Press Release

Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Huaying Qi has joined the firm as a partner. Ms. Qi works primarily in the firm's Beijing office.

Prior to joining Han Kun, Ms. Qi worked at two leading international law firms, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (New York and Hong Kong) and Cooley LLP (San Francisco and Shanghai). With over 10 years of experience in fund formation and investment management-related practice areas, Ms. Qi has been concentrating her practice on the formation and operation of domestic and international investment funds, including venture capital funds, M&A funds and buy-out funds, fund of funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and other types of investment funds and alternative investment vehicles. She also has substantial experiences in representing institutional investors (including insurance companies, fund of funds, public companies, family offices and asset/wealth management firms) in structuring and negotiating their investments in investment funds. Ms. Qi has been deeply involved in and is familiar with internal economic and governance arrangements at the GP/management company level and other arrangements related to sponsored funds.

Ms. Qi has been recognized by leading global legal rankings such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 USA in the field of fund formation.

We believe that Han Kun will further strengthen its investment fund formation and asset management practice with the appointment of Ms. Qi to the firm.

About Han Kun
As one of China's leading full-service law firms, Han Kun has placed itself at the forefront of the legal profession in China by specializing in cross-border and domestic transactions. Han Kun is leader in areas such as private equity, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic capital markets, competition law, banking and finance, aviation finance, foreign direct investment, compliance, private client wealth management, intellectual property and dispute resolution. Han Kun has been consistently ranked as a Top Tier PRC law firm in the areas of private equity, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, TMT, aviation finance, and healthcare by authoritative international legal rankings, such as Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, ALB, Euromoney, China Law and Practice and the Asian-Mena Counsel. Han Kun employs more than 200 lawyers at our four offices, strategically located in each of China's major commercial centers, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Our lawyers come from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds. Most of our lawyers have extensive experience in serving multinational corporations and in handling cross-border transactions.