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Christine (Xiaoyu) Ding

Associate

Email

christine.ding@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 212 848 4740

Offices

New York

V-CARD
Christine focuses on regulatory investigations, complex commercial litigations, and cross-border disputes for U.S. and non-U.S. clients.

With a distinct perspective attributable to having been a judge with extensive legal experience in China, Christine advises clients on US-China related issues and disputes with understanding of legal and regulatory regimes, culture differences, and geopolitical dynamics in both jurisdictions.

Christine advises multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and joint ventures, including investment banks, pharmaceutical companies, technology companies, and other companies.

Christine has acted as counsel in investigations by the SEC, the CFTC, and the DOJ, and other authorities and in matters in state and federal courts.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Counsel to underwriters, including clients such as Jefferies, and other global financial institutions in separate securities class actions arising out of recent stock offerings of companies.
  • Counsel to multinational pharmaceutical and mining companies in complex litigation involving domestic or foreign regulatory investigations, enforcement procedures, and/or criminal prosecutions.
  • Counsel to financial institutions in the SEC and the CFTC investigations regarding issues including off-channel communication.
  • Counsel to a technology company in the SEC investigations regarding issues including door keeper responsibilities.
  • Counsel to multinational pharmaceutical and technology companies in multiple investigations with advice on associated regulatory and litigation risks in China.

Published Work

  • Author, The Restriction on Government’s Interference with Private Contracts, Administrative Law Enforcement and Adjudication, Administrative Adjudication Division, Supreme Court of China, 2018
  • Author, The Effectiveness of Government’s Administrative Agreements with Enterprises When It Exceeds Its Power, Reference and Guidance for Adjudication of Administrative Law, People’s Court Press, Supreme Court of China, 2018 
  • Co-author, The Restructure of Adjudication Power under the Institutional Reform of Judiciary, Law Application, Supreme Court of China, 2018
  • Co-author of research of Supreme Court of China: Big Data Analysis on Typical Cases Relating to Foreign Enterprises, Market Regulation, and Finance (2018), Leasing, Trade, and Copyright in China Free Trade Zones (2015), Standardization of Sentencing: An Analysis of Trial Courts (2014)
  • Author, The Judicial Review Standards of Objections to Judgment Enforcement, Selected Cases, People’s Court Press, Supreme Court of China 2017
  • Co-author, The Interpretation of Maximum Amount in the Maximum Mortgage Guarantee, Selected Cases, People’s Court Press, Supreme Court of China, 2017 
     

Speaking Engagements

  • Guest Speaker, The Online Court and the Future Justice, Brazilian National Judicial School, August 2021
  • Guest Speaker, The Chinese Judiciary, NYU School of Law, November 2019
  • Guest Speaker, The Divergence and Convergence of Investment and Trade Law, UNCITRAL Emergence Conference: Regional Perspectives on Harmonization Agenda, December 2016
  • Guest Speaker, The Selection and Application of Guiding Cases, Stanford Law School, April 2016
     

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, New York

Attorney-at-Law (not practicing), People's Republic of China

Courts

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Academic

LL.M., Harvard Law School

Ph.D., University of International Business and Economics

Languages

English, Chinese
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.