Qiao has law degrees from Chongqing’s Southwest University of Political Science (LLB) and the University of Iowa (LLM), and started her career as a public prosecutor at the People's Procuratorate in Guangdong. She then worked for leading national law firm Jun He Law Offices and international law firm Simmons & Simmons LLP, before moving inhouse to Astra Zeneca as Senior Global Investigations Director. In 2020 she joined R&P China Lawyers as Partner.
Qiao has been focusing on China-related compliance matters for more than 15 years and is recognized as an expert in China. Combining her many years of experience as a prosecutor, inhouse and in private practice, Qiao is uniquely positioned to handle internal investigations and deal with compliance issues relating to Chinese corruption, anti-bribery and unfair competition legislation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), as well as the UK Anti-Bribery Act. Besides corruption, her cases also frequently involve fraud, self-dealing, bullying, sexual harassment and other compliance issues.
Qiao’s daily work involves assessing and building internal control systems for clients with a focus on compliance control mechanisms, drafting relevant internal policies and providing compliance trainings, executing compliance investigations, dealing with labor dispute of senior executives arising from internal investigations. Qiao supports clients to communicate with Chinese law enforcement and other government authorities etc. regarding compliance issues, and acts as direct contact to the SEC, DOJ and other foreign government departments.
As a prosecutor, Qiao prosecuted over 100 cases involving serious crimes, giving her an expert understanding of China's judicial system. As a lawyer she has supported extensively on criminal cases, representing domestic and foreign companies and individuals in connection with professional embezzlement, tax evasion, fraud, smuggling, unfair competition and other white-collar crimes, advising businesses on corresponding civil, administrative, and criminal liabilities.
In addition to corporate compliance, Qiao also advises and represents multinational companies, state- owned enterprises, domestic enterprises, and high net worth individuals in litigation, arbitration and criminal cases all over China; and she supports Chinese clients in disputes outside China, where necessary coordinating with international counsel.