Han Kun partner Kelvin Gao celebrated as one of LEGALBAND'S Top 15 Consumer and Retail Lawyers 2021
December, 2021 - Shanghai, Mainland China
On December 27, 2021, LEGALBAND, a well-known legal directory, published its 2021 Special Issue: China Top 15 Lawyers – Consumer and Retail. The ranking celebrates highly recommended lawyers in the consumer and retail practice in mainland China. Han Kun partner Mr. Kelvin Gao was named in the ranking.
Reasons for selection: Mr. Gao has solid expertise and extensive practical experience in the fields of private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions and securities issuance and listing. Recently, Mr. Gao has represented multiple emerging Chinese consumer and retail brands in completing their overseas restructurings and financing projects, showing standout professionalism in services such as corporate structuring, drafting, revision, and negotiation of deal documentation, as well as coordinating shareholders at different rounds of financing. Owing to his agility and adaptiveness in varying situations, Mr. Gao is able to resolve various problems arising in projects in a fast and effective manner by providing professional legal advice and solutions, helping his clients to realize the final closing of deals. Mr. Gao has been recognized by clients and counterparties in deals for his professional and meticulous working style, as well as his efficient control of the overall progress of projects. "Mr. Gao shows a strong self-driven character and sense of responsibility for his corporate clients, which inspires everyone working with him. He often proposes and realizes higher objectives and aspirations than those raised by his clients, making extremely huge contributions to attaining a favorable legal environment for us. Our relationship with Mr. Gao has gone beyond a lawyer-client relation to a stronger bond of trust between friends and comrades."
Lawyer's profile: Mr. Gao has practiced law for almost two decades. His major practice areas include private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, and securities offerings. Mr. Gao has been legal counsel to numerous leading investment institutions, multinational companies, and unicorn companies, both at home and abroad, for whom he has provided a full range of legal services, from deal structuring and legal documentation to deal closing, for their various and complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing projects in industries covering TMT, education and training, consumer goods and healthcare services. Mr. Gao has also advised issuers and underwriters in several high-profile overseas IPOs involving companies or operations in China.
