As the new year begins, Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce the 2021 promotion of new partners and senior counsels. These new partners and counsels are based across Han Kun's offices and cover practice areas such as private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and overseas securities issuances and listings, investment funds / asset management, antitrust, banking finance, aviation and aviation finance, fintech, foreign direct investment, corporate compliance, 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 they will contribute to the firm's development by consistently upholding Han Kun's spirit of always aiming high and adhering to our philosophy of professionalism. In 2021, let us join hands to face the new journey, tackle new challenges, and fulfill new expectations!
New Partners
Qing Jing
Ms. Jing's main practice area is onshore and offshore fund formation and asset management. Ms. Jing has extensive experience in private investment fund formation and investment, having specialized for many years in advising on the formation of onshore and offshore funds and asset management. Ms. Jing has represented dozens of international and domestic hedge funds, private equity funds, trust companies, insurance companies and fund business subsidiaries of securities companies in a large number of funds and the design and formation of other investment products. She is deeply involved in advising on the operation and formation of private equity funds and asset management plans, including with respect to regulatory and compliance, corporate governance, and equity incentive and personnel arrangements.
Jing Liu
Ms. Liu specializes commercial dispute resolution. She has represented clients in litigations, arbitrations and settlement negotiations covering equity transfers, security disputes, commercial leases, options disputes and other areas, especially disputes involving investments, financing and private equity funds. Ms. Liu has successfully dealt with a variety of disputes on behalf of clients involving equity repurchases, control of funds, and withdrawal of related fund investors/partners. Due to her years of valuable experience, Ms. Liu excels at formulating litigation/arbitration strategies based on the circumstances of her clients and at making proper use of litigation techniques to maximize their interests.
Lulu Wu
Ms. Wu has been practicing law for over nine years and specializes in financing and investment (equity and debt), domestic and cross-border acquisitions, corporate restructuring, foreign investment, negotiating commercial contracts, and general corporate consulting. Ms. Wu is familiar with the diverse legal needs of a variety of clients, having represented many clients, from institutional investors, large-scale group companies and fast-growth companies, to start-ups and their founders. Ms. Wu has participated in projects in a broad array of industries, including artificial intelligence, media and entertainment, big data, high-tech, and mobile internet.
Charles (Haosi) Wu (Miao &Co., In Association with Han Kun Law Offices)
Charles Wu specializes in cross-border venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He leverages the firm's full-service resources to explain "China specific" issues to international private equity and multinational clients in a clear, concise, and digestible manner. Charles also represents domestic clients in pre-IPO cross-border venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, follow-on financings of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong or the NYSE/Nasdaq, public and private secondary disposals, Hong Kong transactional and compliance matters, and outbound investments in non-PRC jurisdictions.
Yao (Ally) Hu
Ms. Hu has extensive experience in providing fund formation, operation, and management legal services to various types of domestic and overseas funds and fund management institutions, including private equity investment funds, private venture capital investment funds, FOFs, QFLP funds, real estate funds, secondary funds, government guidance funds, M&A funds, private securities investment funds, and contractual funds. In addition, Ms. Hu represents various domestic and overseas LPs, including FOFs, government guidance funds, insurance institutions, listed companies, and large state-owned and private enterprises in their investments in different types of domestic and overseas funds. Ms. Hu also provides compliance consulting services for many fund clients on the operation and management of private investment funds post establishment, and provides services for the design of internal team incentive plans for many first-tier investment funds. Meanwhile, Ms. Hu participates in the formation of and investment in many trusts and asset management plans, as well as in domestic and overseas PE/VC investment and financing projects.
Hong Huang
Ms. Huang specializes in the areas of venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and offshore securities offerings and restructurings. Ms. Huang has participated in a large number of complex equity and asset transactions and has provided legal services to numerous private equity funds, venture capital funds, and leading internet companies in relation to their equity investment and acquisition transactions. Ms. Huang has assisted start-up companies with their initial public offerings, equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. She has also acted as the PRC legal adviser for issuers and sponsors in certain companies'initial public offerings on overseas stock exchanges. Ms. Huang has advised clients in a variety of industries, including Internet, telecommunications, e-commerce, culture and entertainment, education, fintech, healthcare, and consumer.
Xiayi Liu
Ms. Liu specializes in domestic and overseas private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and financing, among others, and is able to provide risk-controllable legal solutions based on her clients' business needs. Ms. Liu has assisted many PE/VC funds and startup companies in completing a large number of complex transactions. Ms. Liu provides services including designing transaction structures, conducting legal due diligence, and drafting and negotiating transaction documents. Ms. Liu's legal services cover a broad range of industries including pharmaceuticals, Internet, education, insurance, human resources, and technology.
Xiu Pei
Ms. Pei specializes in labor law, and has especially significant experience in advising companies on legal and compliance issues relating to labor and employment, including consulting on issues such as recruitment and termination, confidentiality and restrictive covenants, trade unions, labor dispatches, cross-border employment, and employee compliance. Ms. Pei is also specialized in employment-related arbitration and litigation, from which she accumulated extensive experience in improving company employment systems and procedures, including reviewing employment contracts, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, and employee handbooks. Ms. Pei also has extensive practical experience in the dismissal of senior managers and handling their post-termination restrictions.
Wei Quan
Mr. Quan specializes in fintech, bank finance, supply chain finance, and personal financial information protection. In the area of fintech, Mr. Quan advises fintech companies and financial institutions on developing financial products in relation to consumer finance, supply chain finance, payment services, drafting legal documents, and applying for financial licenses. He has participated in numerous equity and asset merger and acquisition deals and initial public offerings of fintech companies. In the area of banking and financing, Mr. Quan advises commercial banks, trust companies, and other financial institutions on syndicated loans, project financing, securitization, and applications for financial licenses. In the area of personal financial information protection, Mr. Quan advises FinTech companies and financial institutions on compliance issues relating to personal financial information protection, and the implementation of personal data impact assessments.
Da Shi
Mr. Shi specializes in competition law. He is committed to providing practical, tailored advice to clients by creatively combining an in-depth understanding of competition law practice in China and comprehensive knowledge of practices in other major jurisdictions.
Through years of legal experience, Mr. Shi has developed expertise across a variety of competition law practices, including merger filings, antitrust investigations, antitrust-related dispute resolutions, and competition compliance. Mr. Shi has represented many renowned multinational and domestic companies in diverse industries, including high-tech, internet, healthcare, shipping, automobile, logistics, FMCG, and agriculture.
New Senior Counsels
Peihua Cheng
Private equity and venture capital, domestic and overseas listings and restructurings, foreign direct investment
Hanting (Bridget) Gao
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters
Hanmeng Li
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, overseas investment, general corporate matters, capital markets
Qihui Li
Intellectual property
Chunyao Lin
Commercial litigation and arbitration, cross-border dispute resolution
Long Liu
Dispute resolution
Lifeng Lu
Labor and personnel, intellectual property, dispute resolution
Yuan Meng
Banking and finance, aviation and aviation finance
Jin Qian
Investment fund establishment and operations, asset management
Dan Sun
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, overseas investment, general corporate affairs
Fei (Faye) Wang
Intellectual property
Haoxiang Wang
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, fund establishment and management, general corporate matters
Lijuan Wang
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment
Qi Zhang
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, overseas investment
Yuxuan Zhang
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions
Wanmei Zhao
Private equity and venture capital, overseas listing and reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate affairs
Yunzhi Zhao
Private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, overseas investment, general corporate affairs
