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China Practice, Global Vision
Han Kun is a leading full-service law firm in China. Over the years, Han Kun has been widely recognized as a leader in complex cross-border and domestic transactions.

Culture, Media and Entertainment

Han Kun's culture, media and entertainment team consists of legal professionals possessing extensive expertise and insightful understandings of the culture, media and entertainment industry.

Domestic and International Capital Markets

Han Kun is a leading PRC law firm for capital markets and is recognized as an expert in the field.

Energy, Minerals and Environmental Protection

Our team in energy (including traditional energy and new energy), minerals and environmental protection comprises more than ten experienced professionals who are graduates of top law schools both in China and abroad. They are equipped with excellent legal writing skills and are able to conduct negotiations in English, French, and other foreign languages. Our partners all have more than ten years of practice experience, specializing in energy, minerals, environmental protection industries and other related fields.

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Professional legal team and extensive project experience

Mergers and Acquisitions

Han Kun's mergers and acquisitions practice leads the market in numerous authoritative legal rankings.

Outbound Investment

We represent clients in their overseas equity and asset acquisitions and direct investments.

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Professionals

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Precise and Efficient, Professional and Practical
Han Kun has more than 700 professionals located in six offices, in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Haikou, Wuhan and Hong Kong. Our lawyers are graduates of top universities and have extensive experience as counsel to both Chinese and foreign clients in complex cross-border transactions.

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Legal Mind, Business Sense
Han Kun specializes in a full range of practice areas. Combined with cutting-edge practical experience, our professionals provide clients with timely interpretation of legislative trends, legal practices, and hot legal issues.

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We Defend Reason, Full of Passion
Han Kun has always been committed to providing clients with legal services that efficiently and practically solve their complex legal problems in a rapidly evolving legal environment. Our network of offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Haikou, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York City, Silicon Valley and London
provide seamless, diversified professional legal services across localities and regions to help our clients achieve their objectives and to continually meet new challenges.

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Inclusive and People-oriented
Han Kun has a high-quality team of lawyers and offers compensation packages that are highly competitive in the market. Our offices are all located in first-class office buildings and boast superior office environments. We promote harmonious interpersonal relationships, an easy-going work environment, and a people-oriented corporate culture. We look forward to you joining us!

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Han Kun imparts excellence and pursues brilliance-we are legal counsel you can count on at any time.

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The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 highly recommends multiple Han Kun lawyers and practice areas

2025-11-20

On November 19, 2025, The Legal 500, the world's renowned legal directory, released its 2026 rankings of PRC law firms. The rankings honor Han Kun by highly recommending the firm's lawyers (with 180 honors in total) and 23 practice areas, including eight areas recognized as "Tier 1", the highest designation.

Eight Tier 1 practice areas:

Private equity
Corporate and M&A
Capital markets
Investment funds
TMT
Data protection
Fintech
Intellectual property: contentious

Fifteen recommended practice areas:

Antitrust and competition
Banking and finance
Life sciences and healthcare
Intellectual property: non-contentious
Regulatory/compliance
Real estate and construction
Dispute resolution: Litigation
Dispute resolution: Arbitration
Tax
Labor and employment
- Projects and energy
Private Wealth
Restructuring and insolvency
PRC firms in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Capital markets (equity)

Ranked/highly recommended lawyers (with 180 honors in total) (in alphabetical order by surname):

Private equity

Yijun Chao, Cheng Chen, Chao (Kelvin) Gao, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Wei (David) Li, Sheng Li, Yipu Li, Yunge (Paula) Liu, Zaiguang Lu, Jicong (Vincent) Song

Corporate and M&A

Chaoying (Charles) Li, Yunge (Paula) Liu, Zaiguang Lu, Shuting Qi, Zhihua (David) Tang, Ying (Gloria) Xu, Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou, Robin Zhang, Hua Zhong, Yifan Ding

Capital markets

Yijun Chao, Dafei Chen, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Jianhui Li, Tao Li, Jiaxin Liu, Jin Wang, Zhe (Jason) Wang, Ping Xu, Bing Xue, Haoxiang Wang, Hanmeng Li, Keye Chen

Investment funds

Min Luo, Jin Qian, Lu Ran, Jicong (Vincent) Song, Lin Zhou, Xiao Ding, Zhehao Li, Zhihao Pei, Pengxiang Zhang,

TMT

Yijun Chao, Chao (Kelvin) Gao, Wei (Vivian) He, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Wei (David) Li, Sheng Li, Zaiguang Lu, Zhichao (Kevin) Duan, Danmin Hong

Data protection

Zhichao (Kevin) Duan, Michelle Gon, Zhihua (David) Tang, Yan Wang, Min Zhu, Yuting Wang

Fintech

Xun Li, Wei Quan, Jun Zhu, Yingyu Xia

Antitrust and competition

Chen Ma, Da Shi, Shipo (Angus) Xie, Xiao Guo

Banking and finance

Yi Ding, Rong Fang, Yin Ge, Shu Wang, Tiecheng Yang, Jun Zhu

Life sciences and healthcare

Yinshi Cao, Aaron Gu, Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou, Liming Yuan, Min Zhu, Shuhan Luo

Intellectual property: Non-contentious

Wei (Vivian) He, Rui Luo, Yan Wang, Lili Wu

Intellectual property: Contentious

Wei (Vivian) He, Rui Luo, Yan Wang, Lili Wu

Regulatory/compliance

Michelle Gon, Weiheng Jia, Chen Ma, Zhaojun (Sophie) Shi, Zhihua (David) Tang, Jolie Yan, Xinjie Li, Ying Huang

Real estate and construction

Shiwen (Stephen) Dong, Rong Fang

Dispute resolution: Litigation

Xiaoming Deng, Will Huang, Bofu Li, Dong (Eric) Liu, Wei (Vincent) Sun, Yang You, Yaxing Zhang, Ying Zeng

Dispute resolution: Arbitration

Xianglin Chen, Dong (Eric) Liu, Wei (Vincent) Sun, Adrian Yip

Tax

Dongni (Ruby) Jiang, Jing (Gilbert) Shen, Shiye Yuan

Labor and employment

Wei (Will) Huang, Weiheng Jia, Lifeng Lu, Marinda Liang, Xiu Pei, Tingji Zhou

Projects & energy

Rong Fang, Tao Lan, Xiao Li, Xiaodi Nie, Xin (Gloria) Wang, Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou, Jessie Dong

Private Wealth

Dongni Jiang, Huiyi Song

Hong Kong: Capital markets (equity)

Steve Lin, Tao Li, Felix Miao

Hong Kong: Capital markets (debt)

Alex Tao

PRC firms in Hong Kong

Ethle Tang, Tao Li, Felix Miao, Alex Tao, Allen Zhang, Jenny Li