Xiaoyan Zhang is a Counsel of Mayer Brown JSM's IP & TMT group. Ms. Zhang has over 15 years of
combined legal and high-tech industrial experience. Her legal practice focuses on cybersecurity and
privacy, technology transfer and outsourcing, and IP enforcement. Prior to law, Ms. Zhang was a
Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP), computer security engineer/ethical hacker
in several businesses in the US including HSBC (USA), the New York Stock Exchange, and CA
Technologies. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) and a Certified
Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) recognized by the International Association of Privacy
Professionals (IAPP). Ms. Zhang earned her JD (cum laude) from Georgetown University Law Center and
also holds a master’s degree in Computer Science where she was published on a semantic search engine
algorithm. Ms. Zhang is a frequent speaker and author on US-China cybersecurity and privacy issues. She
has presented before Euromoney, the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), American
Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai), European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Hong Kong
International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, China Technology
Exchange, Thomson Reuters Legal, and elsewhere. She has been published by The Recorder, New York
Law Journal, Lexology, Computer Law and Security Review, China Law and Practice, Inside Counsel, and
Hong Kong Lawyer, and interviewed by Politico and Bloomberg BNA on cybersecurity, privacy, and
cybercrime related issues. She has been selected as an "LMG Rising Star" by the Experts Guide (2015 and
2016).