Press Release

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that for year 2019 to 2020, the firm has promoted a number of new partners and senior counsels, whose practice areas cover private equity, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and overseas securities issuances and listings, investment funds / asset management, antitrust, banking finance, aircraft finance, foreign direct investment, corporate compliance, intellectual property, and dispute resolution, among others.

Han Kun has always been 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 2020, let us join hands to face the new journey, tackle new challenges and fulfill new expectations!

Promoted partners

Zhiyi CAO
Mr. Cao's experience focuses on private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring matters. His legal services include designing transaction structures, due diligence investigations, drafting transactions documents, and assisting in closing formalities.

Zhichao (Kevin) DUAN
Zhichao Duan's practice areas include intellectual property and data protection. Mr. Duan has particular expertise in handling technology-related legal matters. He has abundant experience in representing industry-leading multinational companies, Internet companies and artificial intelligence companies in connection with intellectual property transactions, dispute resolution and data protection.

Before practicing law, Mr. Duan engaged in academic research for nearly 10 years, and has more than 10 peer-reviewed publications. He has expertise in multiple technical fields.

Lu RAN
Ms. Lu Ran has advised local and overseas clients in a variety of private equity-related transactions, including formation, management and operation of various types of fund entities, fund management entities and private equity investment. Her comprehensive legal services include the formation and operation of RMB and USD funds, QFLPs, QDIIs, QDLPs and QDIEs, insurance fund investments, etc.

Jicong (Vincent) SONG
Mr. Song specializes in venture capital and private equity financing, fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, and overseas listings. Mr. Song has advised on a great deal of complex private equity investment and acquisition and merger deals and has been deeply involved in the formation of many onshore and offshore private equity funds. Mr. Song has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including Internet information technology, biomedicine, education, e-commerce, culture and entertainment, and Internet finance. In addition, Mr. Song has also represented issuers and underwriters in certain Chinese company initial public offerings on overseas stock exchanges.

Qimin (Rebecca) ZHU
Ms. Zhu has extensive experience in handling dispute resolution matters, especially commercial disputes. Ms. Zhu has represented many clients in handling a large number of commercial disputes, including commercial trade contract disputes, corporate control disputes, private equity investment disputes, real estate joint venture disputes

Cheng CHEN
Mr. Chen specializes in the areas of private equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments, and capital markets. Mr. Chen has represented a number of funds and companies in investment and financing transactions in various industries, including new energy vehicles, online education, biomedicine, online games, e-commerce, TV series production and distribution, business jets, etc.

Yifan (Florine) GU
Ms. Gu's main practice areas cover venture capital and private equity, foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, and offshore public offerings. Her legal services include designing deal structures, drafting, reviewing and revising legal documents, conducting legal due diligence, and general corporate matters. She has represented clients in industries including but not limited to e-commerce, social e-commerce, sharing economy, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.