On September 1, 2026, IFLR1000, the world-renowned legal directory, published its 2026/27 annual rankings of law firms and lawyers (IFLR1000 36th edition) for mainland China. Owing to the firm's stellar service performance and comprehensive strengths, 38 Han Kun lawyers were highly recommended this year along with nine Han Kun practice areas (covering all surveyed jurisdictions), with six practice areas ranked Tier 1.
The six Tier 1 practice areas are:
Private equity
M&A
Investment funds
Capital markets: Equity
Capital markets: Debt
Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
The other three ranked practice areas are:
Banking and finance
Project development
Restructuring and insolvency
The 38 highly recommended lawyers are (in alphabetical order by surname):
CAO Yinshi: Private equity
CHAO Yijun: Capital markets, Private equity, M&A
CHEN Dafei: M&A, Capital markets: Equity
CHEN Yang: Private equity, M&A
DING Yi: Banking and finance
Stephen DONG: Corporate and M&A
Dong Jie: M&A
FANG Rong: Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization, Project development, M&A
Kelvin GAO: Private equity
GE Yin: Asset Management, Investment funds
Ally HU: Investment Fund, Asset Management
JIA Weiheng: M&A, Private equity, Asset finance, Real estate finance
Charles LI: Private equity, M&A
David LI: Private equity
Joyce LI: M&A
LI Jun: M&A, Private equity
Li Laixiang: Private equity
Sheng LI: M&A
LI Yipu: Private equity
LI Xiao: Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization, REIT
Steve LIN: Capital markets: Equity, Capital markets: Debt
LIN Yixin: M&A
Rae LIU: Corporate and M&A
LUO Shaolin: Private equity, M&A
LU Zaiguang: Private equity
MA Chen: M&A, Project finance
QIAN Jin: Investment funds
RAN Lu: Investment funds
Vincent SONG: Private equity
SONG Wei: Corporate and M&A
David TANG: M&A
WANG Jin: Capital markets: Equity
WANG Shu: Banking and finance
Gloria XU: Private equity
YANG Tiecheng: Banking, Financial services regulatory
Aaron ZHOU: Corporate and M&A, Restructuring and insolvency
ZHOU Lin: Investment funds
ZHU Jun: Banking, Project finance
About IFLR1000:
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