Press Releases

On May 23, 2025, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") formally announced its "2025 ALB China Regional Ranking: South China Rising Lawyers".  Han Kun partner Cheng Zhang, who is based in the firm's Shenzhen office, was honored in the rankings due to his standout practice.Mr. Zhang specializes in domestic and international capital markets, private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments, and corporate restructuring and global expansions ...

On May 23, 2025, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") formally announced its "2025 ALB China Regional Ranking: South China Firms".  The ranking identifies leading law firms for their practices in regional markets and comprises two categories: law firms headquartered in the South China region and those not headquartered there but which have branches or offices in the region.  Han Kun was recognized in the ranking for its exceptional performance in the South China region ...

Chambers and Partners, the world's leading legal directory, recently published its Life Sciences Global Practice Guide (2025) (the "Guide").  Han Kun again contributed the China chapter of the Guide's Trends and Developments section.  The contributors include Min Zhu, Michelle Y. Gon, Yang (Aaron) Gu, Lu Chai, Dr. Ying Li, and Shiye Yuan ...

On May 16, 2025, the Private Equity Association of Shanghai ("PEAS") published the PEAS 2024 Equity Investment List, in which Han Kun was again recognized as "Best Legal Counsel", marking the sixth consecutive year for the firm to win this honor ...

Today, Han Kun Law Offices officially released "Han Kun's Practice Guidelines on Equity Repurchase Disputes" (Second Edition), which is now available on the firm's website.Han Kun launched the inaugural  Han Kun's Practice Guidelines on Equity Repurchase Disputes  in 2023, providing analysis and practical answers to highly common and widely discussed issues in equity repurchases ...

On May 20, 2025, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") announced its 2025 ALB China IP Rankings.  Han Kun's intellectual property practice was ranked in both "Patent" and "Copyright/Trademark" categories for the ninth consecutive year, owing to the firm's outstanding performance and client satisfaction.ALB, owned by Thomson Reuters, is one of the world's most influential legal directories ...

On May 20, 2025, 3SBio Inc. (01530.HK) announced that it, together with its subsidiaries, Shenyang Sunshine Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., had entered into an agreement with Pfizer Inc. to grant Pfizer exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize 3SBio's self-developed breakthrough bispecific antibody SSGJ-707 targeting PD-1 and VEGF worldwide (excluding Mainland China) ...

Recently, Lexology—the leading global legal news platform under the renowned London-based publisher Law Business Research—officially launched the China chapter of Lexology Panoramic: Anti-Money Laundering. Han Kun was invited to contribute to this publication, with the chapter led by Ting Zheng from the banking and finance team, and contributions from Eryin Ying, Lin Zhu, Xiao (Shirley) Liang, and Xinyu (Hattie) Zhang ...

On the evening of May 15, 2025, Asian Legal Business (ALB) unveiled the winners of the 21st ALB China Law Awards at its grand 2025 awards ceremony held in Park Hyatt Hotel in Beijing.  Han Kun won two awards, owing to the firm's outstanding practices and market prestige.Cyber Security and Data Protection Law Firm of the YearOverseas Practice Law Firm of the YearHan Kun's data protection team comprises over 20 lawyers, all of whom graduate from top Chinese or foreign universities ...

On May 8, 2025, Benchmark Litigation China, an internationally renowned legal rankings organization, released its shortlist for the Benchmark Litigation China Awards 2025 ...

Recently, Benchmark Litigation, an internationally renowned legal rankings organization, released its Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025 Rankings, a definitive guide to the region's leading dispute resolution firms and lawyers.  This year, Han Kun was recognized in four practice areas and five firm partners were honored in the Asia-Pacific rankings ...

On May 7, 2025, renowned legal directory LegalOne announced its "Blue Ribbon 2025 (China): Highly Recommended 15 for Global Business" to recognize lawyers who have achieved outstanding success in key and prominent areas of the local legal services market over the past year.  Han Kun partner Mr. Shipo (Angus) Xie was named to the list.Mr. Shipo Xie is partner in Han Kun's Corporate & Compliance department ...

Han Kun Law Offices has represented Yuanbao Inc. ("Yuanbao", NASDAQ: YB), as PRC counsel to the issuer, in connection with the initial public offering and listing of its American depositary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market.  The shares began trading on April 30, 2025.Yuanbao was established in 2019 and has been deeply engaged in the field of internet life insurance since its inception ...

Han Kun, as PRC legal counsel to the underwriters and the joint bookrunners, has provided legal services in connection with Kingsoft Cloud's (NASDAQ: KC; HKEX: 3896.HK) follow-on offerings in both the U.S. and Hong Kong and concurrent private placements.  The total proceeds of this transaction could reach up to approximately $290 million, making it the largest follow-on offering by a U.S ...

On April 22, 2025, Legalband released its 2025 rankings of the top PRC law firms and lawyers.  Han Kun has 25 practice areas/industries and 20 lawyers ranked or recommended in the 2025 edition, and the firm is ranked "Band 1" in ten practice areas or industries ...

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. David Gu has recently joined the firm.  The addition of Mr. Gu will further strengthen and enhance Han Kun's commercial dispute resolution capabilities.Mr. Gu specializes in complex commercial dispute resolution, with a focus on commercial arbitration and foreign-related and cross-border commercial dispute resolution ...

On April 22, 2025, Asian Legal Business (ALB), a leading legal publication under Thomson Reuters, recognized Han Kun as a 2025 ALB China Employer of Choice—the 11th time for the firm to receive the honor.  ALB developed this list by surveying the opinions of employees of law firms that have offices in mainland China, asking employees to rate their firms in terms of career development prospects, opportunities for promotion to partner, degree of job satisfaction, etc ...

On April 19, 2025, Legal Vision hosted in Beijing the "Legal Vision Legal Service Innovation & Development Forum and the Spring Release Ceremony of 2025 Legal Vision Guide ," which was guided by the China Justice Big Data Institute ...

On April 21, 2025, Asian Legal Business (ALB) officially published its list of 2025 ALB China Top 15 Litigators, recognizing China's top litigation lawyers over the past 12 months.  Han Kun partner Dong (Eric) Liu was named to the list for his outstanding performance.Mr ...

Han Kun Law Offices has been recognized as a "Top 5 China Venture Capital & Private Equity Legal Advisor of the Year" in ChinaVenture's "2024 China Venture Capital & Private Equity Annual Rankings," which were announced at the awards ceremony held on April 18, 2025 ...

On April 16, 2025, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the finalists for its China Law Awards 2025 ...

On April 16, 2025, IFLR announced the winners of the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2025 at an awards ceremony held in Hong Kong.  Han Kun won two awards, including the most prestigious, "China - M&A Firm of the Year", owing to the firm's outstanding performance over the past year.  Han Kun partners Ms. Lu Chai, Mr. Rio Li, and Mr. Kanxi Liao attended the ceremony on behalf of Han Kun to receive the honor ...

Han Kun represented Webull Corporation in its successful de-SPAC merger with SK Growth Opportunities Corporation and listing on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange on April 11, 2025, under the ticker symbol "BULL".As Webull Corporation's PRC legal counsel for this transaction, Han Kun provided comprehensive legal advice throughout the entire de-SPAC merger and listing process, including assisting the company in completing the overseas listing filing with the China Securities Regulatory Commission ...

Recently, Lexology—the world's leading legal news platform under the renowned London-based publisher Law Business Research—officially launched the 2025 edition of Lexology Panoramic: Shareholder Activism & Engagement.  Han Kun is the only Chinese law firm invited to contribute to the publication.  The authors of the China chapter include Han Kun partners Mr. Dong (Eric) Liu, Ms. Qimin Zhu as well as attorneys Mr. Shi Yin and Ms ...

Han Kun Hong Kong Law Offices LLP ("Han Kun Hong Kong") has provided English law and Hong Kong law legal services in connection with Zhengzhou Jianzhong Construction and Development (Group) Co., Ltd.'s ("Zhengzhou Jianzhong Construction and Development") debut U.S.$39 million 3-Year Bond issuance as Issuer's international counsel.The coupon rate of the 3-Year Bonds is 7.20%. This deal is Zhengzhou Jianzhong Construction and Development's debut issuance in the offshore bond market ...