T.K. Chang (Ta-kuang Chang 张大光) is a partner in the New York Office of Zhong Lun Law Firm, one of the leading private law firms based in China.

Mr. Chang received his B.A. with honors from Harvard College in 1977, J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School in 1983, and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1983. He also received his M.A. from Yale Graduate School in 1979.

Mr. Chang has in-depth experience in litigation and arbitration, including multi-jurisdiction litigation against Intel Corporation’s monopoly in CPU’s, litigation against Chubb Insurance and Travelers Insurance, and billion dollars litigation involving Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

Mr. Chang also has extensive experience in corporate, finance and securities law, intellectual property, semiconductor patents and antitrust, restructuring and bankruptcy, trade sanctions, CFIUS, director and officer fiduciary duty and D&O insurance and other legal fields.

Mr. Chang has practiced corporate law for over 40 years in New York City, Greenwich, Hong Kong and Beijing, including at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Coudert Brothers. He also served as the general counsel for a private equity firm in Greenwich, Connecticut that was once the 13th largest private company in the US as ranked by Forbes Magazine.

Mr. Chang is admitted to the bar in New York, Illinois, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Washington State, Texas and Massachusetts.

Mr. Chang has written a book on PRC law and over 75 articles, including in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Spy Magazine, International Financial Law Review and Harvard International Law Journal.

Mr. Chang has been quoted more than 100 times in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Tencent Finance News, South China Morning Post, World Journal, Reuters, National Law Journal, Forbes, The Economist and other publications. Mr. Chang has given presentations on law at Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Boston Univ., LIU, Fordham and Duke Universities. Mr. Chang has also been a guest on CNN, China Global Television Network (CGTN), Bloomberg Television and CNBC.

Mr. Chang has been doing business since 1981, when he formed a consulting company while still an M.B.A. student at Harvard Business School, and signed one of the first agreements with the Beijing municipal government to introduce fast food to China. In 1982, he was invited by the Ministry of Communications and the China Merchants Group to teach one of the first courses on US contract law to officials of the new Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. During 1985-1987, Mr. Chang was the managing attorney of the Beijing Office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

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