In recent years, license-in/out transactions have become the most common way for innovative drugs and medical devices (including medical aesthetics) companies to collaboratively develop and commercialize medical products and related technologies. According to public information, in China, the total amount and number of investment and financing in life sciences sector have witnessed a significant decline from 2021 to 2023, with the investment amount being only a quarter of that in 2021. However, the upfront payment for business development (BD) transactions in life sciences sector has reached 5.045 billion US dollars in 2023, with a potential payment totaling up to 54...
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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 and compliance matters.
Our main practice areas include private equity, mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic capital markets, investment funds, asset management, compliance, banking and finance, aviation finance, foreign direct investment, antitrust/competition, data protection, private client/wealth management, intellectual property, bankruptcy and restructuring and dispute resolution.
We have over 800 professionals located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Haikou, Wuhan, Singapore and New York City.
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.
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Yinshi Cao
PartnerZhiyi Cao
PartnerYijun Chao
PartnerLei Chen
PartnerCheng Chen
PartnerZhen (Cody) Chen
PartnerYi DING
PartnerShiwen Dong
PartnerChao (Kelvin) Gao
partnerYin Ge
PartnerYaling (Michelle) Gon
PartnersYang (Aaron) Gu
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PartnerYao (Ally) Hu
PartnerWei (Will) HUANG
PartnerWeiheng Jia
PartnerWenyu Jin
PartnerHuhuan LI
PartnerJun Li
PartnerAndy LIAO
PartnerChunyao Lin
PartnerZeda Lin
PartnerPaula LIU
PartnerDong (Eric) Liu
PartnerMin Luo
PartnerZhenzheng (Angela) Ni
PartnersShuting Qi
PartnerWei Quan
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PartnerWei Song
PartnerJicong(Vincent) Song
PartnerWei (Vincent) Sun
PartnerZhihua (David) TANG
partnerYan Wang
PartnerHuajun Wang
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PartnerLi Yang
PartnerZhihao Ye
PartnerFeng Ye
PartnerYao Zhang
PartnerYan Zhang
PartnerChi (Robin) Zhang
PartnerLi Zhang
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Dalun Chen
Of CounselXiao Ding
Of CounselXin Du
Of CounselHanpeng (Patrick) Hu
Of CounselChenchen Jiang
Of CounselXun Li
Of CounselYaoyao (Sherry) Si
Of CounselYunjia Sun
Of CounselXi (Cindy) Wang
Of CounselChunzi Wang
Of CounselJinli (Jolie) Yan
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CIBM Bond Repo to be Further Opened to Overseas Investors
On 24 January 2024, to deepen the opening-up of the bond market and further facilitate the liquidity management of overseas institutional investors, the People's Bank of China ("PBOC") and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange published theAnnouncement on Further Supporting Overseas Institutional Investors Engaging in Bond Repurchase Business in the China Interbank Bond Market(draft for comments) (the "Announcement") (《关于进一步支持境外机构投资者开展银行间债券市场债券回购业务的公告(征求意见稿)》) to solicit public opinion...
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Han Kun Authors the China Chapter of The Legal 500's Country Comparative Guides for Life Sciences
The Legal 500, the world-renowned legal media, recently published its 2024 Country Comparative Guides. Each country chapter of the Guides is written in an easy-to-use Q&A format by a renowned firm within the specified legal practice area. Han Kun Law Offices exclusively contributed the China chapter of the Country Comparative Guides for Life Sciences, and the contributors include Han Kun partners Chengyao (Aaron) Zhou, Liming Yuan, Min Zhu, and Yang (Aaron) Gu...
Han Kun wins four prestigious awards at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024
On March 20, 2024, IFLR announced the winners of the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024 at an awards ceremony held in Hong Kong. Han Kun won four awards, including the most prestigious, "China Firm of the Year", owing to the firm's outstanding performance over the past year. The awards are:China Firm of the YearChina - Equity firm of the yearDebt and equity-linked deal of the year- NIO convertible bondsEquity deal of the year – J&T Express IPOThe IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards, the annually awarded honors with internationally recognized authority, celebrate the region's most legally innovative deals and the law firms behind them...