On August 28, 2025, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2025 Under 40: Top 20 Dispute Resolution Lawyers" to showcase the 20 most-favored dispute resolution lawyers in mainland China. Han Kun partners Chunyan He and Zhihao Ye were named to the list.
Reasons for selection: Ms. Chunyan He is highly skilled in handling dispute resolution cases in areas such as corporate, securities, financial asset management, real estate, and construction engineering. Her professional competence and practical project experience are widely recognized. Since entering practice, she has represented clients in numerous cases involving extremely high amounts in dispute, multiple parties, and broad social impact, including but not limited to the first administrative regulatory case in the securities industry and a securities misrepresentation civil compensation case where an A-share listed company was exempted from liability. Ms. He possesses macro-level thinking, acute insight, and proficient legal techniques required to handle major and complex cases. She excels at identifying the crux and essence of issues within intricate case details and provides clients with multidimensional, practical, and actionable legal solutions, assisting them in finding optimal outcomes. This has earned her unanimous acclaim and preference from corporate clients.
"Ms. Chunyan He possesses profound legal expertise, unique jurisprudential insight, and is meticulous, thorough, and responsible in handling cases. In court, she argues on solid legal grounds with clarity, coherence, and composure, delivering powerful defenses and achieving outstanding overall results. When confronted with challenging issues, she demonstrates remarkable judgment and emergency response capabilities, fearlessly taking on difficulties. She is a truly trustworthy lawyer for clients."
Lawyer profile: 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 securities misrepresentation involving 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 a 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.
Reasons for selection: Mr. Zhihao Ye possesses extensive expertise and outstanding service capabilities in the field of dispute resolution. He specializes in handling cases related to trademarks, unfair competition, financial asset management, and the new economy sectors. Over the years, he has served numerous domestic and overseas industry-leading enterprises and well-known financial institutions. In practice, Mr. Ye demonstrates a remarkable ability to quickly and accurately understand clients' commercial needs and litigation objectives. He leads his team in thoroughly clarifying the core issues and legal relationships in each case, leveraging his practical experience and past precedents to develop effective dispute resolution strategies tailored to clients' specific situations, thereby helping them achieve desired outcomes.
"In the litigation cases where we collaborated with him, Mr. Zhihao Ye demonstrated exceptional professionalism and impressive personal integrity. His strong academic prowess is evident not only in his comprehensive grasp of legal substance and procedure but also in his ability to seamlessly integrate profound theoretical knowledge with practical application. He provided highly accurate predictions regarding case trends and assisted us in timely adjusting our litigation strategies. When faced with complex and challenging disputes, he consistently identified the core issues swiftly and precisely—an insight critical to case progression."
Lawyer profile: Mr. Zhihao Ye began his career at Shanghai Young-Ben Law Firm in 2012 and joined Han Kun Law Offices in February 2022. As a seasoned expert in dispute resolution, he offers customized solutions backed by deep legal knowledge and rich practical experience. With over a decade of practice, Mr. Ye has achieved notable results in complex commercial and financial litigation, cross-border commercial arbitration, intellectual property rights protection, and unfair competition disputes. He is particularly adept at handling high-stakes, influential cases of significant complexity.
His clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies, industry leaders, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. The legal services he provides extend beyond traditional litigation and arbitration to encompass high-end non-contentious matters such as the design of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms and the establishment of pre-litigation risk prevention systems, showcasing his comprehensive professional capabilities.
Adhering to the practice philosophy of "business-thinking oriented, solution-first," Mr. Ye excels at organizing complex evidence logic, precisely defining legal relationships, analyzing key issues in precedents and adjudication trends, and translating intricate legal problems into clear and actionable solutions.
With the evolution of new economic models, Mr. Ye has proactively expanded into legal service areas such as cultural, entertainment and media law and the influencer economy. Leveraging his extensive experience in media law, he has established legal risk control systems for top influencer anchors and MCN agencies, providing end-to-end services covering intellectual property protection, commercial contract review, and dispute resolution, continually advancing professional practices in this field.
