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Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Shiwen (Stephen) Dong has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Dong works primarily in the firm's Shanghai office. Mr. Dong has extensive practical experience in a number of practice areas, including real estate-related acquisitions, real estate project finance, mergers and acquisitions, offshore securities offerings, etc. Mr
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On March 5, 2018, China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) announced the winners of the 2017-2018 China Business Law Awards. Han Kun was honored as “Firm of the Year” in the following 2 practice areas: 1. Private Equity & Venture Capital Firm of the Year 2. TMT Firm of the Year China Business Law Journal’s China Business Law Awards are based on hundreds of nominations received from China-focused corporate counsel and legal professionals around the world
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The "China Literature IPO" deal, where Han Kun acted as the PRC legal counsel to China Literature, has been recognized as "Equity Deal of the Year" at the IFLR Asia Awards 2018. Han Kun is a recognized expert in overseas capital market transactions, and has substantial experience representing PRC issuers and international underwriters
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James Yong Wang, Esq. has recently been recognized as leading expert for the investment funds field in China by Legal Media Group's 2017 Global Expert Guides for Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Expert Guide. Han Kun is the only PRC law firm listed by the 2017 Expert Guides for investment funds in China
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On February 19, 2018, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Global 2018 guide, as well as its global rankings of lawyers and law firms. Multiple Han Kun lawyers and practice areas have been ranked
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The Asian Lawyer recently announced the finalists for the Asia Legal Awards 2018. The Asian Lawyer, in association with The American Lawyer, China Law & Practice and Legal Week, has held the Asia Legal Awards annually since 2014, with the intent to recognize the region's landmark deals, best-performing law firms and standout partners. Han Kun was shortlisted in the following award categories: 1. SSQ Asian Law Firm of the Year 2. TMT Firm of the Year 3. New Asian Office of the Year 4
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Food and delivery logistics service Swiggy has raised $100m in a Series F round of investment from Naspers and Meituan-Dianping. “Led by the global investment and media conglomerate, Naspers, with participation from the Chinese e-commerce company Meituan-Dianping, the investment is an indicator that the Indian technology market is hitting its stride,” reported TechCrunch
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On February 1, 2018, the 2018 Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards Ceremony was held in Hong Kong. Han Kun won "Chambers PRC firm of the Year: Corporate & Finance," an award for which 6 law firms were competing. Granted by Chambers & Partners, the Chambers Awards honor the work of outstanding law firms around the world
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China Business Law Journal recently announced its “Deals of the Year 2017”. Four Han Kun-advised deals were recognized as “Deals of the Year 2017”. They are: ■ China Unicom's mixed-ownership reform ■ JD Finance's new round financing ■ Maoyan Media and Weiying Technology strategic partnership transactions ■ ZhongAn's Hong Kong IPO China's economy faced tough challenges but still saw strong performance
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On January 29, 2018, Tencent, together with investors including JD.com and others, signed strategic investment agreements with Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co. in Beijing. This represents one of the world's largest single strategic investments between Internet companies and brick-and-mortar commercial giants. Han Kun, as legal counsel to Tencent and JD
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Chambers & Partners has recently announced its nominees for the Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2018. Han Kun has been nominated for Chambers Asia-Pacific "PRC firms: Corporate & Finance" and "PRC firms: Client Service" in China & Hong Kong, which are two of only three PRC law firm award categories. This is the third consecutive year for Han Kun to be nominated for the PRC Corporate & Finance Firm of the Year award
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Han Kun Law Offices is delighted to announce that, effective January, 2018, Wei He, Peng Lei, Ruijie (Rae) Liu, Ruina Liu, Rui Luo and Li Zhang have been promoted to partner. Ms
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Han Kun Law Offices is delighted to announce that, effective January, 2018, Zhichao Duan, Jiaxin Liu, Zaiguang Lu, Kaiying Wu and Chuqi Zhang have been promoted to counsel. Mr. Duan's practice focuses on IP litigation, IP-related dispute resolution, IP licensing and due diligence, as well as patent prosecution and counseling. Mr. Duan has particular expertise in handling technology-related legal matters
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Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. TieCheng Yang has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Yang works primarily in the firm's Beijing office. Before joining Han Kun, Mr. Yang was a partner at Clifford Chance and head of its Financial Regulatory Group of China. Mr
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On December 8, the 2017 Zero2IPO Group Annual China Venture Capital & Private Equity Rankings were announced. Han Kun Law Offices was recognized as one of the "Top 5 VC/PE-backed Overseas IPO Lead Legal Advisors"
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China Business Law Journal recently published its 2017 List of China's Top 100 Lawyers (the "A-List"). The A-List includes 100 top lawyers who have demonstrated outstanding performance in China-related business and have impressed their clients with excellent professional skills. From this list, you can find lawyers who are regarded as authorities in the industry. Han Kun partners Charles Li and Chen Ma were selected for their outstanding performance
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On December 7, 2017, Chambers & Partners, the world's foremost legal media publisher, released its Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 guide, as well as its 2018 rankings of PRC lawyers. 8 Han Kun practice areas were ranked this year and four of them were recognized as Band 1. 10 Han Kun lawyers were highly recommended this year
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On November 29, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, the world's renowned legal media publisher, released its 2018 rankings of PRC law firms. Han Kun Law Offices was recognized as a "Tier 1 Private Equity/Venture Capital Firm" and a "Tier 1 TMT Firm.” Han Kun was also recommended for seven practice areas, four lawyers are named on the elite "Leading Lawyers" list and three lawyers are named on the "Next generation lawyers" list. 16 other Han Kun lawyers are included on the recommended lawyer list
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Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Yin Ge has joined the firm as a partner. Yin works primarily in the firm's Shanghai office. Prior to joining Han Kun, Yin was a counsel at Clifford Chance LLP and led the Financial Services Practice in Shanghai. Yin also worked at Allen & Overy LLP before joining Clifford Chance. Yin is a legal expert on asset management and financial services
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Han Kun, as PRC Legal counsel to the issuer, advised Yixin Group Limited (Stock Code: 2858) on its global offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Yixin Group Limited is a leading online automobile retail transaction platform and financing lease company in China
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Based on Han Kun's excellent performance in many high-profile transactions in 2016-2017, Asialaw Profiles 2018 has ranked Han Kun as Outstanding in 4 practice areas, Highly Recommended in 1 practice area and Recommended in 7 practice areas. In addition, 7 of Han Kun's lawyers were recognized as Leading Lawyers
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Han Kun, as PRC Legal counsel to the issuer, advised China Literature Limited (Stock Code: 772) on its global offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. China Literature Limited is a pioneer in China's online literature market and operates the leading online literature platform
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The world-renowned legal media publisher, IFLR1000, has recently published "Leading Lawyers" ratings in its 2018 Financial and Corporate Guide. Multiple Han Kun lawyers have been recognized in the Guide
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The world-renowned legal media publisher, IFLR1000, has recently published firm rankings in its 2018 Financial and Corporate Guide. Han Kun has been recognized as a Tier 1 PRC law firm in Private Equity and Investment Funds. This is the sixth consecutive year for IFLR1000 to recognize Han Kun as a Tier 1 PRC law firm in Private Equity, and the third time as a Tier 1 PRC law firm in Investment Funds
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The well-known London-based legal publisher Law Business Research recently published its inaugural edition of The Healthcare Law Review (2017). Han Kun partner Mr. Zhu Min authored the China chapter. Han Kun was the only PRC-headquartered law firm to contribute to the book. Han Kun associate Ms. Wei Wei also contributed to the writing of the article
