Press Releases

Chambers and Partners has recently announced its nominees for the Chambers Greater China Region (PRC Firms) Awards 2025.  Han Kun has been nominated for the following awards:China (PRC Firms) Corporate & Finance Law Firm of the Year; and China (PRC Firms) Compliance Law Firm of the Year ...

On December 23, 2024, Asian Legal Business (ALB) officially published its list of "2024 ALB Litigators of Asia", which aims to recognize China's top dispute resolution lawyers in Asia over the past 12 months.  Han Kun partner Mr. Chunyao Lin was named to the list for his outstanding performance.Mr. Lin focuses his practice on commercial dispute resolution.  In particular, Mr ...

On December 23, 2024, Asian Legal Business (ALB) officially published its list of 2024 ALB China Top 15 IP Lawyers, aiming to recognize China's top IP lawyers over the past 12 months.  Han Kun partner Dr. Haining Song was named to the list for his outstanding performance.Dr. Song specializes in IP and antitrust litigation ...

On December 19, 2024, Asian Legal Business ("ALB"), the world's leading source of intelligent information for business and legal professionals owned by Thomson Reuters, announced the ALB Dealmakers of Asia 2024.  Han Kun partner Charles Li was named to the list for the fifth consecutive time since 2020.The name-list spotlights the best deal makers in Asia who demonstrate outstanding legal expertise and an innovative mindset in advising on complex transactions.Mr ...

On December 17, 2024, after a wide-ranging market survey and independent editorial assessment, China Business Law Journal unveiled this year's The A-List 2024: Visionaries in China's legal market, which includes 100 lawyers practicing PRC law and 80 lawyers practicing in foreign law firms or overseas.  Four Han Kun partners Kelvin Gao, Charles Li, David Li, and Yan Wang (in alphabetical order by surname) were selected for their outstanding contributions to Chinese legal practice ...

On December 12, 2024, The Legal 500, the world's renowned legal directory, announced its list of winners at the ceremony for the 2024 China Law Awards held in Beijing.  Owing to its outstanding performance in the past year, Han Kun was honored as "Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year" and "Fintech Law Firm of the Year," and Han Kun partner Mr. Yijun Chao was recognized as the "Leading Lawyer of the Year" ...

Recently, In-House Community ("IHC") released its Counsel of the Year Awards, which include "External Counsel of the Year 2023-24".  Five Han Kun partners, Yi Ding, Stephen Dong, Kelvin Gao, Jun Li, and Yuzhou Xu (in alphabetical order by surname) were selected for the award due to their outstanding performance.Mr ...

On December 9, 2024, CLECSS announced the results of its "2024 Best ESG Law Firm Awards".  CLECSS recognized Han Kun with the "Best ESG Law Firm Award – Best Corporate Governance".The CLECSS Best ESG Law Firm Awards aim to raise ESG awareness (i.e., Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance) among law firms, and are committed to identifying Chinese and international law firms and lawyers with major and positive influence on promoting ESG practices in the industry ...

On December 6, 2024, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the winners of its ALB China Regional Law Awards 2024: South China & Central China at an awards ceremony held in Shenzhen.  Some of these awards are open to "local" law firms headquartered in the South China & Central China region, which spans Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan, and "non-local" law firms headquartered in other regions which have branches or offices there ...

On December 5, 2024, Chambers and Partners, the world's foremost legal directory, released its Chambers FinTech Guide 2025, which identifies the leading payments, blockchain, cyber security, and data protection specialists in over 40 jurisdictions.  Han Kun has again been ranked as a Band 1 PRC Firm for fintech-related legal services, marking the seventh consecutive year for the firm to receive the honor.  Han Kun partner Mr. Wei Quan has been recognized as Band 1 lawyer ...

Recently, FinanceAsia released the results of its 2024 Achievement Awards.  The Han Kun-advised deal "J&T Express' $500 million listing on HKEX" was awarded "Best IPO Deal of The Year" and "Lotus Tech's business combination with L Catterton; public listing in the US through a De-SPAC arrangement; approximately $880 million of private investment in public equity financing and convertible notes" was recognized as a "Highly commended Best Equity Deal of the Year" ...

On December 3, 2024, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its inaugural "Best of the Best China Top 30 Law Firms" list.  Han Kun was named to the list, owing to its outstanding performance and well-established reputation among clients.The list highly recognizes Han Kun's legal services and underscores Han Kun's leading position in the legal profession ...

On November 22, 2024, Elong Power Holding Ltd. ("Elong Power") completed its merger with TMT Acquisition Corp, a U.S. special-purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") and was officially listed on NASDAQ under the stock code "ELPW".Han Kun represented Elong Power throughout the course of the De-SPAC Merger and provided legal services, including acting as the PRC counsel to Elong Power in connection with the De-SPAC Merger and completing the overseas listing filings with CSRC ...

Recently, Asian Legal Business ("ALB"), the world's leading legal magazine under Thomson Reuters, released ALB Hong Kong Rising Stars 2024.  Among them is Mr. Rio Li, a partner with Han Kun Law Offices LLP (Han Kun Hong Kong).Mr. Rio Li has specialized in the area of commercial dispute resolution since he began practicing law ...

On November 20, 2024, The Legal 500, the world's renowned legal directory, released its 2025 rankings of PRC law firms.  The rankings honor Han Kun by highly recommending 98 of the firm's lawyers (with 139 honors in total) and 20 practice areas, including eight areas recognized as "Tier 1", the highest designation ...

On November 18, 2024, LexisNexis announced its 2024 "LexisNexis 40 Under 40" list for mainland China.  The list recognizes young legal professionals 40 years of age or younger who show a tremendous potential to grow and the motivation to lead the development of the legal sector in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Lin Zhou was named to the list, owing to her standout professional services.With over 15 years of experience in fund formation and asset management-related practice areas, Ms ...

November 14, 2024, Beijing, China – Today, Han Kun Law Offices released the Han Kun 2022-2023 Fund Practice Data Analysis Report (the "Report").  From 2022 to 2023, the international environment proved to be both complicated and severe, with unexpected factors  and certain fluctuations in China's economic activity.  These negativities notwithstanding, there were some bright spots ...

The well-known London-based legal publisher, Law Business Research, recently published the 13th edition of Lexology In-Depth: Asset Management (formerly known as The Asset Management Review).  Han Kun, as the exclusively invited Chinese law firm, has contributed to the China chapter for five consecutive years.  This year, Han Kun partners Ms. Lin Zhou, Mr. TieCheng Yang, Ms. Yin Ge, and Ms. Yao (Ally) Hu co-authored the China chapter of the book ...

Han Kun Law Offices represented AsiaInfo Security (688225.SH), a company listed on China's STAR Market, in successfully completing the acquisition of a controlling interest in AsiaInfo Technologies (01675.HK), a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.  This transaction marks the first major asset restructuring of a STAR Market-listed company acquiring a Hong Kong-listed company ...

The well-known London-based legal publisher Law Business Research recently published its eighth edition of Lexology In-Depth The Initial Public Offerings(2024). Han Kun partners Ms. Zhang Zhao authored the China chapter. Han Kun was the only PRC-headquartered law firm to contribute to the book ...

On October 31, 2024, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced the finalists for its ALB China Regional Law Awards 2024: South China & Central China, which is open to "local" law firms headquartered in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei and Hunan, and "non-local" law firms headquartered in other regions with branches/offices in South China and East China ...

On October 31, 2024, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2024 Client Choice: Top 15 Finance Lawyers".  The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional finance lawyers in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Yi Ding was named to the list.Reasons for selection: Mr ...

On October 31, 2024, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2024 Power List: Top 15 IP Lawyers".  The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional IP lawyers in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Jian Zhang was named to the list.Reasons for selection: In her 17 years of legal practice, Ms ...

Han Kun Law Offices LLP ("Han Kun Hong Kong"), as Hong Kong legal advisors, represented Jiangsu Lopal Tech. Co., Ltd. ("LOPAL TECH", Stock Code: 02465.HK & 603906.SH) in connection with its global offering in Hong Kong and Regulation S offering of an aggregate of 100,000,000 H shares. The H shares of LOPAL TECH are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Guotai Junan Capital Limited and Halcyon Capital Limited acted as joint sponsors ...

Han Kun Law Offices has recently served as the PRC legal advisor to the underwriters, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, and CICC, in connection with WeRide Inc.'s (Stock Code: WRD) U.S. initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market.WeRide is a global leader in the autonomous driving industry and is dedicated to providing autonomous driving products and services ...