On June 26, 2023, China Business Law Journal ("CBLJ") announced the winners of its 2023 China Business Law Awards. This year marks the third consecutive time for Han Kun to be presented the "Golden League" award, together with seven other elite PRC firms who are widely recognized for their overall competitiveness. Han Kun was also highlighted as a "Firm of the Year" in 12 practice areas/industry sectors.
Han Kun received the following 13 awards:
1. Golden League
2. Capital markets (Overseas)
3. Private equity & venture capital
4. M&A (Outbound)
5. IP (Copyright)
6. Data protection and privacy
7. Aviation
8. Energy and natural resources
9. Healthcare, pharma and life sciences
10. Automotive, Industrials and manufacturing
11. Internet and e-commerce
12. Real estate and REIT
13. Education
The trajectory of China's economic growth followed a clear V-shaped path for the past year - a steep descent followed by a rebound. While operating in the fiercely competitive environment of China's legal market, law firms were found maximizing their potential to expand their business scope and depth, optimizing management structures, and enhancing service capabilities.
As always, during this year's selection process, CBLJ conducted months of independent, objective, and impartial research and evaluation by collecting law firm submissions and soliciting industry feedback. Eventually, top-performing law firms in each field for 2022 were carefully selected from hundreds of submissions and more than 1,000 comments from corporate executives, in-house counsel, and senior practitioners.
