Press Release

On June 21, 2023, Asian Legal Business ("ALB"), a world-leading legal directory owned by Thomson Reuters, unveiled its 2023 ALB China Top 15 Cybersecurity & Data Protection Lawyers. Han Kun partner Kevin Duan was named to the list, owing to his exceptional performance in the field.

Mr. Duan is dedicated to providing legal services for data compliance and cybersecurity and has been highly successful in advising on legal matters concerning cybersecurity reviews, IPO data compliance, cross-border data transfers, and the construction of overall corporate data compliance systems. Mr. Duan engaged in academic research for nearly ten years before practicing law and has a hybrid educational background that includes both law and engineering, enabling him to analyze data compliance issues from both technical and legal perspectives to help clients identify compliance gaps in a comprehensive manner and to optimize project plans that can precisely fill in those gaps. Mr. Duan and his team have a deep and thorough understanding of both PRC and foreign data compliance laws and are distinctively adept in handling cross-border legal issues, having shown exceptional expertise in handling many cybersecurity reviews and data compliance matters in multiple overseas listing projects. Mr. Duan is also skilled at advising leading companies in AI, intelligent connected vehicles, cloud computing, SaaS, and other industries on multidisciplinary and cutting-edge issues in terms of data protection, intellectual property, and open source by providing clients with integrated and quality legal services.

The accelerated development of science and technology has increasingly complicated cybersecurity and data protection issues. The recent years have witnessed continuous introduction and implementation of cybersecurity and data protection policies and laws, as well as a growing need for legal services in this field. The inaugural 2023 ALB China ranking of Top 15 Cybersecurity & Data Protection Lawyers aims to identify excellent cybersecurity and data protection lawyers who have solid professional knowledge, keen insight into supervision, and agile consideration of business to provide high-quality legal services for clients’ diversified cybersecurity and data protection needs.