On January 21, 2025, Asian Legal Business ("ALB"), a world-leading legal directory owned by Thomson Reuters, unveiled its 2025 ALB China Top 15 Cybersecurity & Data Protection Lawyers. Han Kun partner Min Zhu was named to the list, owing to his exceptional performance in the field.
Mr. Zhu concentrates his practice on general corporate and commercial matters, corporate compliance, private equity investment, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. Mr. Zhu has provided legal services for dozens of multinationals, foreign companies, and Chinese companies with respect to their establishment, domestic and overseas investments, as well as regulatory and compliance affairs. The clients Mr. Zhu represents cover a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical services, foods, automobiles, logistics, TMT, retail, and international trade. In the area of cybersecurity and data compliance, Mr. Zhu has served multinationals and local companies in dozens of compliance projects, including data compliance analysis, formulating corporate internal data protection and compliance programs, data legal due diligence, handling data incident crises, and drafting data agreements and standard data protection clauses. Mr. Zhu has served clients in industries covering banking, technology, travel, retail, hospitality, medical services, pharmaceuticals, genetics testing, personal credit evaluation, AI driving, Internet mapping, fund management, online payments, and precision marketing, among others.
With the advancement of technologies like big data and AI, the digital economy has been on the fast track as a major economic pillar of China and the world. An important factor of production with its potential and value proven in socio-economic development, data provides a key impetus to quality development. The laws and regulations in the field of cybersecurity and data protection are evolving with the times, while the market observes more excellent lawyers dedicated in this realm. Against this backdrop, ALB has launched a list of outstanding lawyers specializing in cybersecurity and data protection for the third year in a row. The lawyers on the list cover diverse industries including Internet, finance, energy, pharmaceuticals, and logistics.