Han Kun Law Offices is ranked ‘Outstanding’ in corporate and M&A, investment funds and private equity. The firm has also earned a reputation in capital markets for its performance in representing both domestic and international clients from various emerging industries. Its aviation finance team, on the other hand, is experienced in advising both Chinese and foreign lessors as well as Chinese and foreign banks in their leasing and finance of commercial aircraft and business jets to Chinese airlines. Based in the firm’s Beijing and Shenzhen office, partner Chaoying (Charles) Li is experienced in public and private financings, M&A, incorporation and corporate restructuring, foreign direct investment, and intellectual property protection. During the research period, Jianhui Li, Xiaoxue (Dana) Wu, Qing (Nick) Shu, Dongni Jiang and Jing (Gilbert) Shen joined the firm as partners. The firm welcomed five partners to enhance its practices across M&A, private equity and investment fund in the last 12 months: Ping Xu and Jianhui Li from Tian Yuan Law Firm, Yan Xia from Shihui Partners, Sheldon Chen and Clarence Chung from Llinks Law Offices.
Client feedback
“Professional, efficient, extensive experienced and very easy to talk with.” – Aviation
“Their professionalism and hard work make our aircraft delivery smoothly and efficiently.” – Aviation
“Han Kun Law Offices always provides us with prompt and practicable legal advice, helping us to cope with various legal issues and support the business team effectively.” – Banking and finance
“They always find solutions to dilemmas to facilitate the transaction. Good at communication for both sides when negotiating.” – Banking and finance
“Responsive and professional.” – Capital markets
“They provided very comprehensive proposals to protect our interests in either negotiation or in closing the deal. They efficiently and promptly provide feedback every time we ask for help. They have deep understanding of the consumer market.” – Capital markets
“Han Kun is familiar with the competition regulation in China and the best practice to deal with the regulator. Han Kun is excellent in the preparation of the filing documents – the team can always spot the key issues to address in the responses to the regulators' queries and propose the most pragmatic and appropriate way to address the issues.” – Competition/antitrust
“A top-tier full-service law firm with many legal elites and sophisticated and seasoned legal professionals. Among the years co-working with the firm, it did not take too long to have me fully convinced and therefore ensured of the deep trust in the firm and the partners on not only retaining them to do any project on routine or urgent base, but also establishing a profound friendship, professional-wise and private-wise.” – Corporate and M&A
“Han Kun provides very helpful and thoughtful advice in all the assignments I gave them.” – Corporate and M&A
“Professional, result-oriented, responsive, skilful and strategic.” – Dispute resolution
“Sound abilities on analysing the complex case and solid preparation of the evidence.” – Dispute resolution
“Quite responsive. Strong commercial sense.” – Investment funds
“Solid legal knowledge, very responsive and professional.” – Labour and employment
“With their professional lawyers, they actively defended for us, did rigorous research within the domain and dug out good old cases which provided us with advantages during the trial.” – Media and entertainment
“Very professional and efficient.” – Private equity
“Han Kun Law Offices provided exceptional legal services throughout the entire process. Their expertise in the intricacies of private equity transactions and their understanding of the specific challenges and regulations within the life sciences industry were evident in their work.” – Private equity
“The Han Kun team have outstanding legal skills and are especially good at dealing with transactions with complicated structure. They are client-focused. They are very responsive and always work around the clock.” – Private equity
“Quick response, first priority, practical and commercially driven, professional.” – Real estate
“Professional, timely response, deep industry knowledge, client-oriented.” – Regulatory
“In addition to professionalism and highly sophisticated skills, Michelle's team knows well about corporate operation and pain points. They can provide landing solutions.” – Regulatory
“Accurate legal services. They have the ability to solve problems and have a positive service attitude.” – Tax
Xiaoming Deng
“Mr. Deng is very professional in securities litigation, especially the area of securities misrepresentation and fraud. I think he is one of the best lawyers in this area in China. Mr. Deng has great enthusiasm for his profession. He is always glad to discuss the question I asked.”
Yi Ding
“Good at communication, can always find a solution when negotiation has come to a dead end.”
Shiwen Dong
“Has a strong sense of problem-solving.”
Chaoying Li
“Chaoying Li always handles our sophisticated legal issues and coordinates the resources we need inside Han Kun.”
Huhuan Li
“He works professionally and highly efficiently.”
Sheng Li
“Responsive and professional.”
Zeda Lin
“Lin offers very good legal advice.”
Liyu Jin
“Good communication skills, rich experience in handling arbitration.”
Denling Jin
“Professional, problem-solving, skilful, strategic and responsive.”
Michelle Gon
“Michelle's leadership and ownership is strong. She responds swiftly with abundant experience.”
Jin Qian
“Strong commercial sense. Responsive. Good local knowledge. Qian also provides regular follow-ups and newsletters for legal developments.”
Vincent Song
“Song’s comprehensive understanding of the consumer market and our company makes him always provide good advice. Song is very professional in terms of fund raising and company legal structure set up. He is efficient and always on call to provide feedback.”
Dan Sun
“Sun has good communication skills, full knowledge of both the legal regulations and company. Sun also has a trouble-shooting attitude.”
David Tang
“A top legal practitioner with marvellous leadership.”
Huan Wang
“Huan has been our first choice of legal counsel for over 10 years. He is also a well-known lawyer in capital markets and private equity in China in the TMT sector and traditional industries. Huan has deep professional knowledge in various sectors with high flexibility in problem solving.”
Dana Wu
“Wu is very reliable and knowledgeable. She is the go-to person when our company comes across tough legal matters. She also maintains a good relationship with her colleagues and can always find the right person to advise us when it comes to an area with which she is not familiar.”
Shu Wang
“Ms. Wang Shu is skilled, fantastic and outstanding in the areas.”
“Wang is very professional, efficient, extensively experienced and very easy to talk with.”
Angus Xie
“Angus's expertise in competition law is commendable, with a deep knowledge of the legal framework and antitrust regulations in China. Angus is familiar with international transactions and is able to provide insightful and effective legal advice to foreign clients. Angus and his team's analytical skills and attention to detail enable them to provide insightful and effective legal advice to clients. They are renowned for their strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities. They consistently demonstrate professionalism, integrity and a client-centric approach in their practice, ensuring that their clients' needs are met effectively and efficiently.”
Liming Yuan
“With extensive corporate M&A experience, state-of-the-art drafting skills and a deep understanding of client needs, Liming provides customised legal support to always get the job done right.”
Li Zhang
“Li demonstrated a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape governing private equity investments.”
Ting Zheng
“Ting is very responsive and has solid banking-related knowledge in a quite broad way, no matter whether data-related or just loan-related.”
Work highlights
Advised China Structural Reform Fund on its investment in the Series A equity financing of Aion, a leader in China's new energy vehicle market. With total financing of around Rmb18.29 billion, this is the highest equity financing amount in one round of equity financing in the new energy vehicle market in recent years.
Key clients
Beneunder, L’Oreal, Qiming Venture Partners, Vickers Venture Partners
Work highlights
Advised one of China’s largest internet companies on managing and prosecuting its global patent portfolio.
Advising Hitachi ABB Power Grids on its patent prosecution, handling transfer of 300 patent applications after ABB merged with Hitachi.
Work highlights
Representing a trust company in suing Herun Group, China Civil Investment and other defendants over trust loans and share repurchases involving more than Rmb500 million ($68.5 million).
Represented Garmin, a Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company, in a Rmb17 million litigation case against Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company.
Key clients
Rioglass Solar, Sino-Maple (Jiangsu).
Work highlights
Acted as the GP counsel to BOC Investment Private Fund Management in its formation of its Science and Innovation Cooperation Development Fund.
Represented YuanBio Venture Capital in the formation of its fourth RMB main fund.
Advised Micro Connect on the formation and operation of its China investment platform. Micro Connect has created daily revenue contracts as a new asset class for direct and diversified exposure to the daily, transparent cash flows from millions of stores in China’s vibrant consumer economy, while making capital more accessible and affordable to business owners.
Key clients
Capital O, CICC Capital, Goldstone Investment, Monolith Management
Work highlights
Represented the National IC Industry Investment Fund Phase II in its establishment of a joint venture, Changjiang Storage Phase II Technology.
Advised Corporate Service Company on corporate and regulatory matters on the acquisition of Intertrust.
Represented Wallaby Medical Holding in its acquisition of Phenox and Femtos.
Key clients
CITIC Capital, Founder of China Pearl Global, JD, Toppan Photomask
Work highlights
Acted as the PRC counsel for Tencent Music Entertainment Group on its listing by way of introduction on the main board of HKEX.
Represented Lotus Technology on its de-SPAC and proposed business combination with L Catterton Asia Acquisition.
Acts as the PRC counsel to Li Auto on its up to an aggregate of $2 billion of American Depositary Receipt shares through the US at-the-market offering.
Advised TH International on its overseas listing and offering on Nasdaq via a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company.
Acted as the data compliance counsel to Zhejiang Leapmotor for its IPO in Hong Kong.
Key clients
China International Capital Corporation, CMBC Securities Company, Goldman Sachs (Asia), KE Holdings, NIO, Morgan Stanley Asia
Work highlights
Advised Permira Advisers Group Holdings on its China merger filing for its proposed acquisition of shares of McAfee Corp, the world’s leading security software and solution provider, together with Advent International Corporation, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Crosspoint Capital Partners. The transaction is one of the largest transactions in the security software sector, with a transaction value of $12 billion.
Assisted Warburg Pincus in the merger filing for a number of transactions, including its acquisition of shares of Duravant, a leading food packaging equipment manufacturer, for approximately $1.5 billion.
Represented Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on the anti-trust filing for its acquisition of the TMF Group.
Key clients
BlackRock, CVC Capital Partners, Li Auto, Robert Bosch
Work highlights
Represented both China Eastern Airlines and CES International Financial Leasing in the finance lease and syndicated financing of one Comac C919 aircraft. The target aircraft is the world's first officially delivered Comac C919 domestic large aircraft, which is of great historical significance.
Represented BOCOMM Leasing in its lease restructuring of more than 20 aircraft on lease to Hainan Group.
Key clients
Avolon, China Merchants Bank Leasing, China Southern Airlines International Financing Lease, ICBC Financial Leasing
Work highlights
Acted as PRC counsel for Novo Holdings in its acquisition of 100% shares of The Ritedose Corporation from Humanwell and AGIC Capital.
Advised Oricell Therapeutics on its red-chip restructuring and Series B financing of over $120 million.
Represented Philips in its investment in and strategic cooperation with Pulse Medical.
Conducted trainings on industry policies and regulatory policies regarding the life sciences and healthcare sector – including but not limited to policies related to clinical trials, licensing in and out transactions, human genetic resources, and cell and gene therapy – to various well-known pharmaceutical companies and investment institutions.
Key clients
Amygdala Scientific, CITIC Capital, Henlius, Legend Capital
Work highlights
Represented Jinyi Capital in its participation in the Rmb6.5 billion+ Series E financing of Chipone Tech.
Advised Shenzhen Adaps Photonics Technology in its Series C financing.
Represent the joint sponsors and the underwriters in the ClouDr Group's IPO in Hong Kong.
Key clients
Eastern Bell Capital, ECARX Holdings, Guangzhou Everbright Youth Venture Capital Equity Investment Partnership, Permira Advisers Group Holdings, Toppan Photomask
