On September 10, 2025, Law.com International, a globally renowned legal directory, announced the winners of its 2025 Asia Legal Awards at a ceremony hosted in Singapore. Han Kun won two awards:
Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year – Kevin Duan
Private Equity Lawyer of the Year – Shuting Qi
Mr. Duan is dedicated to providing legal services for data compliance and cybersecurity and has been highly successful in advising on legal matters concerning cybersecurity reviews, IPO data compliance, cross-border data transfers, and the construction of overall corporate data compliance systems. Mr. Duan engaged in academic research for nearly ten years before practicing law and has a hybrid educational background that includes both law and engineering, enabling him to analyze data compliance issues from both technical and legal perspectives to help clients identify compliance gaps in a comprehensive manner and to optimize project plans that can precisely fill in those gaps. Mr. Duan and his team have a deep and thorough understanding of both PRC and foreign data compliance laws and are distinctively adept in handling cross-border legal issues, having shown exceptional expertise in handling many cybersecurity reviews and data compliance matters in multiple overseas listing projects. Mr. Duan is also skilled at advising leading companies in AI, intelligent connected vehicles, cloud computing, SaaS, and other industries on multidisciplinary and cutting-edge issues in terms of data protection, intellectual property, and open source by providing clients with integrated and quality legal services.
Ms. Qi's practice areas include mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity investments, venture capital, and outbound investments.
Ms. Shuting Qi has extensive experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, growth equity investments, divestitures, joint ventures, foreign direct investment and general corporate matters. The projects she has handled cover exceptionally broad industries including healthcare, advanced manufacturing, new energy, finance, retail, consumer goods, real estate, and logistics. Ms. Qi excels at handling various complex cross-border M&A and investment transactions. She has represented private equity and strategic clients in a wide array of business transactions, and by leveraging her professional understanding of M&A and meticulous legal analysis skills, she provides clients with commercially viable, compliant, and practical solutions and business advice. She effectively balances clients' commercial objectives with the interests of all parties with respect to transaction structure and design, ensuring smooth progress and successful closing of deals. Ms. Qi serves as legal counsel to multiple private equity funds, strategic investors, and enterprises for major investment decisions, earning high praise and recognition from her clients.
The Asia Legal Awards is an annual event jointly hosted by ALM media The Asian Lawyer, China Law & Practice, and Law.com International, with the intent to celebrate the region's landmark deals, best-performing law firms, and standout practitioners.
