Han Kun Law Offices

Number of partners: 66
Number of lawyers: 300+
Languages: Chinese, English, German, Japanese, Korean, German

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

Main Areas of Practice:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Markets & Securities
Private Equity & Venture Capital Financings
Fund Formation
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Compliance
Antitrust & Competition
Inbound & Outbound Investments
Insolvency & Restructuring
Dispute Resolution
Intellectual Property
TMT
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Infrastructure, Project Financing & Real Estate Projects
Fintech
Family Law

Corporate/M&A:
■Represented Rajax Holding in its 100% acquisition by Alibaba (NYSE:BABA)
■Representing Heineken in its strategic partnership with China Resources
■Represented Tencent and JD.com Inc. in their strategic investment in Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co.

Private Equity & Venture Capital:
■Represented Softbank as the lead investor in its participation in Manbang Group’s USD1.9 billion financing
■Represented Guazi.com Inc. in its series USD1.5 billion D financing
■Represented Hillhouse Capital in its investment in JD Logistics

Investment Funds:
■Represented IDG Capital in forming several blind-pool RMB funds
■Represented Northern Light Capital to set up two RMB limited partnership funds
■Represented Sequoia in forming a number of blindpool RMB funds, including sector-focuses such as senior care real estate, and in investing as an LP in over a dozen USD and RMB funds, including a blockchain USD fund

Banking & Finance:
■Represented China EximBank in cross-border loan facilities to five Irish SPVs of AviaAM Financial Leasing China Co., Ltd. to finance the acquisition of five aircraft leased to Aeroflot – Russian Airlines
■Represented UBS in underwriting RMB1.8 billion Tier 2 capital bonds for Bank of Guizhou in China’s interbank market
■Represented TPG in its investment in the spin-off of Duxiaoman Finance from Baidu Group

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity:
■Represented Meituan Dianping (3690) in its HK$32.6 billion Hong Kong IPO
■Advised Tecent on its USD6 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme
■Advised the joint sponsors on ZhongAn Online’s H-share listing
■Advised the underwriters on iQIYI, Inc.’s US IPO

Antitrust & Competition:
■Represented Bayer AG in the China merger filing for its USD66 billion acquisition of Monsanto
■Represented Bain Capital in the China merger filing for its USD19 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation
■Represented Louis Dreyfus in the China merger filing for its acquisition of a competitor in China

Dispute Resolution:
■Represented Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung Gmbh and prevailed in the second instance trial of a JV contract dispute
■Represented Zhonglv Tianjin International Trade in a sales agreement dispute
■Represented four investment funds of TCL Group in an arbitration case in SCIA concerning a share purchase agreement dispute
■Represented Ningbo Taiji Environmental Protection Equipment Co., Ltd. in a sales contract dispute

IP Litigation:
■Represented UBOX in a high-profile patent infringement dispute against Aimyunion for MINI KTV products and won a decisive victory for UBOX
■Represented Sharp in a series of patent infringement lawsuits against Hisense in multiple courts and helped Sharp to secure a favorable global settlement
■Represented HP in three key patent administrative lawsuits and prevailed in all of the lawsuits both at trial and on appeal
■Represented SMTP in a series of patent infringement and invalidation disputes against its main competitor and prevailed decisively on both fronts

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

Healthcare & Life Sciences:
■Represented Philips as a lead investor in Orange Family’s Series B+ financing round
■Assisted Omni Pharmaceutical in its Series C financing from Vivo Capital and Guoto