On October 31, 2024, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2024 Client Choice: Top 15 Finance Lawyers". The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional finance lawyers in mainland China. Han Kun partner Yi Ding was named to the list.
Reasons for selection: Mr. Ding has practiced in the banking and finance field for many years and is able to provide comprehensive and precise legal service to corporate clients in aviation and aviation finance, project finance, syndication and bilateral loans, and asset and structured finance. In recent years, Mr. Ding has assisted many domestic and overseas banks, financial institutions, leasing companies, airlines and enterprises in completing many transactions of domestic and cross-border financing, syndicated loans, guarantee or credit financing, aircraft financing, procurement and leasing. Many of the projects are highly innovative and influential in the industry. During the promotion of relevant financing transactions, Mr. Ding is consistently able to put his clients' interests at the core of his legal services, accurately understand the underlying logic and values of commercial transactions and provide his clients with high-quality service solutions to conclude the transactions, demonstrating comprehensive service capabilities and professionalism.
"I have worked with Mr. Ding on many projects. His commercially sharp thinking and rich experience in legal practice have enabled him to solve practical problems of various types to provide practical legal solutions for his clients."
Lawyer's profile: Mr. Ding's practice focuses on debt financing transactions, in which he regularly advises lenders and borrowers on various types of onshore, offshore and cross-border, syndicated or bilateral, secured or unsecured financing matters, corporate loans, acquisition financing, real estate financing, and asset-backed financing. In aviation finance, Mr. Ding advises airlines, leasing companies, financial institutions, and arrangers on a wide variety of asset financings, structured financings, and operating or capital leases. Mr. Ding also acts for international banks and financial institutions in establishing their operations in China and their corporate governance, merger and acquisition and regulatory matters.
