On December 9, 2024, CLECSS announced the results of its "2024 Best ESG Law Firm Awards". CLECSS recognized Han Kun with the "Best ESG Law Firm Award – Best Corporate Governance".
The CLECSS Best ESG Law Firm Awards aim to raise ESG awareness (i.e., Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance) among law firms, and are committed to identifying Chinese and international law firms and lawyers with major and positive influence on promoting ESG practices in the industry. MioTech, a leading sustainable development technology service provider, contributed professional advice to the selection process this year.
Han Kun is a leading full-service law firm in China focusing on complex domestic and cross-border commercial transactions and dispute resolution, and has been recognized as a top Chinese law firm by international authoritative legal media for many consecutive years. The firm has over 800 professionals located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Haikou, Wuhan, Singapore, and New York City.
Han Kun has experienced and benefited from the tremendous changes and rapid development of Chinese society. In the spirit of "being grateful and giving back to the community," Han Kun has established an ESG committee consisting of eight partners from different offices who are dedicated to coordinating and facilitating sustainable ESG practices, participating in public welfare activities, undertaking social responsibility, and promoting of the development of public welfare undertakings for the entire firm. To ensure the sustainable and sound development of the firm, Han Kun attaches great importance to building internal governance structures and has established a scientific, rational, and efficient management framework, enacted anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies, and established a risk control committee for risk prevention and control.
Han Kun's outstanding performance in ESG has been recognized and awarded by authoritative industry associations and government agencies as well as by domestic and foreign legal media. Honors include:
Best ESG Law Firm Award - Best ESG Practice, CLECSS (2023)
Recommended Firm in Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Green Guide (2024)
Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year, Asia Legal Awards (2023)
Pro Bono Initiative of the Year, China Law and Practice (2017, 2019, 2022)
Best ESG Law Firm Award - Employer of Choice, CLECSS (2022)
Asia Outside Counsel Diversity Award, Morgan Stanley (2021)
Special Contribution Award -Training Program for Lawyers in Western China, the Beijing Legal Aid Foundation and Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice