On April 19, Legalband released its 2023 rankings of the top PRC law firms and lawyers. Han Kun has 17 practice areas/industries and 19 lawyers ranked or recommended in the 2023 edition, and the firm is ranked "Band 1" in ten practice areas or industries.
Ten Band 1 practice areas/industries:
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Corporate and M&A
Banking and Finance
Cybersecurity and Data Compliance
Antitrust and Competition
Capital Markets: Offshore Issuances
Investment Funds
Intellectual Property: Contentious
TMT
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Seven recommended practice areas:
Compliance
Intellectual Property: Non-contentious
Capital Markets: Onshore Issuances
Asset Securitization and Derivatives
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Insurance
19 ranked/recommended lawyers (in alphabetical order by surname):
Yijun Chao: Private Equity and Venture Capital, TMT, Healthcare and Life Sciences
Dafei Chen: Capital Markets: Offshore Issuances, TMT
Xianglin Chen: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Zhichao Duan: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance
Rong Fang: Asset Securitization and Derivatives
Chen Ma: Antitrust and Competition
Chaoying (Charles) Li: Corporate and M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital, TMT
Shijia Li: Capital Markets: Onshore Issuances
David Li: Private Equity and Venture Capital, TMT
Eric Liu: Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Zaiguang Lu: Private Equity and Venture Capital, TMT
Lu Ran: Investment Funds
Da Shi: Antitrust and Competition
David Tang: Corporate and M&A
Shu Wang: Banking and Finance
Yan Wang: Intellectual Property: Contentious
Lili Wu: Intellectual Property: Non-contentious
Yan Xia: Private Equity and Venture Capital
Yuzhou Xu: Insurance
The rankings were developed by Legalband's research team in China after a months-long, in-depth survey based on application materials submitted by major law firms and lawyers as well as client feedback.