On May 23, 2025, Asian Legal Business ("ALB") formally announced its "2025 ALB China Regional Ranking: South China Client Choice". Han Kun partner Adrian Lv, who is based in the firm's Shenzhen office, was honored in the rankings due to his standout practice.
Mr. Lv specializes in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity, capital market transactions, foreign direct investment, offshore investment, ESOPs, and general corporate matters. During his over 16 years of practice, Mr. Lv has been delivering quality legal services to his clients, having developed extensive experience and specialist insights, particularly in the new economy sectors. He has provided a wide range of legal services for various large- and medium-scale state-owned/private enterprises, listed companies, multinational corporations, institutional investors, etc., covering industries such as TMT, finance, hi-tech, biomedicine, energy, electricity, logistics, real estate, construction, education, retail, apparel, agricultural products, food, and chemicals. Mr. Lv has also represented numerous well-known domestic and overseas companies as their long-term external legal counsel and has accumulated extensive experience in handling corporate matters.
Mr. Lv has been consistently recognized by leading global legal directories such as The Legal 500, ALB and CLECSS:
China Regional Ranking: South China Rising Lawyer (ALB, 2023)
Shortlisted for Young Lawyer of the Year: South China & Central China (ALB, 2022)
Shortlisted for Young Lawyer of the Year – China (ALB, 2017)
Next Generation Partner in TMT (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2019-2022)
Next Generation Lawyer in Corporate and M&A (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2019)
Recommended Lawyer in Real estate and construction (The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2016)
Client Choice: Top 15 Regional Stars (Legalband, 2024)
Top Legal Practitioners in the Greater Bay Area (CLECSS, 2023)
The ALB China Regional Ranking: South China Firms & Rising Lawyers is open to law firms headquartered in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan ("South China"), and law firms headquartered in other provinces with branches or offices in South China. ALB developed the Client Choice ranking by referring to client recommendations, editorial resources, market observation and an on-line survey. The ranking aims to showcase lawyers in South China who have, beyond their professional competence, endeared themselves to clients through their high level of service.