Sunny Yang

Frost Brown Todd LLP

Sunny Yang Business Law

Frost Brown Todd LLP

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Admitted to practice in both the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China, Sunny is a corporate attorney who focuses on international business matters and trade. She represents Chinese and other foreign entities doing business in the U.S. and U.S. entities pursuing investments and operating overseas with a focus of China.

A large portion of Sunny’s practice focuses on assisting international companies doing business in the U.S. As a native Chinese speaker with over a decade of experience practicing in the U.S., Sunny strategically applies a multicultural skill set to help her clients successfully achieve their goals. She serves as outside general counsel for dozens of domestic and international companies in the U.S. and works with them daily to support their internal and external legal needs. This general counsel work includes market entry, corporate governance, contract negotiations, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, employment, IP strategy, import-export matters, immigration, government investigations and domestic and cross-border litigations and arbitrations. Sunny has successfully represented clients in complex U.S.-China cross-border litigation and arbitration, including claims involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, product liability and IP infringement. She additionally supports clients with estate planning matters, focusing on advising corporate executives planning for the purchase of U.S. property by non-U.S. persons, transferring and protecting assets and wealth, and strategizing business succession planning.

Advising U.S. companies doing business internationally, Sunny has counseled clients through market entry, import-export, trade compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, and Asia-Pacific strategic planning. She advises U.S. clients with regard to buying and selling businesses, analyzing risk and facilitating appropriate due diligence for the client’s business in China. She regularly assists U.S. companies of all sizes with negotiating commercial agreements with Chinese companies and provide advice as to intellectual property protection in connection with their business dealings in China. She further has experience advising U.S. Companies on compliance with China’s Personal Information Protection Law, focusing on cross-border data transfer. Sunny further works with local counsel in China to bridge the gaps between the U.S. and Chinese legal systems and assist U.S. companies in managing their litigations in China.

Sunny is experienced in complex international trade matters, including export control and sanctions, customs, Section 301 and other trade remedy matters. She advises clients on export control matters and assists clients with internal export control compliance programs and investigations, including issues related to the Export Administration Regulations, the Entity List administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the SDN List administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Sunny also advises clients on country-of-origin determination, product exclusion, and supply chain strategic analysis, which is crucial for companies’ industrial chain layouts during the China-US trade war.

Sunny’s experience spans clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to emerging businesses. Clients in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, energy, healthcare, real estate, marketing, consulting, technology and telecommunications, rely on Sunny for her dedication to client service and creative approach to problem solving.

Sunny is active in several industry organizations, holding leadership roles in regional and national bar associations. She is a frequent speaker and writer on various domestic and international business, trade and investment related issues.

Education: 

• Law School

Widener University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011

Widener University School of Law, LL.M., with honors, 2008

• Undergraduate School

Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China, LL.M., summa cum laude, 2008

Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China, LL.B., summa cum laude, 2005

Sichuan International Studies University, B.A., 2005