On September 20, Asian Legal Business (ALB), a legal directory under Thomson Reuters, released the ALB M&A Rankings 2022. Han Kun was again recognized as a Tier 1 PRC Law Firm, owing to the firm's exceptional M&A services. This marks the ninth consecutive year for Han Kun to be rated Tier 1 in ALB's annual M&A Rankings.
ALB, owned by Thomson Reuters, is one of the world's leading sources of market intelligence, providing authoritative insights and rankings for the legal services industry. In its annual M&A Rankings, ALB selects leading law firms for M&A work in their respective jurisdictions. To identify the top M&A firms in Asia, ALB draws on results from firm submissions, Thomson Reuters M&A data, interviews, editorial resources, and market recommendations. This year's research covers the period spanning from August 2021 to July 2022, including both ongoing work and matters that were closed during this timeframe.
Han Kun's M&A practice leads the market in numerous authoritative legal rankings. The firm represents Chinese and international clients in a diverse range of industries in Chinese and cross-border equity and asset acquisitions. Targets in these acquisitions include state-owned enterprises, state-participating enterprises, and private companies, including companies that are publicly listed on onshore and offshore exchanges. Han Kun advises on deal structures such as equity and asset acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, acquisition by auctions and combinations of legal and non-legal person enterprises. Han Kun's M&A team has extensive experience and an in-depth understanding of laws and regulations related to market entry, corporate governance, labor transitions, tax optimization, capital market disclosures and compliance, foreign exchange, regulated payments, anti-trust, and intellectual property compliance.
Han Kun is highly recommended for many complex and influential M&A deals on which the firm has advised and has been widely recognized by many international authoritative legal directories.
