Trista Huiwen Zhang

Trista Huiwen Zhang is an Australia-admitted legal professional with a common law background and cross-border experience across Australia and China. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Sydney, completed her practical legal training at The College of Law in Australia, and has been admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Trista advises on the legal and compliance aspects of China outbound business, cross-border transactions, investment and market-entry arrangements, corporate global mobility, multi-jurisdictional contract review, and cross-border dispute strategy. Her work is focused on identifying legal, regulatory, contractual, and execution risks in cross-border matters, and translating complex requirements into clear, commercially workable solutions.

Before joining Globevisa, Trista worked in Australian legal practice and served as a cross-border compliance strategy consultant to a China-Australia business. Her experience covers Australian real estate and commercial transactions, commercial contract review, customs and supply-chain compliance, internal control and SOP design, risk memoranda, dispute preparation, evidence organization, factual chronology, and bilingual client communication. This background gives her a practical understanding of both legal analysis and business execution in multi-jurisdictional environments.

At Globevisa, Trista provides legal and compliance support for overseas investment matters, China outbound corporate projects, international partner cooperation, corporate mobility and workforce deployment matters, and cross-border client disputes. Her work includes regulatory pathway assessment, legal basis verification, regulated product and service launch review, transaction and investment structure analysis, bilingual legal document review, strategic partner and channel arrangement review, overseas partner due diligence, MOU review and negotiation, contractual risk allocation, termination exposure and fee-recovery analysis, risk memoranda, and dispute strategy.

Trista also assists with cross-border contentious matters, including contractual claim assessment, pre-contentious strategy, negotiation positioning, settlement communications, evidence mapping, factual chronology, and preparation of litigation response materials and court submission drafts for cross-border disputes.

Admissions: Supreme Court of New South Wales
Admission Number: LAW105265
Professional Focus: China Outbound Business, Cross-Border Transactions, Investment and Market-Entry Structuring, Corporate Global Mobility Compliance, Multi-Jurisdictional Contract Review, Strategic Partner Risk Management, Cross-Border Dispute Strategy, Litigation Preparation, Negotiation Strategy
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English, Basic German
Education: Juris Doctor, The University of Sydney; Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, The College of Law