Press Release

Han Kun Law Offices is delighted to announce that, effective January 1, 2019, Arong, Kevin Cao, Florine Gu, Reese Huang, Yipu Li, Lu Ran, Vincent Song, Wei Song, Tracy Tang, Qimin Zhu (listed in alphabetical order) and Charles Wu (from Han Kun's Hong Kong associated firm) have been promoted to counsel.

Ms. Arong specializes in venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and foreign direct investment. Ms. Arong is knowledgeable of PRC industrial policies, corporate structures, investment and project management. She has represented numerous Chinese and international companies, as well as international and PRC funds in cross-border transactions. The clients Ms. Arong represents operate in a variety of industries, including Internet information technology, telecommunications, entertainment, education, fintech, healthcare and energy.

Mr. Kevin Cao's experience focuses on private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring matters. Mr. Cao advises clients on transaction structures, private equity and venture capital closing procedures, and M&A and corporate restructuring transactions, and also conducts due diligence, and drafts and reviews transaction documents.

Ms. Florine 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 e-commerce, sharing economy, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and traditional manufacturing.

Ms. Reese Huang mainly focuses on venture capital and private equity investment, fund formation, insurance fund investment and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Huang has represented many private equity funds, insurance companies and start-ups in a variety of transactions in different industries such as internet, consumer products, real estate, healthcare, banking and finance.

Ms. Yipu Li mainly focuses on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investment and general corporate matters. In addition, she has represented issuers and leading investment banks in initial public offerings of China-based companies on HKSE, NYSE and NASDAQ. Ms. Li has project experience in industries including internet finance, consumer internet, healthcare, marketplace and enterprise services.

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 and fund management entities. Her comprehensive legal services include formation and operation of RMB and USD fund, QFLP, QDII, QDLP and QDIE, investment of insurance funds, etc.

Mr. Vincent Song specializes in venture capital and private equity financing, private equity fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation and overseas listings. Mr. Song has dealt with a large number of private equity investments, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and significantly involved in the formation of and fundraising for numerous onshore and offshore private equity funds, covering industries including internet information technology, life sciences and healthcare, culture and entertainment, internet finance, etc. Mr. Song has also represented the issuers or the underwriters in many Chinese companies' public offerings on overseas markets.

Ms. Wei Song specializes in mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, private equity and venture capital investment, and general corporate matters. Ms. Song has represented a large number of multinational companies and funds in connection with their investment and financing projects. Ms. Song's legal services include due diligence investigations, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, assisting with deal closing, and advising companies on establishment, daily operations and their domestic and overseas investments.

Ms. Tracy Tang specializes in domestic and overseas IPOs and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital/private equity investment and financing, foreign investments, general corporate and compliance matters, and has accumulated extensive and practical experience in relevant policies and structure designs. She has represented clients from different industries such as internet, technology, advertising, entertainment, real estate, and retail. Ms. Tang also acts as the general corporate counsel to many well-known Chinese and foreign companies.

Ms. Qimin Zhu has accumulated substantial experience in handling dispute resolution cases, especially commercial litigations. She has successfully handled many commercial litigations, including trade contract disputes, real estate joint venture disputes, shareholder investment disputes, share transfer disputes, corporate control disputes and private equity investment disputes.

Charles Wu specializes in cross-border venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Charles focuses his practice on China's TMT industry, primarily the Internet and mobile space. He has particular expertise with offshore business and legal terms, as well as China-specific issues. He also advises on general corporate matters.