Chen Ma

Competition law, mergers and acquisitions, compliance

Mr. Ma has over 30 years of law practice experience. Being an excellent M&A lawyer and a veteran antitrust practitioner in China, Mr. Ma has represented many multinational companies in high-profile merger filings and government antitrust investigations. He has also argued a high-profile abuse of dominance case before the Supreme People's Court of China. In recent years, Mr. Ma has been recognized as a leading practitioner in the field of foreign investment security review in China. Before joining Han Kun in 2014, Mr. Ma was a partner of the Chinese law firms Fangda Partners and Haiwen & Partners for a total of 14 years. Between 1993 and 1999, Mr. Ma was an associate lawyer at several leading international law firms in their New York and Hong Kong offices. Mr. Ma is bilingual and bi-cultural, and he is highly regarded in the Chinese legal community. Over the years, Mr. Ma has exceled in nearly all areas of law he has practiced. He represents his clients zealously while providing ample business sense and sound legal solutions. Mr. Ma actively participates in a variety of competition law legislative and rule-making efforts in China. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing.

PRC Bar, New York State Bar

The American University, Washington DC

J.D.

1993

University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing

1990

Leading Lawyer in Competition/Antitrust

Chambers Greater China Region, 2022-2025

Leading Lawyer: Competition/Antitrust

Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2015-2021

Leading Partner in Antitrust and competition

Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2016-2026

Highly Regarded Lawyers in Project finance and M&A

IFLR1000, 2022-2025

Highly Regarded Lawyers in Competition, Project finance and M&A

IFLR1000, 2017-2021

Distinguished practitioner in Competition/Antitrust

Asialaw Profiles, 2020-2025

Recommended Lawyer in Competition

Lexology Index, 2024-2025

Recommended Lawyer in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR: Competition

Lexology Index, 2020-2021, 2023-2025

National Leader in Competition

Who’s Who Legal: China, 2020-2023

Competition Lawyer of the Year

China Law and Practice

2021

The A-List China’s Elite 100 Lawyers

China Business Law Journal

2017