Press Releases

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 ...

On October 25, 2024, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") formally announced its "2024 ALB China Regional Ranking: Yangtze River Delta Firms".  The ranking identifies leading law firms for their practices in regional markets and comprises two categories: law firms headquartered in the Yangtze River Delta region and those not headquartered there but which have branches/offices in the region ...

Han Kun Law Offices LLP ("Han Kun Hong Kong") has advised Foshan Sanshui Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd.‎ ("Sanshui Development Group") on its CNY1.6 billion green bonds (the "Bonds") offshore offering as the issuer's international counsel as to English law and Hong Kong law.The coupon rate of the Bonds is 3 ...

Han Kun Law Offices ("Han Kun") is pleased to announce that Mr. Steve Lin has recently joined the firm.  His addition will further enhance Han Kun's capital markets capabilities.Mr ...

On October 21, 2024, Asian Legal Business ("ALB"), the world's leading legal magazine under Thomson Reuters, released its 2024 ranking of China's Top Female Lawyers.  The list highlights 15 female lawyers in mainland China who have delivered high-quality work in their legal practices and earned accolades from their clients.  Han Kun lawyer Ms. Gloria Xu is among them.Specializing in navigating complex domestic and cross-border transactions, Ms ...

On October 15, 2024, China Business Law Journal ("CBLJ") announced the winners of its China Business Law Awards 2024 Regional Awards ...

Han Kun, as PRC legal counsel to the issuer, advised Meituan (Stock Code: 3690) on its $2.5 billion offshore notes offering.Meituan is China's leading platform for local commerce ...

In October 2024, AstraGenomics announced its strategic alliance with a prominent player in the global seed industry.  Han Kun Law Offices served as AstraGenomics' transactional and intellectual property (IP) legal advisor for the collaboration, providing comprehensive legal services.About AstraGenomicsAstraGenomics is an innovative biotechnology company committed to advancing groundbreaking gene editing technologies ...

The world's leading legal directory Chambers and Partners recently published its Healthcare: Medical Devices Global Practice Guide (2024) (the "Guide").  Han Kun exclusively contributed the China chapter (Trends and Developments) of the Guide.  The contributors include Yang (Aaron) Gu, Pengfei You, Leyi Wang, and Shuwen Sun ...

Han Kun Law Offices represented BingEx Limited ("BingEx", NASDAQ: FLX), as PRC counsel to the issuer, in connection with the initial public offering and listing of its ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market.BingEx is a leading on-demand dedicated courier service provider in China ...