Press Release

On December 27, 2021, LEGALBAND, a well-known legal directory, published its 2021 Special Issue: China Top 15 Lawyers - High-tech & AI. The ranking celebrates highly recommended lawyers in the high-tech and AI practice in mainland China. Han Kun partner Mr. Sean Li was named in the ranking.

Reasons for selection: Mr. Li has shown high-level professionalism in fields such as VC/PE investment, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and overseas capital markets and foreign investment, with in-depth knowledge of all relevant regulatory policies and procedures. He has developed a sound client base consisting of high-quality investment institutions and companies, and enjoys prominent reputation. Owing to his extensive practical experience in cutting-edge domains such as high-tech, unmanned driving and artificial intelligence, Mr. Li has provided creative solutions that successfully resolved many tricky problems, helping clients to realize closing of deals with his professional abilities and obtaining accolades from all participant parties in projects. "Mr. Li not only shows outstanding professional abilities in services such as due diligence, deal structuring, and drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, but also has enormously deep insights and understanding of the industry. He is able to identify legal risks and provide practical solutions according to specific situations in the industry. The breath and depth of his practice is impressive, covering areas from PE/VC investment, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, to RMB/USD fund structuring, domestic and overseas listings and restructurings, and corporate compliance, for which he is able to provide professional and reliable legal services and support."

Lawyer's profile: Mr. Li started his legal career in 2007. Before joining Han Kun in 2015, he was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in Beijing. Mr. Li specializes in private equity investment and financing, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and overseas listings and restructurings, etc.. He has represented a large number of private equity funds, strategic investors, and entrepreneurs in various industry sectors in their investment and financing projects, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs. Mr. Li's clients operate in a wide variety of industry sectors including high-tech, telecommunications, the Internet, media, consumer goods, high-end manufacturing, insurance, new energy, education, and logistics.