M. Yuan Zhou
Overview
M. Yuan Zhou advises government contractors on a wide array of legal issues, including internal and government-facing investigations, crisis management, compliance counseling, and transactional matters. Yuan handles contract and nonprocurement (e.g., grant, cooperative agreement, and other transaction) matters at the federal, state, and local levels. She guides companies through complex regulatory compliance requirements, including supply chain security, data rights, revolving door, gifts and gratuities, and general ethics and compliance considerations. She helps companies with reviewing, enhancing, and standing-up compliance programs, and advises both prime contractors and subcontractors on a variety of issues related to prime/sub relationships. Yuan also has deep experience representing contractors in complex internal and parallel government investigations, as well as voluntary and mandatory disclosure obligations related to the False Claims Act, Procurement Integrity Act, the Anti-Kickback Act, and other civil and criminal matters.
Career & Education
- Barnard College, B.A., psychology, 2010
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2014
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
M. Yuan's Insights
Podcast | 05.10.24
Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Guidance, Grants, Financial Responsibility Reviews
This week’s episode covers a GSA Acquisition Letter on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based SaaS offerings, an OMB final rule that revised the Uniform Guidance for grants, cooperative agreements, and other federal financial assistance, and a DOD OIG report focusing on financial responsibility reviews, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.08.24
Event | May - December 2024
Speaking Engagement | 2024
M. Yuan's Insights
Podcast | 05.10.24
Fastest 5 Minutes: GSA Guidance, Grants, Financial Responsibility Reviews
This week’s episode covers a GSA Acquisition Letter on the use of upfront payments for acquisitions of cloud-based SaaS offerings, an OMB final rule that revised the Uniform Guidance for grants, cooperative agreements, and other federal financial assistance, and a DOD OIG report focusing on financial responsibility reviews, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.08.24
Event | May - December 2024
Speaking Engagement | 2024