As the new year begins, Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce the 2022 promotion of new partners. These new partners are based across Han Kun's offices, covering practice areas such as private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and overseas securities issuances and listings, investment funds and asset management, banking finance, asset securitization, foreign direct investment, real estate and infrastructure, corporate compliance, data protection, employment law, intellectual property, and dispute resolution.
Han Kun is committed to providing young lawyers with opportunities for further development, encouraging them to give full play to their abilities and helping them to quickly excel by providing more opportunities for responsibility and leadership. Han Kun values the vitality of these young lawyers and expects them to contribute to the firm's development by consistently upholding Han Kun's spirit of always aiming high and adhering to our philosophy of professionalism. Facing the new journey in 2022, let us join hands to tackle new challenges and fulfill new expectations!
Chunyan He
Ms. He focuses her practice on corporate litigation, securities litigation, securities compliance, and the resolution of general civil and commercial disputes. Ms. He has established a solid theoretical foundation in civil and commercial law principles and provides perennial legal advisory services for many financial enterprises. She is especially skilled at handling major and difficult cases and has engaged in several nationwide landmark cases in relevant fields. Ms. He is also devoted to the study of commercial and securities litigation theories. She has contributed to the writing of the ACLA Guideline for Legal Practice concerning Civil Compensation Actions arising from Securities-related Misrepresentation, and has published a number of practice articles in related fields.
Qi Wang
Mr. Wang focuses his practice on non-performing asset disposal and disputes related to finance and asset management. He is skilled at handling difficult and complex commercial litigation and arbitration disputes, covering diverse types of cases involving loan contracts, guarantees and other types of securities, equity transfers, corporate investment and mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, among others. He has advised on dispute resolution matters for many companies, including asset management companies, trust companies, futures companies, and fund companies. In addition, Mr. Wang has extensive experience in insurance dispute resolution. He has represented multiple insurance companies in many litigation and arbitration cases, and has advised on several major and complex property insurance claims, providing legal services throughout the entire dispute resolution process.
Zhao Zhang
Ms. Zhang specializes in PRC and non-PRC capital markets, including domestic and overseas listings and refinancing, mergers, acquisitions and restructurings of listed companies, corporate reorganizations, venture capital and private equity, and corporate compliance matters. She is especially experienced in transactions involving state-owned property rights and mixed-ownership reforms of state-owned enterprises. Ms. Zhang's clients mainly consist of listed companies and well-known and fast-growing enterprises in a wide array of industries, such as new energy, life sciences, military, e-commerce, real estate, mining, and chemical technology. Ms. Zhang assists her clients in capital operations, due diligence, transaction structure planning and negotiation, post-investment management, and general corporate matters.
Kemeng Cai
Mr. Cai's practice focuses on the areas of data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, general corporate compliance matters, and private equity financing and transactions. He is mainly responsible for data privacy compliance structure and system design, data-related transactions, due diligence for data compliance, data compliance support for investment, financing and listing projects, as well as structure design, document drafting and negotiation, etc. for private equity financing and transactions. Mr. Cai provides legal advisory services to many well-known multi-national corporations, top Internet enterprises, and start-ups for data compliance and general corporate compliance matters, covering industries such as traditional Internet, Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things, unmanned vehicles, artificial intelligence, advertising, healthcare, finance, and credit investigation. He has also represented a number of PRC and non-PRC funds in completing a variety of private equity financings.
Lin Gui
Ms. Gui mainly focuses on venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, onshore and overseas listings and public offerings, and general corporate matters. She has represented various international and PRC funds in their complex equity investments and mergers and acquisitions and served many companies to complete their domestic and overseas financing transactions. Ms. Gui assists clients in designing transaction structures, drafting transaction documents, and negotiating and handling PRC law-related issues arising in the transactions. Her practice covers a broad range of industry sectors, including TMT, clean energy, consumer goods retail and human resources, and she is skilled at handling various types of investment and financing transactions.
Rong (Reese) Huang
Ms. Huang mainly focuses on venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, insurance fund investment, and general corporate matters. Ms. Huang has provided legal services related to domestic and overseas financing and investment to many private equity funds, venture capital funds, well-known enterprises, insurance companies, as well as start-ups and entrepreneurs in various industries, such as the Internet, technology, insurance, consumer goods, real estate, healthcare, and banking and finance. Her main responsibilities include designing transaction structures, drafting legal documents, and negotiating and resolving PRC law-related issues.
Rui Huang
Ms. Huang specializes in VC/PE financings and investments, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and onshore and overseas listings and restructurings. She has in-depth knowledge of and extensive experience in policies, structure design, capital operation, industrial investment and project operations for relevant industries. Ms. Huang has represented many well-known companies, investment funds, start-ups, and fast-growing companies in a wide variety of cross-border transactions in diverse industries such as telecommunications, the Internet, technology, entertainment and media, consumer goods retail, education and training, manufacturing, biotechnology, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.
Xiao Li
Mr. Li's major practice areas include real estate investment trusts, asset securitization, infrastructure, and real estate M&A, investment and financing. Mr. Li has long engaged in legal practice and research related to real estate investment trusts, asset securitization, and structured financing products and has developed expertise in these areas. He has hosted/participated in projects concerning credit/enterprise asset securitization, asset-backed notes and other asset management or structured financing products, covering nearly all major product types issued on exchanges and the Inter-bank Market, such as quasi-REITs, ABS, CMBS, ABN, and CMBN, many of which were of groundbreaking significance. Mr. Li has extensive experience in project investment, mergers and acquisitions, bulk transactions and public-private partnership projects in industries such as water resources, solid waste, new energy, rental housing, data center, rail transit, express highways, industrial parks, and warehousing and logistics. He is able to provide full-scope services in terms of project investment, asset acquisition, fund establishment, and access to capital markets. He has also provided legal services throughout many real estate mergers and acquisitions, bulk property transactions, and real estate structured financing projects.
Lifeng Lu
Mr. Lu's practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, labor law matters, and corporate compliance matters. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, and has handled various types of cases covering areas such as investment and financing, international trade, real estate and construction, intellectual property, shareholders' rights and interests, product liability, and letters of guarantee. Mr. Lu is also adept in advising clients on labor law matters relating to employee benefits, layoffs, the employment of foreign nationals in China, non-competition, etc., and is experienced in resolving various types of labor disputes.
Jin Qian
Mr. Qian's major practice areas include private equity fund formation, asset management by financial institutions, and insurance funds investment. Mr. Qian began his legal practice nine years ago and has advised many top-tier and fast-growing fund managers on formation, management, and operation of onshore and offshore fund entities, covering various fund types such as private equity funds, private venture capital funds, private securities funds, government industrial funds, and funds of funds. He has also provided legal services to large-scale securities companies and mutual fund companies in China for matters such as formation and compliant operation of funds, and advised large insurance companies on investing in onshore and offshore private funds.
Haoxiang Wang
Mr. Wang's major practice areas include PE/VC investment, mergers and acquisitions, and domestic and overseas securities issuances and listings. Mr. Wang has advised many leading investment funds and Chinese enterprises at different development stages on more than two hundred projects, including financings and investments, mergers and acquisitions, stock option incentives, group structure reorganizations, liquidity events, etc. Mr. Wang has assisted well-known private equity funds in acquiring or bidding for major assets or regional businesses in China and other areas. He has been legal counsel to many Chinese companies in their listings in the U.S. or Hong Kong and provided Chinese law compliance support post listing. He has also been significantly involved in the formation of several venture capital funds and their post-investment legal matters, and has advised many companies on a variety of general corporate matters. Mr. Wang has gained broad experience as legal counsel in industries including the Internet, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, new energy vehicles, and semiconductors.
Huajun Wang
Mr. Wang mainly focuses on private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, capital markets, and general corporate matters. His clients include well-known venture capital funds and private equity funds, listed companies, state-owned enterprises as well as companies at varying development stages, covering sectors including traditional industry, infrastructure, biomedicine, healthcare services, TMT, consumer goods, education, and logistics. Mr. Wang provides his clients with full-scope legal services, including legal due diligence, transaction structure design, drafting, revising and reviewing transaction documents, business negotiations, and solutions to legal problems arising in the transaction process.
Chi (Robin) Zhang
Mr. Zhang specializes in the areas of foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial matters, and corporate compliance. Mr. Zhang has advised multinational companies on their investments, mergers and acquisitions, and daily business operations in China, and has assisted domestic companies in their onshore and offshore investment and financing transactions. Mr. Zhang has represented clients from industries including the Internet, e-commerce, healthcare, education, automotive, logistics, energy, retail, and security. He provides services in relation to foreign direct investment and merger and acquisition transactions, including transaction structuring, due diligence, drafting, revising and negotiating transaction documents, and assisting in transaction closings. In addition, Mr. Zhang provides legal services relating to corporate compliance and data protection. He regularly assists clients in their self-dealing and anti-corruption investigations, and also provides compliance consultations and advice relating to cybersecurity, personal information protection, and other corporate compliance matters.
Yuxuan Zhang
Mr. Zhang has abundant experience in cross-border and domestic venture capital investment and private equity financing. Furthermore, he advises many companies regarding industrial policies, corporate governance, risk management, and corporate structuring. Mr. Zhang has represented and provided full-scope legal services to well-known companies in many merger, acquisition, and reorganization transactions, and has acted for many foreign and domestic funds and companies in completing various types of private equity financings. Mr. Zhang specializes in providing legal services to clients in consumer products, culture and entertainment, technology, and other relevant industries.
Wanmei Zhao
Ms. Zhao specializes in venture capital and private equity, onshore and offshore capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. She has in-depth knowledge of and extensive experience in designing transaction structures, drafting and reviewing legal documents, business negotiations and legal due diligence. Ms. Zhao has represented and provided a wide range of legal services to various large and medium-sized state-owned and private enterprises, listed companies, multinational corporations, private equity funds, start-ups, and fast-growing companies. She has deeply engaged in many projects that involve acquisition of assets and equity interests, investment and financing, share offerings, bond issuances, etc., covering industry sectors such as TMT, hi-tech, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, energy, electronic technology, environmental technology, telecommunications, and the Internet.
Zhihan Zhao
Ms. Zhao focuses her practice on commercial dispute resolution, including financial asset management-related dispute resolution, securities compliance and litigation, and non-contentious and contentious/arbitrational services regarding debt restructuring and bankruptcy. In the field of financial asset management, Ms. Zhao serves as perennial legal counsel to well-known financial institutions and has handled over a hundred cases of various types, involving a total of over 20 billion RMB. In the field of securities compliance and litigation, Ms. Zhao has represented her clients in many administrative penalty hearings and reconsiderations, as well as cases regarding bond default and securities misrepresentation. In the field of debt restructuring and bankruptcy, Ms. Zhao has engaged in many bankruptcy and reorganization projects, and has gained abundant practical experience in non-performing asset disposal and debt restructuring/reorganization projects.
