Press Release

On January 12, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, the world's renowned legal media publisher, released its 2022 rankings of Asia Pacific law firms. The rankings honor Han Kun by highly recommending 50 lawyers and 18 practice areas; 7 practice areas were recognized as "Tier 1", the highest designation.

Seven Tier 1 practice areas:

Private equity

Corporate and M&A

Capital markets

Investment funds

TMT

Data protection

Fintech

Eleven recommended practice areas:

Antitrust and competition

Life sciences and healthcare

Banking and finance

Intellectual property: non-contentious

Intellectual property: contentious

Regulatory/compliance

Dispute resolution: Litigation

Dispute resolution: Arbitration

Private wealth

Labor and employment

Real estate and construction

50 ranked/highly recommended lawyers (in alphabetical order by surname):

Private equity:

Yijun Chao, Cheng Chen, Chao Gao, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Wei Li, Sheng Li, Yipu Li

Corporate and M&A:

Cheng Chen, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Yunge (Paula) Liu, Zaiguang Lu, David Tang, Aaron Zhou

Capital markets:

Yijun Chao, Dafei Chen, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Tao Li, Jiaxin Liu, Jin Wang, Jason Wang, Bing Xue

Investment funds:

Huaying (Daisy) Qi, Lu Ran, Lin Zhou

TMT:

Yijun Chao, Dafei Chen, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Wei Li, Zaiguang Lu, Adrian Lv

Data protection:

Zhichao Duan, Michelle Gon, David Tang, Min Zhu

Fintech:

Zaiguang Lu, Felix Miao, Wei Quan

Antitrust and competition:

Chen Ma, Da Shi, Yan Wang, Angus Xie

Life sciences and healthcare:

Yinshi Cao, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Lijuan Wang, Aaron Zhou, Min Zhu

Banking and finance:

Yi Ding, Rong Fang, Shu Wang, Tiecheng Yang, Jun Zhu

Intellectual property:

Vivian He, Yan Wang, Lili Wu

Regulatory/compliance:

Wei (Will) Huang, Chen Ma, David Tang

Dispute resolution: Litigation

Eric Liu, Qiunan Sun, Yang You, Yaxing Zhang

Dispute resolution: Arbitration

Xianglin Chen, Liyu Jin, Yaxing Zhang, Yuxian Zhao

Private wealth:

Han Chen

Labor and employment:

Wei (Will) Huang, Xiu Pei