Yinshi Cao
Han Kun Law OfficesWith a ‘strong team of lawyers specialising in life sciences and healthcare,’ Han Kun Law Offices has extensive experience supporting pharmaceutical and healthcare companies with their compliance, regulatory, and commercial needs. Led by Yinshi Cao, the team is also adept at representing private equity and venture capital funds with their investments in the sector. Aaron Gu stands out for his deep industry expertise, including clinical trials, drug licensing, biosecurity, and GxP compliance knowledge. Clients instruct Chaoying (Charles) Li for his public and private financings, M&A, and IP protection expertise. Aaron Zhou supports multinational and domestic companies with licensing in- and out-transactions, research collaboration, and manufacturing services agreements.
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Testimonials
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‘Aaron Gu is dedicated, has a deep understanding of the industry, gives timely feedback, and is considerate of customer needs.’
‘Han Kun has a strong team of lawyers specialising in life sciences and healthcare. The team is led by several professional partners and has dozens of full-time lawyers fully involved.’
‘Aaron Gu focuses on corporate, regulatory compliance and transactional business in the fields of life sciences, biopharmaceuticals and healthcare. Attorney Gu focuses on a wide range of industry topics, including biosafety law and human genetic resources, clinical trials, product marketing authorization, GxP compliance, cross-border pharmaceutical licensing and commercialization cooperation (License-in/out), investment and financing in the life sciences industry, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, outbound investment and other matters related to industry supervision.’
‘Han Kun Law Firm is a combination of the top domestic lawyers. Recently, with the continuous changes in the industry, the team has been continuously strengthened.’
‘Min Zhu's team not only provided us with contract services but also proactively raised legal risks and proposed solutions for us. At the same time, the team also gave us a lot of suggestions based on their industry experience. During the many negotiations, we also cooperated very well.’
‘Han Kun's life science and health team is very professional and has been deeply involved in the medical field for many years. It can provide accurate and fast legal services in various sectors such as new drugs and equipment. The team's personnel arrangement is also relatively reasonable, which can assist customers in delivering high-quality results while controlling costs.’
‘Min Zhu's team has demonstrated outstanding professional advantages and key skills in BD transactions, including deep legal knowledge, rich industry experience and excellent negotiation skills. They are able to accurately grasp client needs and provide efficient and innovative legal solutions. ’
‘Min Zhu has quickly distinguished himself with his deep knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and his extensive transaction experience. Not only does he have a solid legal foundation, he also demonstrates extraordinary business acumen and is able to provide innovative and practical solutions to complex transactions.'
Key clients
- Bayer
- GSK
- Amgen
- Pfizer
- AbbVie Pharmaceutical
- Abbott
- Mayo Clinic
- AstraZeneca
- Vivo Ventures
- OrbiMed
- Sinovac Biotech
- SinoPharm Capital
- Singlera Genomics
- Abbisko
- dMed
- Hua’s Biomedical
- SciClone Pharmaceuticals
- 3D Medicines Inc.
- Innovent Biologics, Inc.
- Sinocelltech Inc
- Wallaby Medical Holding, Inc.
- Suzhou Abogen Bioscience Co., Ltd.
- Oricell Therapeutics Holdings Limited
- AZ-CICC
- NeuShen Therapeutics Inc.
- bioMérieux
- Shanghai Center of Biomedicine Development
- Chinese Society for Cell Biology – Chinese Society for Cell Therapy
- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
- MYVISION Medical Hong Kong Limited
- Shanghai SPH New Asia Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
- Hoya Medical
- Bayer
Work highlights
- Advised Hasten Pharma on a license agreement with LIB Therapeutics.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Aaron Gu
Han Kun Law OfficesAaron Zhou
Han Kun Law OfficesPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Yinshi Cao