We are pleased to invite you to the 58th event organized by the Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative. This virtual event will enable Asian Americans who are in the early to mid-stages of their careers to get valuable advice from experienced and successful Asian Americans in the legal industry. We have been holding this event for different professions in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
We will start with welcoming comments and introduction to the advisors, followed by virtual breakout rooms where the experienced Asian American advisors will host individual breakout rooms that attendees can join. The attendees will be able to choose which breakout rooms they want to visit to get career advice and to ask questions. The attendees will be able to move from room to room as they wish. The list of advisors and their bios is below.
This will be a unique opportunity to explore career paths in the legal profession with experienced practitioners, at law firms or in-house, and make personal connections. Discussions will be frank and informative as each breakout room host will answer your questions and share personal insights and their stories of succeeding in the legal career.
We hope this event will help those of you who are getting ready to start your summer associate program, about to join law firms in the fall, or are junior or mid-level practitioners to enhance your career planning. We hope that this event will help you overcome obstacles and accelerate your careers.
List of Advisors as of June 8, 2026:
Cyndie Chang
Duane Morris LLP, Los Angeles as Managing Partner and Partners Board member
Cyndie Chang leads Duane Morris LLP’s Los Angeles as Managing Partner and Partners Board member. Cyndie manages complex business disputes and litigation, involving corporate, contract, real estate, and regulatory issues across manufacturing, retail, healthcare, technology, insurance, banking and financial services. She is past President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, and Vice-President of the Chancery Club (a distinguished Los Angeles lawyers bar association). She serves on the Boards of the Committee of 100, Loyola Law School, LA, and Piermont Bank. Cyndie was recognized as Daily Journal’s “Top 100 California Women Lawyers,” “Best Lawyers in America” for Litigation, the Legal 500 in America, BTI Consulting “Client Service All-Star” by large global companies; Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association’s inaugural “Trailblazer,” and Super Lawyers’ “Top 50 Women of Southern California.” Cyndie has delivered over 100 speaking engagements on industry trends and professional development. Cyndie graduated from Johns Hopkins University, with honors, and Loyola Law School, LA.
Sindy Ding-Voorhees
Partner at Kilpatrick
Sindy Ding-Voorhees leads Kilpatrick’s US-based China Brands team. She focuses her practice on trademark, copyright law, and fashion law-related matters, and she has extensive experience in creating brand protection strategies, managing trademark/copyright portfolios, and leading online and offline enforcement programs for the world’s renowned brands in Greater China. Her substantial experience with the full range of trademark and copyright issues in China, as well as her bilingual language skills (English and Mandarin Chinese), are dedicated to creating thoughtful brand expansion and protection strategies that adapt to the Chinese market and culture. She is uniquely positioned to bring a Western-style of law practice to solving problems and creating solutions working within a different civil code-based legal regime.
Sindy, born and raised in China, was educated in China, France, and the U.S. She is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English and French. She is also a graphic designer with a passion for fashion and art. Sindy founded and co-directs the Fashion and Art Law Institute in China, the country’s first academic center focused on fashion law. She regularly publishes and comments on trademark and fashion law in U.S. and Chinese outlets, including The Trademark Reporter and leading Chinese IP think tanks.
She has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021–2025) for Intellectual Property Law, named a Chambers Global top practitioner in IP (International Firms – China) for 2026, and selected as a New York “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2022–2026).
Roy Liu
Partner at Akin Gump
Roy is Partner in the International Trade Group at Akin Gump.
He handles complex U.S. regulatory, government investigations, litigation and transactional matters for Fortune 500 companies with extensive operations in China. Roy routinely handles regulatory and compliance matters related to economic sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering (AML), customs, information and communication technology (ICTS), and CFIUS reviews. He also is an experienced litigator, with experience in employment, intellectual property, and international trade disputes. Roy is familiar with U.S. regulatory issues in cross-border transactions, having assisted with due diligence and remediation efforts in numerous M&A transactions involving Fortune Global 500 companies.
Catherine X. Pan-Giordano
Partner and Corporate Group Head, New York Office, Chair, U.S.-China Practice, Dorsey & Whitney, Committee of 100 member
Catherine is a Partner and Corporate Group Head in the firm’s New York office and chairs the firm’s globally recognized U.S.-China Practice. Catherine serves as a member of the Firm’s Management Committee, the executive body of the Firm.
As a highly skilled attorney and trusted advisor, and one of the most prominent Chinese-speaking business lawyers in the U.S., Catherine is relied on by our clients to handle their strategic corporate transactions and to solve complex legal problems for their business. She has a strong client following among some of the world’s largest corporations, financial institutions and business leaders. She frequently serves as their chief outside legal counsel.
The strategic corporate transactions Catherine handles include foreign direct investment (FDI), greenfield and brownfield projects, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt financings, and other cross-border corporate and commercial transactions. Her transactional achievements include:
designing global corporate and investment structures for multinational corporations to successfully achieve their overseas business expansion goals;
representing a series of Chinese companies in securing strategic assets and cutting-edge technologies in the U.S. through mergers, acquisitions and investments; and
representing companies and investment funds in strategic investments into industries and technology areas that represent the future economy.
In addition to her transactional experience, Catherine also oversees regulatory compliance (focusing on national security, export control and sanction), government investigation and dispute resolution matters for corporate clients as their chief outside general counsel. She works closely with our regulatory compliance and litigation teams in litigation prevention and risk management, as well as in mapping out important international strategies for our corporate clients.
Brian A. Sun
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Committee of 100 member
Brian Sun is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US. He has earned a national reputation as a distinguished trial lawyer specializing in complex business litigation and white-collar criminal defense. He has successfully litigated and tried cases against some of the nation’s top trial lawyers. Mr. Sun is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California and has tried matters involving securities fraud, wrongful termination, arson, money laundering, tax, contract disputes, franchise or franchisee disputes, intellectual property disputes, among others. He has lectured and written extensively on trial practice, ethics, white-collar crime, and corporate compliance with government regulations. Mr. Sun has represented a number of high profile clients including former FBI agent J.J. Smith and Dr. Wen Ho Lee.
Brian is well known for his service to both the community and the legal profession. He is a former president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. He has served as a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and has served on the boards of the Constitutional Rights Foundation and Southwestern University Law School. In 1992, he was appointed deputy general counsel to the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department ( the Christopher Commission) investigating the Rodney King incident. In 2000, he served as chair of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Brian was named in 2005 by Lawdragon Magazine as one of America’s 500 leading lawyers.
Brian was also named “Defense Attorney of the Year” by the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section for 2003 and was awarded the 2003 “Distinguished Service Award” by the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association for dedication to pro bono work. He was also the recipient of the 2001 American Jewish Congress Award for pro bono work on behalf of Dr. Wen Ho Lee. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been ranked twice among the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in California” by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. He is also listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 98 Best Lawyers in America, Los Angeles County Super Lawyers Top 100, Who’s Who in International Business Lawyers.
Brian obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Southern California.
Cindy Tsai
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Committee of 100
Cindy Tsai is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Committee of 100, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the full participation of Chinese Americans in all aspects of American life and promoting constructive dialogue between the United States and Greater China. With a distinguished legal background in civil rights, corporate law and governance, and nonprofit leadership, Cindy brings deep expertise and commitment to equity, inclusion, and representation. Her work addresses critical issues such as anti-Asian hate and racial profiling.
Before joining Committee of 100, Cindy was an attorney at a leading civil rights law firm, where she focused on government accountability, including cases involving police misconduct, malicious prosecution, and due process violations. Her advocacy contributed to landmark outcomes—securing justice for the wrongfully convicted and driving policy reforms to improve conditions in detention centers.
Alan K. Tse
Global Chief Legal Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle, Committee of 100 member
Alan K. Tse is the Global Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc (NYSE: JLL), the Fortune 200 Real Estate Services Company with 112,000 employees worldwide. Mr. Tse leads a team of 200 plus lawyers worldwide and is a member of the global leadership team. In addition to his Legal and Compliance responsibilities, Internal Audit, Risk and Business Continuity reports into Mr. Tse. Prior to JLL, Mr. Tse was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Petco, the pet specialty retailer with over 1500 stores in the United States and Mexico where he led all legal, compliance and regulatory affairs matters for the Company as well as managed the procurement, risk and internal audit functions. Prior to Petco, Mr. Tse was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHDN) In addition to the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs also owns and operates casinos and thoroughbred racetracks throughout the country. Mr. Tse was formerly Vice President and General Counsel of LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. where Mr. Tse was responsible for all legal and regulatory matters for LG’s $5 Billion mobile phone business in North America and sat on the company’s senior management committee. Prior to joining LG, Mr. Tse was the Vice President and General Counsel of Ligos Corporation, a venture capital backed software company based in Silicon Valley and prior to Ligos, Mr. Tse was the Vice President of Strategic Development and General Counsel of Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc., a Silicon Valley telecommunication equipment company. Mr. Tse started his career as a business and technology attorney at Brobeck Phleger and Harrison LLP in their Silicon Valley office representing technology companies and venture capitalists.
Mr. Tse holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley where he earned Phi Beta Kappa honors and graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School.
Ting Wang
Deputy General Counsel at Arbol
Ting Wang is Deputy General Counsel at Arbol, where he focuses on climate risk management through parametric reinsurance and weather index–based solutions powered by data analytics and machine learning. He previously served as Senior Counsel at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, where he guided the preparation and implementation of more than 40 sovereign-backed infrastructure projects and negotiated over $1 billion in loan, grant, and guarantee financing for Paris-aligned, green infrastructure projects across multiple regions.
Earlier in his career, Ting was Of Counsel at Paul Hastings, advising Chinese and multinational clients on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, joint ventures, and private equity investments. He also represented clients in complex cross-border disputes, including international arbitration and U.S. litigation, and handled SEC enforcement matters and internal investigations.
Ting began his career with federal judicial clerkships on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and practiced at leading international law firms in the United States and Asia. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an A.B./A.M. from Harvard University, and is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.
Jianjian (JJ) Ye
Partner, Quinn Emanuel
Jianjian Ye is a partner in Quinn Emanuel’s New York office, specializing in complex commercial litigation, with particular expertise in M&A disputes, bankruptcy-related litigation, securities fraud, and matters involving judgment enforcement and asset tracing. He frequently advises international clients, especially from China and elsewhere in Asia, on cross-border litigations and regulatory enforcement proceedings.
Jianjian has successfully represented a broad range of clients—including financial institutions, technology and cryptocurrency firms, insurers and reinsurers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and venture capital and private equity firms—in high-profile cases. He has played key roles in significant victories involving contested M&A transactions, insurance disputes, securities class actions, fraudulent transfers, and liability management exercises, including multiple matters recognized by The American Lawyer as “Litigators of the Week.” Additionally, Jianjian has experience litigating against sovereign states and their instrumentalities, and conducting sophisticated judgment enforcement and asset tracing proceedings across jurisdictions worldwide.
With native Mandarin fluency and deep cultural understanding, Jianjian serves as a strategic advisor to Chinese and Asian clients navigating U.S. litigation and regulatory challenges. He regularly guides foreign companies through class actions and government investigations, achieving early dismissals and favorable outcomes through a combination of sophisticated legal strategy and cultural insight.
Prior to joining the firm, Jianjian clerked for the Honorable J. Paul Oetken of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Jianjian graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as President of the Harvard Association for Law and Business and Managing Editor of the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable. He also passed the Chinese bar exam.
Alice Young
Former Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Committee of 100 member
Alice Young was Partner and Chair of the Asia Pacific Practice of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP law firm and other preeminent international law firms including Milbank Tweed, Graham & James and Coudert Brothers for over 40 years until her retirement in 2015. As an international lawyer based in New York and Hong Kong in the early 1970s, did her first China deal in 1979, and in 1981 was the first woman, minority and youngest partner to found and head a New York branch law office. She has also served on public and private company boards.
She is a Trustee of Aspen Institute and Asia Foundation, a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Committee of 100, and a Fellow of Yale University. She is a speaker and commentator on US-Asia business and policy issues and was honored for her corporate, mentoring and civic achievements from organizations such as Asian Americans in Business, AALDEF, Womankind and DirectWomen Institute.
Ms. Young was in the first class of women at Yale College, a recipient of the 2020 Yale Medal, and one of the first Asian American women to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Youlin Yuan
VP, Legal & External Affairs, US at Temu
Youlin Yuan is the VP, Legal & External Affairs, US at Temu, where he oversees the company’s US legal, regulatory, and policy functions. Prior to joining Temu, Youlin was an attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP, defending premier technology firms and global corporations in high-stakes government investigations and commercial litigations. His background also includes representing sovereign governments in complex, high-value international arbitrations. Youlin holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford.
