Han Kun promotes seven counsels to partner, one senior associate to counsel

Han Kun Law Offices is delighted to announce that, effective January 1, 2017, 5 of the firm's counsels, Sheng (Sean) LI, Yaxing ZHANG, Jun WAN, Xin (Rocky) JIN and Bing XUE have been promoted to partner. Counsels Aaron Zhou and Adrian Lv have been promoted to salaried partner, and senior associate Ruina Liu has been promoted to counsel.  

Sean Li specializes in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investment, foreign direct investment and general corporate work.  He has represented a large number of venture capital funds, private equity funds, strategic investors, and entrepreneurs in various industry sectors in their investment and financing projects, assisting in forming deal structures, drafting legal documents, and participating in negotiations.  He has also advised foreign companies on their foreign direct investments, mergers and acquisitions, and local compliance issues in China.  Mr. Li's clients cover a wide variety of industry sectors, including telecommunications, the Internet, media, technology, insurance, manufacturing, new energy, consumer goods, education, and logistics.

Yaxing Zhang's practice focuses on litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, handling contract disputes, international trade disputes, employment disputes, intellectual property and technology disputes, investment and financing disputes. Prior to joining Han Kun, Mr. Zhang worked in a local court in Beijing, and has accumulated extensive experience from numerous trials, which enables him to analyze and judge cases from a more fair and objective perspective as well as to provide unique opinions.  Mr. Zhang is also knowledgeable of evidence collection and cross-examination. In Addition, Mr. Zhang specializes in enforcement procedures, especially in property seizures, appraisals, auctions, as well as property liquidation and bankruptcy procedures.

Aaron Zhou's practice focuses on cross-border and domestic investment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment and venture capital investment.  Mr. Zhou's practice covers a variety of industries, including technology, the Internet, telecommunications, medical device, healthcare management, clean energy and insurance.  Mr. Zhou has represented many renowned multinational and PRC companies in their cross-border and domestic merger and acquisition transactions, and has acted for many foreign and domestic funds and companies in their private equity financing and venture capital investment projects.  He has also helped PRC companies in their IPOs and listings on overseas stock exchanges and in the issuance of US$ and Euro bonds.  Mr. Zhou has in-depth knowledge of and experience with legal matters involving a variety of business activities, particularly cross-border transactions.  Mr. Zhou is also experienced in handling FCPA-related and compliance matters.

Ruina Liu specializes in mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings, foreign direct investment, and general corporate matters.  Ms. Liu has represented a large number of multinational and PRC companies and funds in different industries such as telecommunications, Internet, e-commerce, IPTV, exhibition, media and entertainment, education, advertising, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.  Her legal services include assisting in forming deal structures, drafting legal documents and participating in negotiations.

Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou and Ms. Liu are based in the firm's Beijing office.

Rocky Jin practices in the areas of banking and finance, PE/VC investment, mergers and acquisitions, and insolvency and restructuring.  Mr. Jin has represented leading international banks and other financial institutions in various financing deals, including cross-border finance, syndicated loans, bilateral loans, structured finance, project finance, trade finance, real estate refinance, trust finance, etc.  He has worked with clients in the real estate, wind power, nuclear power, oil refining, coal, chemical, and mining industries.  Mr. Jin also has extensive experience in commercial bank compliance.  

Jun Wan specializes in internet finance, securitization and asset management transactions, structured finance, real property finance, financial institution set-up and investment and PE/VC investment.  Mr. Wan represents various international commercial banks and multinational companies in a variety of corporate financing transactions, including structured finance, acquisition finance, real property finance, pre-IPO/privatization financing.  Mr. Wan also assists internet finance enterprises in product design, compliance due diligence and restructuring, institutional investment and overseas IPOs.  Mr. Wan has also advised securities companies and asset management companies in securitization and asset management transactions.  Mr. Wan's main clients include international commercial banks, multinational companies, internet finance enterprises, securities and asset management companies, and startups.

Mr. Jin and Mr. Wan are based in the firm's Shanghai office.

Bing Xue’s practice focuses on venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, foreign direct investment and PRC tax advisory services.  Mr. Xue has represented and provided legal services to numerous investment funds, multinational companies, state-owned enterprises, start-ups and emerging companies, public companies and research institutions in relation to their various PRC legal matters, covering the high-tech, electronic technology, life science and pharmaceutical, environmental technology, telecommunications, internet, advertising, energy, education, real estate and wealth management industries.  Mr. Xue also has solid knowledge of and practice experience with China tax compliance and tax planning-related legal services.

Adrian Lv specializes in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity, capital markets transactions, foreign direct investment, offshore investment, real estate development and operations, and general corporate matters.  He has provided a wide range of legal services for various large/medium-scale state-owned and private enterprises, listed companies, multinational corporations, private equity funds, etc.  Mr. Lv has represented clients to handle many projects in areas such as asset and equity interest acquisitions, investment and financings, share offerings, bond issuances, infrastructure biddings, construction and operations, real property development and management, etc., covering industries such as TMT, finance, hi-tech, energy, electricity, transportation, real estate, construction, retail, apparel, agricultural products, food, chemical, and medical equipment, etc.  Mr. Lv has also represented a number of well-known domestic and overseas companies as their long-term outside legal counsel, and has accumulated rich experience in corporate matters.

Mr. Xue and Mr. Lv are based in the firm's Shenzhen office.