Chris Xiaoyun Lin, formerly a labour counsel at General Electric Company (GE) for Greater China, has joined Akin Gump in Beijing as a senior counsel and will support the firm’s emerging public policy practice in China.

 

During his time at GE, Lin supervised all labour matters in the six GE business groups in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and developed company-wide guidelines for employment practices to assure legal compliance. He had also advised all GE HR teams on legal problems arising from GE operations across the region.

 

In addition to compliance management, Lin played a pivotal role in formulating GE’s public policies and legal strategies on labour and employment matters in China. Lin’s expertise and experience will add to the depth and breadth of Akin Gump’s public policy team in Beijing. Currently, the team consists of eight members, including Eliot Cutler, the partner in charge of the firm’s Beijing office.