Michael Han

Practice Areas

MR. HAN’S PRACTICE FOCUSES ON CHINESE COMPETITION ISSUES RELATING TO M&A, JOINT VENTURES, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARRANGEMENTS, ANTITRUST INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION, AND COMPLIANCE ADVISORY

Mr. Han has more than 15 years of experience in advising clients on all aspects of Chinese competition law, covering a broad range of industry sectors, including chemicals, consumer products and retail, container shipping, energy and natural resources, financial institutions, healthcare, hightech, infrastructure and transport, private equity and telecoms. Mr. Han also has extensive experiences in advising clients on issues relating to PRC national security review for foreign investment.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Han was based in China as a partner of a leading international law firm, heading its antitrust practice in the Greater China region. Michael has also worked as an official with MOFTEC (now the Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM). He offers clients advice drawn from his rich experience as both a regulator in China and as a practitioner.

In addition to his understanding and knowledge of MOFCOM, Mr. Han had extensive experience in dealing with the other two antimonopoly enforcement agencies that regulated conduct under the antimonopoly law the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) before their merger with MOFCOM into the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). This experience enables him to keep clients abreast of legal developments in a timely fashion, while providing practical compliance advice.

Mr. Han has been ranked as a Band 1 lawyer in Chinese competitionantitrust law by Chambers Asia every year since 2009. He is also recognized as a leading antitrust practitioner in China in Global Competition Reviews International Whos Who of Competition Lawyers and PLCs Which Lawyer.

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“Michael Han is one of the country’s leading experts on competition law. His expertise is routinely sought after by some of the world’s largest multinationals operating in China who find themselves facing antitrust investigations. ‘Michael Han’s skills are very good,’ confirms one client, going on to describe him as ‘very rich in experience.'”——Chambers Asia 2020