areas, including anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-unfair competition, customs, data protection and cybersecurity, employee misconduct, ESG, financial crime, fraud, and whistleblower allegations.

Henry has conducted numerous complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations for companies in a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing and TMT. He also assists MNCs in designing and implementing compliance programs, conducting risk assessments and compliance due diligence in M&A transactions, providing compliance and ethics training to employees, stakeholders and external vendors, and advising on responding to government investigations and dawn raids.

Henry also frequently advises on dispute resolution matters. He has worked on a number of complex disputes arising from cross-border transactions involving arbitration, litigation, and mediation. 

Prior to joining the Firm, Henry acted as the Asia Pacific Director for Investigations at a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company and led its regional compliance investigations. Besides Shanghai, he had also worked in Washington DC, Hong Kong and Beijing as a compliance professional.