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Frances Kao has an international dispute resolution practice in which she represents public and private companies, as well as their officers, directors and employees, in commercial litigation, arbitration, and both internal and civil and criminal government investigations before the DOJ, the SEC, the FTC, state attorneys general and local district attorneys.

Ms. Kao’s representative clients include BP China, China National Offshore Oil Company, China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), China Sunergy Limited, JA Solar Limited, KFC Corporation, KUFPEC (China) Inc., Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. and The Sports Authority, Inc. She also served as chief investigator for the special committee of the board of directors of ShengdaTech, Inc.

She is a native Mandarin speaker and was selected as a leading lawyer in Chambers Asia 2012 for dispute resolution.