On April 16, 2024, Legalband released its 2024 rankings of the top PRC law firms and lawyers. Han Kun has 21 practice areas/industries and 21 lawyers ranked or recommended in the 2024 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
Securities and Capital Markets: Offshore Issuances
Investment Funds
Intellectual Property: Contentious
TMT
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Eleven recommended practice areas:
Compliance
Intellectual Property: Non-contentious
Securities and Capital Markets: Onshore Issuances
Securities and Capital Markets: Compliance & Litigation
Asset Securitization & Derivatives
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Energy & Natural Resources
Insurance
Real Estate & Construction
Employment
21 ranked/recommended lawyers (in alphabetical order by surname):
Yijun Chao: Private Equity and Venture Capital, TMT, Healthcare and Life Sciences
Dafei Chen: Securities and Capital Markets: Offshore Issuances, TMT
Xianglin Chen: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Xiaoming Deng: Securities and Capital Markets: Compliance & Litigation
Shiwen Dong: Real Estate & Construction
Zhichao Duan: Cybersecurity and Data Compliance
Rong Fang: Asset Securitization & Derivatives
Aaron Gu: Healthcare & Life Sciences
Chen Ma: Antitrust and Competition
Chaoying (Charles) Li: Corporate and M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital, TMT
Shijia Li: Securities and 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
David Tang: Corporate and M&A
Shu Wang: Banking and Finance
Yan Wang: Intellectual Property: Contentious
Lili Wu: Intellectual Property: Non-contentious
Angus Xie: Antitrust and Competition
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.