Recently, Asian Legal Business (ALB), a leading legal magazine under Thomson Reuters, officially released its 'Dealmakers of Asia 2025' and 'Litigators of Asia 2025' lists. Due to their outstanding performance and high client satisfaction, Han Kun partner Wei (David) Li was recognized as a Dealmaker of Asia, while partners Wei (Vincent) Sun, Feng Ye, and Dong Zhang were recognized as Litigators of Asia.
Mr. David Li specializes in private equity and venture capital, capital markets, M&A and foreign direct investment. He has extensive experience in the PE and VC industry and has represented numerous well-known foreign and domestic PE and VC funds in their investments in China. Mr. Li has assisted hundreds of companies in connection with private placements, which cover a variety of industry sectors, including the internet, AI, education, biotech, consumer, new energy, gaming, media, and advanced manufacturing. He has also advised a wide range of clients on IPOs on both domestic and overseas stock exchanges and has represented clients in various high-profile M&A deals.
Mr. Li has been consistently recognized by leading global legal directories such as Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR, ALB, and China Law and Practice as a leading lawyer in Venture Capital and Private Equity and TMT.
Mr. Sun Wei specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration, cross-border dispute resolution, and banking and finance. With extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, he has handled numerous high-stakes, complex, and influential cases over the years, including financial disputes, equity investment disputes, private fund disputes, and international commercial disputes. He provides domestic and cross-border dispute resolution support to financial institutions, private funds, multinational corporations, and domestic enterprises. Mr. Sun also serves as an arbitrator and mediator for several prominent arbitration institutions, such as the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and China Sports Arbitration Commission. He has presided over or acted as sole arbitrator in arbitration cases involving financial disputes, corporate governance disputes, private fund conflicts, investment disagreements, and cross-border issues. Additionally, Mr. Sun has advised institutional clients on matters related to domestic and international investments, financial institution governance, private funds, syndicated loans, and cross-border financing.
Mr. Ye focuses his practice on dispute resolution matters and is experienced in dealing with commercial litigation and commercial arbitration cases. Mr. Ye has been engaged as the leading litigator in a large number of high-profile cases in connection with banking and finance, private equity investment, corporate equity, real estate developments, intellectual property infringement, advertising and media, e-sports and e-commerce, and family law. Mr. Ye also serves as an arbitrator at the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, where he has participated in adjudicating a series of commercial disputes. He provides clients with professional, efficient dispute settlement solutions and legal services and was recognized among the Top 15 China Litigators by Asian Legal Business in 2015.
Mr. Zhang focuses on financial and investment, M&A dispute resolution, and international commercial arbitration. He specializes in legal services related to due diligence, investor suitability, fund outsourcing, custody, margin trading, derivatives, and misrepresentation for financial institutions such as securities firms, banks, public mutual funds, private funds, futures companies, and trust companies. Mr. Zhang also provides comprehensive dispute resolution services, including integrated litigation and non-litigation strategies and holistic risk mitigation. He practices in judgment enforcement and debt recovery, including dispute resolution for debt collection, as well as cross-border enforcement and international commercial arbitration. He serves as a registered arbitrator at several arbitration institutions, including the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration.
Asian Legal Business (ALB), a leading legal magazine under Thomson Reuters, is one of the most influential legal media outlets globally. The 2025 ALB Asia Awards recognize outstanding lawyers across the Asia-Pacific region, aiming to honor legal professionals who have demonstrated exceptional performance over the past year.
