Carmen is a Partner and Head of Control Risks’ Intelligence and Investigations, North East Asia practice, based in Hong Kong. Her clients include multinational corporates, law firms and investment funds, and Carmen advises on their China strategy.
She helps them understand the operating environment, competitive landscape and value chains, navigate localisation pressures, and design effective compliance frameworks. She approaches China‑related issues in a global context, with a keen awareness of the broader geopolitical landscape and evolving regulatory frameworks.
Carmen has led major compliance and intellectual property investigations across Asia, conducting complex, multijurisdictional intelligence‑gathering and asset‑tracing exercises to support dispute strategy. She also advises Chinese companies on their overseas initiatives, including market entry, geopolitical and regulatory assessment, partner due diligence and crisis management.
Recent engagements include:
- Leading advisory work for multinational companies on business restructuring in Greater China, including analysis of supply chains, go-to-market models, key partnerships, and integrity risks
- Conducting investigations into alleged conflicts of interest involving senior executives in mainland China, including third-party mapping, e‑discovery and forensic accounting
- Leading global asset‑tracing matters for law firms advising on litigation and arbitration, involving discreet enquiries across multiple jurisdictions
- Advising Chinese investors on cross‑border transactions across Europe, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including foreign investment regimes, geopolitical dynamics, and due diligence
Carmen has a deep understanding of China’s political and business environment, and clients value her judgment on complex, high‑stakes decision‑making. Through her EMBA studies at China Europe International Business School, she has built a strong network across multinational, private, and state‑owned enterprises. A frequent conference speaker, she is also regularly featured in the media.
She holds a BA in Biological Sciences from Fudan University and an EMBA from China Europe International Business School. She is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English, with intermediate Spanish.