Press Releases

Sam Wong and Becky Hui from Han Kun Law Offices LLP updated the Fourth Edition of the Butterworths Hong Kong Partnership Law Handbook.This edition covers recent legal and regulatory developments affecting partnerships, limited partnerships, and business registration in Hong Kong. It provides an authoritative and comprehensive annotated guide to the core legal framework governing partnerships, limited partnerships and business registration in Hong Kong ...

With a Cologne-based team led by Dr. Pär Johansson, HEUKING advised HiOffice Group GmbH, a portfolio company of funds advised by ODEWALD KMU III, on the acquisition of fach.digital GmbH (Germany) and, working alongside Austrian counsel at bpv Hügel, on the acquisition of Morawitz Consulting GmbH (Austria). fach.digital GmbH and Morawitz Consulting GmbH are among the leading specialized providers of digital (social) recruiting for skilled professionals ...

A cross-location HEUKING team led by Dr. Philipp Jansen advised HL Display AB on the legal aspects of concluding an agreement to acquire the Deinzer Group, a full-service provider of tailor-made POS display solutions for retailers and brand suppliers. The completion of the acquisition is subject to the usual closing conditions, including approval by the competition authorities ...

On the February 10, 2026 episode of the American Lawyer’s Legal Speak podcast, Partner Geoffrey Potter joins Patrick Smith to discuss his work in global brand protection as leader of the firm’s Anti-Counterfeiting practice. In the episode, Geoffrey highlights how to hunt down counterfeiters and the important criminal prosecutions that have been brought against the leaders of these profitable criminal schemes ...

On February 7, 2026, renowned legal directory LegalOne announced its "Yangtze River Delta Special Awards 2025", which aims to recognize outstanding legal professionals and institutions in the region.  Han Kun won multiple law firm and not-for-profit awards in the Yangtze River Delta based on the firm's deep expertise and extensive practice experience in legal services in the Yangtze River Delta ...

We are proud to announce that Eric Wilhelm and Shaleen Brewer have been named in AZ Big Media’s recognition of “The Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona for 2026”. This recognition identifies the legal professionals shaping the state’s business, civic, and economic landscape ...

Bradley’s Government Contracts Practice Group was featured in Law360 after being named a 2025 “Practice Group of the Year.” The recognition marks the third consecutive year and the fourth time overall that Bradley has earned this award, including in 2024, 2023, and 2021. The annual Law360 Practice Groups of the Year awards recognize the groups that worked on the largest deals or achieved the biggest wins in the most important cases over the past year ...

On February 3, 2026, Zonsen PepLib Biotech Inc. ("PepLib") announced that it has entered a global research and development (R&D) collaboration and license agreement with Eli Lilly and Company ("Lilly"). Under the agreement, both parties will jointly advance the development of novel peptide-based drug candidates leveraging PepLib's robust and diverse proprietary peptide libraries and discovery technology platforms ...

The venture capital (VC) team led by Düsseldorf-based HEUKING partner Dr. Patrick Müller provided legal advice to the HealthTech start-up hellomed Group GmbH in a successful Seed II financing round. hellomed raised a total of around €6 million, which will be used to expand its digital medication management solution (hellomedOS) ...

Centre Testing International Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 300012, "CTI") has reached an agreement with the globally renowned investment institution, Carlyle Group, to complete the acquisition of 100% equity of Safety SA TopCo Proprietary Limited ("Safety SA"), a leading testing, inspection, certification and training (TICT) service provider in South Africa ...

Mech I Tronic S.r.l. ("MIT"), a world-leading Italian enterprise specializing in the design and production of customized mechatronic solutions for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and packaging industries, has completed the acquisition of Colamark Asia Limited, the Hong Kong holding company of the Guangdong-based automation equipment manufacturer Colamark Group ("Colamark") ...

Han Kun Law Offices has served as the PRC legal counsel to the sole sponsor in relation to Shenzhen Han's CNC Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳市大族数控科技股份有限公司) ("Han's CNC", Stock Codes: 301200.SZ, 3200.HK) in its proposed public offering and listing of H shares on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.  Han Kun's PRC legal services contributed to Han's CNC becoming the first A+H PCB high-end specialized equipment manufacturer ...

Bradley partner Robert Maddox was recognized in the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Who’s Who in Banking” list for 2026. The annual list honors the leading banking professionals and executives in the Magic City who serve as the foundation of security and leadership in the banking sector ...

On February 5, 2026, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2026 Client Choice: Top 15 White-Collar Crime & Commercial Crime Lawyers".  The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional white collar and commercial crime lawyers in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Ms. Jolie Yan was named to the list.Reasons for selection: Ms ...

On February 5, 2026, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2026 Client Choice: Top 15 Investment Dispute Resolution Lawyers".  The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional investment dispute resolution lawyers in mainland China.  Han Kun partner Ms. Ying Zeng was named to the list.Lawyer's profile: Ms ...

On February 5, 2026, Everest Medicines (HKEX: 1952) announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Shaanxi Micot Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd.  ("Micot") to commercialize MT1013 in China and the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan). According to the agreement, Everest Medicines will pay Micot an upfront payment of RMB 200 million, as well as potential regulatory and commercial milestone payments of up to RMB 1.04 billion ...

Polina Perova, Advocate, MCIArb, took part in the winter conference "Escaping the Whiteout: Dealing with Off-Piste Risk Factors in Corporate/M&A and Corporate Litigation" of International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), held from January 14 to 17, 2026, at the foot of Mont Blanc – in Courmayeur, Italy ...

Pravo.ru has published the "Corporate Digest for December – January: Change of Domodedovo Owner and New Rules for Participatory Shares", where experts from law firms commented on high-profile cases and provided their recommendations ...

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) advised Holcim Romania on the acquisition of Uranus Pluton SRL, a granite quarry operator active since 2004 in Tulcea county.NNDKP assisted Holcim Romania at every stage of the transaction, from conducting due diligence on the target and its mining operations to advising on the negotiation of the share sale and purchase agreement, as well as drafting and reviewing the relevant contractual documentation ...

Basham, Ringe y Correa, Mexican law firm Basham, Ringe y Correa has announced the renewal of its Executive Committee following an internal election process carried out in accordance with the firm’s governance rules and long-standing institutional practices. As a result of this process, Amílcar Peredo has been appointed Managing Partner (Socio Administrador), while Juan Carlos Serra has been elected as Co-Managing Partner (Socio Administrador Adjunto) ...

Margarita Egiazarova, PhD in Law, Partner and Head of the Labour Practice at ALRUD, has published an analytical article in the journal Labour Disputes, focusing on current judicial trends in disputes related to employee-initiated termination. The article examines the latest approaches of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to assessing whether an employee’s resignation was genuinely voluntary ...

In its ruling of January 12, 2026, the Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled in the first instance that two companies of the Supratec Group and five managing directors infringed the German part of European patent EP 2 473 258 B1. The defendants have appealed against the ruling of the Regional Court. A decision on the patent nullity action filed by Supratec with the Federal Patent Court in Munich is still pending ...

Bradley’s Christy W. Hancock has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers (ACCFSL). The new class of fellows will be recognized in Atlanta at the ACCFSL’s annual dinner on April 18, 2026, held in conjunction with the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee Spring Meeting. Ms ...

Han Kun has served as the PRC legal counsel to China International Capital Corporation Limited as independent financial advisor to Zhejiang Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 002761) in the company's share issuance for asset acquisition and concurrent fundraising project.  The transaction price for this deal was RMB 1.283 billion, with a total of RMB 450 million raised in supporting funds.Zhejiang Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd ...

On February 2, 2026, China Securities Credit Information Technology Co., Ltd. ("CSCI DMI") officially announced the results of its 2025 "CSCI DMI Annual Chinese Institutions Offshore Bonds Awards".  With outstanding performance and remarkable achievements in the field of offshore bond legal services over the past year, Han Kun was awarded "Best Legal Counsel (CN)", and three transactions Han Kun handled won "Best IG Deal" and "Best Dim Sum Bond Deal" of the year, respectively ...