M. Yuan Zhou

Counsel | She/Her/Hers

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.

Yuan is a co-host of “Fastest 5 Minutes, the Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without,” which provides a biweekly summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments. She is also a program faculty member for The Masters Institute in Government Contracting, an advanced program in government contracting hosted and organized by Federal Publications Seminars, and has served on Law 360’s Aerospace and Defense Editorial Board. Prior to law school, Yuan was a special assistant at the White House and a White House intern for the Obama Administration. She received her J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where she was a Dean's Fellow, notes editor of the Public Contract Law Journal, and a member of the Moot Court Board.

Career & Education

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    • Barnard College, B.A., psychology, 2010
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2014
    • Barnard College, B.A., psychology, 2010
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2014
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland

M. Yuan's Insights

Event | May - December 2024

The Masters Institute in Government Contracting

The Masters Institute in Government Contracting is a specially conceived, advanced program in government contracting. Crowell is proud to be part of the Masters’ program faculty which is hosted and organized by Federal Publications Seminars.

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