On January 19, 2025, GRCD China officially announced the final list of awardees for the "2024 GRCD China Overseas Lawyer of the Year" recognition, honoring outstanding lawyers active in the field of corporate overseas expansion. Han Kun Partner Sun Wei was named to the list.
Mr. Sun Wei specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration, cross-border dispute resolution, and banking and finance. With extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, he has handled numerous high-stakes, complex, and influential cases over the years, including financial disputes, equity investment disputes, private fund disputes, and international commercial disputes. He provides domestic and cross-border dispute resolution support to financial institutions, private funds, multinational corporations, and domestic enterprises. Mr. Sun also serves as an arbitrator and mediator for several prominent arbitration institutions, such as the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and China Sports Arbitration Commission. He has presided over or acted as sole arbitrator in arbitration cases involving financial disputes, corporate governance disputes, private fund conflicts, investment disagreements, and cross-border issues. Additionally, Mr. Sun has advised institutional clients on matters related to domestic and international investments, financial institution governance, private funds, syndicated loans, and cross-border financing. Renowned for his sharp commercial acumen, judgment, adaptability, and negotiation skills, he has long served renowned domestic and international clients and maintained collaborative relationships with leading global law firms to provide legal support for investors worldwide.
Mr. Sun has been consistently recognized by authoritative global legal rating agencies. He was consecutively named a "Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration" by The Legal 500 for two years, listed among the "Top 100 Elite Lawyers in China" by China Business Law Journal for three consecutive years, named by the PRC Ministry of Justice to its 2018 list of 1,000 foreign-related legal case experts, and included in the All China Lawyers Association's "Leading Foreign-Related Lawyers in China" in 2016.
GRCD is a Singapore-headquartered professional media organization focused on corporate governance, risk management, and compliance, with offices across the Asia-Pacific region. The 2024 GRCD China Overseas Lawyer of Year list was compiled based on GRCD's tracking and research into China's corporate overseas legal services market, reviewed and approved by the Asia Pacific Media Foundation. It recognizes top lawyers from leading law firms active in China and Southeast Asia, including 20 lawyers registered with mainland Chinese firms and 15 registered with Southeast Asian firms.
