Han Kun Law Offices

Number of partners: 150+

Number of lawyers: Nearly 800

Languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German

Firm Overview:

Han Kun is a leading full-service law firm in China.Over the years, Han Kun has been widely recognized as a leader in complex cross-border and domestic transactions. Our main practice areas include private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic capital markets, investment funds, asset management, antitrust/competition, banking and finance, aviation finance, foreign direct investment, compliance, private client/wealth management, intellectual property and dispute resolution.All our lawyers are graduates of top universities and have extensive experience in complex cross-border transactions and dispute resolution as counsel to both Chinese and foreign clients.

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions

Capital Markets & Securities

Private Equity & Venture Capital Financings

Fund Formation

Aviation

Banking & Finance

Securitisation & Derivatives

Compliance and Investigations

Data Protection

Antitrust & Competition

Inbound & Outbound Investments

Insolvency & Restructuring

Dispute Resolution

Intellectual Property

TMT

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Infrastructure, Project Financing & Real Estate Projects

Energy

Fintech

Family Law

Tax

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate/M&A:

■ Represented an investor in the acquisition of Subway's China business through a consortium

■ Represented Gao Hua Securities in the restructuring transaction in which Goldman Sachs acquired 100% equity interest in Goldman Sachs Gao Hua

■ Represented JD Property in its acquisition of China Logistics Property Holdings., Ltd.

■ Represented J&T Express China in its acquisition of the express delivery business of BEST Inc.

Private Equity & Venture Capital:

■ Advised China Structural Reform Fund on its investment in the Series A equity financing of Aion

■ Represented Chinese classifieds site 58.com in its US$8.7 billion take-private deal

■ Advised Shanghai AI Fund as a cornerstone investor participating in the US$512 million cornerstone investment of SenseTime before its Hong Kong IPO

Investment Funds:

■ Representing Qiming Venture Partners in forming several funds

■ Represented SummitView Capital in forming several funds

■ Represented IDG Capital in forming several funds

■ Represented K2VC in forming several funds

Banking & Finance:

■ Represented ICBC Leasing in its operating leasing of dozens of new Boeing and Airbus aircraft to China Eastern, China Southern and Shandong Airlines

■ Assisting AiBank in its financial regulatory matters and the development of innovative financial products

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity :

■ Advised the Joint Sponsors and the Underwriters in J&T Global Express’s HK$3.528 billion Hong Kong IPO

■ Represented the joint sponsors in JD.com Inc.’s HK$29.8 billion secondary listing in Hong Kong

■ Advised NIO Inc. on its listing by way of introduction on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange respectively

■ Represented Meituan Dianping (SEHK: 3690) in its HK$32.6 billion Hong Kong IPO

■ Advised Tencent on its US$4.15 billion Global Medium Term Note offering

Antitrust & Competition:

■ Represented Livent in the China merger filing for its US$10.6 billion merger with Allkem, creating the world’s third largest lithium mining company

■ Serving as monitoring trustee for several high-profile conditional approval cases insemiconductor-related industries

■ Representing a global smartphone manufacturer in several anti-monopoly lawsuits in China

Dispute Resolution:

■ Represented Red Bull Vitamin Drink Co., Ltd. and prevailed in the second instance trial of a JV registration dispute

■ Represented a Malaysian-invested WFOE in an HKIAC arbitration case arising out of a construction transfer project dispute and the subsequent property preservation and recognition and enforcement proceedings before a Beijing court

■ Represented four investment funds of TCL Group in an SCIA arbitration case concerning a share purchase agreement dispute

IP:

■ Represented Hitachi ABB Power Grid in 2019 to complete the transfer of a volume patent portfolio split from ABB group to Hitachi ABB Power Grid

■ Represented San’an in patent Infringement lawsuits against its big competitor

■ Represented Tinno in SEP related dispute against ZTE

■ Represented OPPO in a global SEP dispute regarding both communication and video codec technologies

Labour & Employment:

■ Advised Seagate on various employment issues and represented the company in employment disputes throughout China

■ Assisted Takeda China in various critical employment matters and represented the company in employment disputes

Healthcare & Life Sciences:

■ Advised Adlai Nortye Ltd. on its IPO in the United States and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market

■ Represented Abbisko Cayman Limited in its Hong Kong IPO

■ Assisted Sun Pharma in a number of out-licenses to CMS

■ Represented Abogen Therapeutics in its over US$720 million Series C Financing and US$300 million C+ Financing