On January 16, 2025, Chambers and Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025, highly recommending 17 Han Kun practice areas/categories and 43 Han Kun lawyers.
The 17 ranked practice areas/categories are:
Aviation: Finance
Corporate / M&A
Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances
TMT: Data Protection & Privacy
Investment Funds
Competition / Antitrust
Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Healthcare
Tax
Real Estate
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives
Dispute Resolution
Securities: Litigation
Corporate / Commercial: Shanghai
Han Kun received high praise from clients and in the legal profession for its professional and efficient services. Selected testimonials include:
"Han Kun has a sharp insight into the market and can provide prompt, thoughtful legal services."
"We have worked with Han Kun for many years and cooperation has always been very smooth. They are very experienced with the management of complex investment structures and provide feedback quickly."
"The Han Kun team have extensive legal and industry experience, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills."
"The team have extensive experience in the A-share market, allowing them to thoroughly understand key challenges and offer solutions that meet the latest market practices."
"I would really recommend Han Kun to others. What sets them apart is that they always stand from the perspective of the client to provide solutions."
"The firm has strong professionalism, especially regarding innovative products."
"Han Kun has deep and familiar insight of the industry, making its legal advice more practical and fair. It is also able to consider the points of view of all business stakeholders."
The highly recommended lawyers are: (in alphabetical order by surname)
Yinshi Cao: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Yijun Chao: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Xianglin Chen: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Xiaoming Deng: Securities: Litigation
Shiwen Dong: Real Estate
Yi Ding: Aviation: Finance, Banking & Finance
Zhichao Duan: TMT: Data Protection & Privacy
Rong Fang: Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives
Chao Gao: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Michelle Gon: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
Aaron Gu: Healthcare
Vivian He: TMT: Media & Entertainment
Will Huang: Employment
Charles Li: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment, Corporate / M&A, Healthcare
Wei Li: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Sheng Li: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Zaiguang Lu: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Rui Luo: Intellectual Property: Litigation
Chen Ma: Competition / Antitrust
Shuting Qi: Corporate / M&A
Wei Quan: Fintech (Chambers Fintech Guide)
Lu Ran: Investment Funds
Da Shi: Competition / Antitrust
Sophie Shi: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
Haining Song: Intellectual Property: Litigation
David Tang: Corporate / M&A
Liang (Alex) Tao: Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms)
Jin Wang: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Shu Wang: Aviation: Finance
Yan Wang: Intellectual Property: Litigation
Lili Wu: Intellectual Property: Non-Litigation
Shipo Xie: Competition/Antitrust
Ping Xu: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Bing Xue: Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Yuzhou Xu: Banking & Finance
Tiecheng Yang: Banking & Finance
Jolie Yan: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
Xinfeng Zhang: Aviation: Finance
Yaxing Zhang: Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Chengyao Zhou: Corporate / M&A, Healthcare
Lin Zhou: Investment Funds
Ying Zhou: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Jun Zhu: Aviation: Finance
Min Zhu: Healthcare
Chambers and Partners is an internationally recognized legal rankings directory headquartered in London, England. Since 1999, the Chambers Asia-Pacific guide has provided annual legal profession guides identifying leading lawyers and law firms in the Asia-Pacific region. The Chambers Greater China Region Guide (inaugurated in 2022) focuses on the legal market of the Greater China region. Based on extensive and in-depth research of all practice areas/industry sectors across the region during the preceding year, the guide brings together leading law firms and professionals in those areas.
