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 | 12.10.24
This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration relating to conflicts of interest, revolving door, and bid protests, and is hosted by Yuan Zhou, Dan Forman, and Rob Sneckenberg. 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.
Podcast | 11.13.24
Fastest 5 Minutes: Incoming Administration, SAM, OFCCP, Rule of Two
Podcast | 10.25.24
Insights
Goodbye Commercial “Items”: FAR Council Replaces Definition with Commercial Products and Services
|11.10.21
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10.29.18
Westlaw Journal Government Contract
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10.01.18
Government Contracting Law Report
The Impact of Criminal Conviction on Public Sector Contractors and Grantees
|03.03.16
The 30th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime
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04.05.14
American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, Vol. 43, No. 3
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10.05.16
Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Legal Forum
Responsible Sourcing: New Tools for Contractors to Combat Human Trafficking
|05.17.16
Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Legal Forum
M. Yuan's Insights
Podcast | 12.10.24
This week’s special edition focuses on what contractors can expect from the incoming administration relating to conflicts of interest, revolving door, and bid protests, and is hosted by Yuan Zhou, Dan Forman, and Rob Sneckenberg. 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.
Podcast | 11.13.24
Fastest 5 Minutes: Incoming Administration, SAM, OFCCP, Rule of Two
Podcast | 10.25.24