On April 20, 2023, Asian Legal Business ("ALB"), a world-leading legal directory owned by Thomson Reuters, unveiled its 2023 ALB China Top 15 TMT Lawyers. Han Kun partner Zaiguang Lu was named to the list, owing to his exceptional performance in the field.
Mr. Lu specializes in venture capital and private equity financing, overseas listings and public offerings, foreign direct investment in high-tech fields, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Lu has represented a number of companies to complete IPOs in the United States and Hong Kong markets, has participated in a great number of complex equity and asset acquisition and merger deals, and has helped many companies to complete domestic and overseas investments and financing transactions. Mr. Lu assists clients in designing transaction structures, drafting transaction documents, participating in negotiations, and handling Chinese law-related issues arising in the transactions. Mr. Lu mainly represents clients from industries including TMT, financial services, education, retail, transportation, healthcare, and entertainment. Mr. Lu has also won recognitions from other influential legal directories, such as Leading Lawyer in Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment, TMT: Equity Financing by Chambers, and Next Generation Partner in TMT and in Corporate/M&A from The Legal 500.
The technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector, a signpost of major trends in future sci-tech development, is under constant innovation and change, which poses numerous leading-edge commercial and legal challenges for TMT companies. Sophisticated TMT lawyers have developed both business agility and legal foresight, owing to their years of concentration in the sector, and are able to swiftly respond to various needs of TMT enterprises in their business operations under constantly emerging regulatory rules. They have demonstrated a deep understanding of those regulatory rules and their clients' business features. ALB developed this list in order to recognize China's top TMT lawyers in the past 12 months by assessing candidates from various aspects, including each candidate's major achievements in his/her entire career, major achievements in the past 12 months, key clients, relevant awards obtained, and client reviews.
