Mr. Gary Gao is the Partner and the Head of Compliance & Regulatory Department of Zhong Lun Law Firm. Before being admitted by the PRC Bar in 1995, Mr. Gao had worked since 1990 as a judge in a district court in Shanghai. Mr. Gao has practiced as a lawyer for almost 30 years, which makes him an experienced lawyer in both compliance & regulatory as well as international dispute resolution. Long-term experience in compliance & regulatory and international dispute resolution means that Mr. Gao has a full understanding of relevant business enterprises’ whole operations, which in turn helps clients to succeed. Mr. Gao has paid persistent attention to the frontiers of the legal profession, including ESG compliance and law matters. Mr. Gao has served many leading companies in China to develop their internal ESG compliance programs and management mechanisms, publish their ESG reports to the public or submit ESG reports to the regulators, and deploy an ESG matrix into many investment companies’/asset managers’ investment process and tools. Notably, besides the Chinese ESG laws and practices, Mr Gao also coordinates with many overseas legal professionals and assists Chinese companies to improve their ESG performance and reduce ESG-related risks in the course of their overseas business activities.