East Asia - China

Han Kun Law Offices

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Han Kun Law Offices' sizeable banking and finance team acts for a strong client base of banks, investment companies and insurance companies, in addition to an impressive roster of airlines including Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. The practice is headed by Shu Wang, who has extensive experience in advising Chinese and international banks on market access for new products and compliance issues affecting foreign banks' daily operations in China, Yin Ge and Rong Fang. Financial regulatory specialist Tiecheng Yang is another name to note.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Compared with their peers, the lawyers of Han Kun's team are very professional, dedicated, capable, efficient and considerate of clients.’
  • ‘Strong professional ability, high service level, great proficiency in English, and the teamwork is very strong. They provide customers with high-quality legal services.’
  • ‘Yin Ge has keen business insights and an outstanding professional background. She not only has a high level of efficiency in her work, but also has strong communication skills. In addition, she actively participates in many exchanges and cooperation with industry regulators, offering advice and suggestions to promote the business of financial institutions.’
  • ‘Han Kun provides good partner participation and a stable team.’
  • ‘Wang Shu and Yi Ding are very professional and capable. They can provide clients with legal advice that is both professional and in line with their needs.’
  • ‘Professional and responds quickly.’
  • ‘Han Kun is always up to date with regulations and therefore able to give pragmatic legal opinions according to changing regulatory policy requirements.’
  • ‘The team is one of the oldest and most professional law firms in China's aircraft leasing industry.’

Key clients

  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • AIBANK
  • United Overseas Bank (China) Ltd.
  • Webank
  • XWBank
  • Source Code Capital
  • Crédit Agricole CIB (China) Limited
  • Tradeweb Markets LLC
  • Avolon
  • ACG
  • Aercap
  • BOC Aviation
  • ICBC Financial Leasing
  • CCB Financial Leasing
  • ABC Financial Leasing
  • China Eximbank
  • High Ridge Aviation
  • Macquarie AirFinance
  • SF Airlines
  • China Southern Airlines
  • China Eastern Airlines
  • Air China
  • Shenzhen Airlines
  • Aircraft Recycle International
  • SMBC
  • Carlyle Aviation Partners
  • CMB Financial Leasing
  • State Power Investment Group Jiangsu Power Co., Ltd.
  • Youchao Housing Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
  • Zhangjiang Group
  • Jiangsu Communications Holdings Co., Ltd.
  • Gezhouba Group Transportation Inverstment Co., Ltd.
  • Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd.
  • Xinghe Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
  • State Power Investment Group Aluminum Power Investment Co., Ltd.
  • State Power Investment Group Hainan New Energy Investment Co., Ltd.
  • Pingan Trust Co., Ltd
  • Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Sunshine Life Insurance Corporation Limited
  • Taiping Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • China Pacific Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Huatai Securities (Shanghai) Asset Management Co., Ltd
  • ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd.
  • CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.
  • China Resources Land Limited
  • CCCC Investment Company Ltd.
  • Shenzhen Fengtai E-commerce Industrial Park Asset Management Co., Ltd
  • BLOGIS Holdings Limited
  • China International Capital Corporation Limited
  • DNE Group and Shanghai Lingang Economic Development (Group) Co., Ltd.
  • Guangzhou Communications Investment Group Co., Ltd.
  • Everbright Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Pingan Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Zhongtai Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Huatai United Securities Co., Ltd.
  • China Metallurgical Group Corporation
  • New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Everbright Xinglong Trust Investment Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai Yixin Financing Lease Co., Ltd.
  • Shenzhen Jingzheng Commercial Factoring Co., Ltd.
  • Jihui Information Service Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Represented both China Eastern Airlines and CES International Financial Leasing in the finance lease and syndicated financing of one Comac C919 aircraft.
  • Representing Avolon in a debt repayment in stock transaction with Hainan Airlines with respect to 23 aircraft.
  • Advised China Eastern Airlines on financing the repurchase of aircraft.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Shu Wang, Yin Ge, Rong Fang

Other key lawyers

Tiecheng Yang, Zhu Jun, Yi Ding, Sherry Si