As a premier TMT practice, Han Kun Law Offices assists multinational and domestic TMT clients on a range of issues from IPO deals, M&A, and financing to regulatory issues, litigation, and IP. The team has been active in a number of sectors including AI, manufacturing, solar and semiconductor. Recently, the team has assisted unicorns in the AI industry with financing and has advised TMT clients on licensing and the commercialisation of technology products. The litigation team handles labour law disputes and trade infringement cases related to the TMT sector. In Beijing, Charles Li leads on financing matters, while Yijun Chao and Wei (David) Li both focus on private equity and venture capital issues. Kelvin Gao handles M&A from Shanghai, while in Beijing Zaiguang Lu has assisted clients in completing IPOs in the US and Hong Kong and Sheng Li manages a range of transactions related to blockchain, technologym and the internet. The aforementioned lawyers all co-lead the practice.
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Testimonials
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‘Han Kun's team demonstrates outstanding professional depth and breadth, and stands out with its unique business characteristics in the media sector. The team members are quite diverse. They are not only experts in the legal field, but also elites in many fields such as film and television, investment and financing, and business. They can provide practical dispute resolution solutions for complex film and television media disputes. Han Kun's team is not only our legal advisor, but also a partner who fights side by side.’
‘With her profound understanding and keen insight into the industry, Qimin Zhu’s professionalism far exceeds that of her peers. She can not only accurately grasp the legal details of the case, but also accurately respond to our business demands, provide us with forward-looking professional advice, and tailor-made solutions. Zhu has a high sense of responsibility and professionalism, and has demonstrated extraordinary innovation and execution, and ensures excellent service quality. We highly appreciate her service quality.’
‘They have a deep understanding of the media, especially the music industry, and different departments within the company can coordinate and cooperate to meet our full range of requirements.’
‘We often cooperate with Jun He and Yuanjing Xu. They are very professional, able to understand our all-round demands and respond quickly.’
‘As far as I know, Han Kun Law Firm's team adopts a corporate management system, which is different from the management model of traditional law firms. It will make work more efficient, fully mobilise the expertise of different individuals in the team to serve clients together, and fully guarantee professionalism and efficiency at every stage of different legal affairs.’
‘Wei He and Yanbing Zhang provide services to our company. The whole legal service process is very comfortable. The professionalism and efficiency of the whole team are beyond doubt. What is more surprising is their responsible attitude. Our case has certain complexity and difficulties. During the ongoing process of the case, the lawyer team's periodic reports are very timely, and the suggestions given are also very pertinent. Our company is very satisfied with the services of Han Kun.'
Key clients
- Tencent
- Baidu
- JD.com
- Meituan
- Naver
- Lenovo
- Nio
- Li Auto Inc.
- Light Year AI Limited
- Audi
- AsiaInfo
- Cloud Kitchens
- Garmin China
- Sandvik
- ATRenew
- 21Vianet
- Verizon
- Tencent Musi
- Tencent Video
- Tencent Games
- Into1
- Sohu Inc.
- Zhihu
- iQiyi
- iDreamSky
- Blizzar
- Shanghai Meisi Film Technology Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Television Art Center Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Huaran Culture Media Co.
- Eternity Pictures
- Netmarble Corporation
- Riot Games
- FunPlus
- IM30
- China Literature Limited
- BitAuto
- Beijing Hylink Advertising Co., Ltd.
Work highlights
- Advised DiDi on its strategic collaboration with Xpeng.
- Represented Light Year in its series angel financing and series A financing.
- Advised Meituan on its investment in the series angel+ financing of Beijing Galaxy Bot.
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Practice head
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Yijun Chao, Chaoying (Charles) Li, Wei (David) Li, Kelvin Gao, Zaiguang Lu, Sheng Li