Annie Zhang
Registered Foreign Lawyer (Victoria, Australia)
Annie Zhang is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (Australia) and an associate in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s global Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions Practice Group.
Annie has significant experience advising legal teams, boards and C-suites on navigating sophisticated and rapidly evolving legal and regulatory issues across cybersecurity, data privacy, information technology and business process outsourcing, and artificial intelligence. She also advises on complex corporate transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings.
Annie works closely with clients to build cyber resilience, leading incident response efforts, supporting post-incident reviews, and advising on data governance across the full data lifecycle - from collection and use through to retention and deletion. She has particular expertise in managing cyber incidents and data breaches, including responding to large-scale incidents, coordinating multi-disciplinary forensic and review teams, assessing legal and operational impacts, and providing strategic remediation to address compliance gaps and strengthen future resilience.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Annie was a senior associate at a global international law firm based in Australia. Annie brings a pragmatic, commercially-minded perspective to her work, shaped by in-house secondment roles.
Annie earned her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University, where she graduated with Honours. She also holds a Masters of Commercial Law (with High Distinction) from the University of Melbourne. She was awarded the Frank Pinkerton Scholarship for the highest mark in the subject: Information Technology Contracting Law.
Annie is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, and the High Court of Australia. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Shanghainese.
Capabilities
- Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure
- Fintech and Digital Assets
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Transactions
Credentials
Education:
- University of Melbourne - 2021 Masters
- Monash University - 2018 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
- Monash University - 2018 Bachelor of Commerce
Admissions:
- Australia - Victorian Legal Services Board