On June 23, 2025, Asian Legal Business (ALB) announced its annual list of China Top 15 Rising Lawyers. 15 ambitious young lawyers from across China are highlighted because of their potential to become the next power players in the legal industry. Their growing record of achievements, coupled with their expanding client portfolios, make a solid case for why they have what it takes to climb to the top. This year, Han Kun partner Chunyan He has been named as one of the China Top 15 Rising Lawyers.
Ms. He focuses her practice on corporate litigation, securities litigation, securities compliance, and general civil and commercial dispute resolution. Ms. He is skilled at handling all kinds of difficult and complex dispute resolution cases, especially securities litigation/compliance, corporate litigation, real estate and construction disputes, financial disputes, and contract and tort disputes. She has a solid theoretical foundation in civil and commercial law and provides perennial legal counsel services to many large state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. Ms. He has represented clients in hundreds of litigation cases, with the total amounts in dispute surpassing RMB 10 billion. She has handled a number of nationwide landmark cases, including: a civil compensation case for misrepresentation of securities of a listed company, which is known as the first major case of claims involving A-shares; a civil compensation case of an A-share listed company exempted from compensation for securities misrepresentation; the first administrative supervision case in the securities industry; a series of cases of a nationally renowned beverage company over control and equity disputes, which were also the first series of civil and commercial cases of first instance since the establishment of the Supreme People's Court; the first case in which a court determined that a company's interests were not damaged by a shareholder's failure to disclose information regarding an offshore equity holding on behalf of others in a listed company involving VIE structure; and the case of a dispute over the ownership of the "Ming Dynasty Cellar", which is the core asset of a nationally renowned listed company in the liquor industry.
The China Top 15 Rising Lawyers were selected from hundreds of applications from law firms across China. The list was chosen based on the following criteria:
1. Significant achievements;
2. Important deals or cases;
3. Significant work in the last 12 months;
4. Clients the candidate has acted for;
5. Significant accolades the candidate has received for work in the form of public recognition, awards;
6. Clients' comments and colleagues' comments.
To be considered a Rising Lawyer, individuals need to either be under the age of 40 or have no more than 15 years of professional legal experience.
