On January 12, 2022, Chambers & Partners, a reputable international legal rating agency, published its first Chambers Greater China Region 2022 guide. Zhong Lun was highlighted in 32 practice areas, of which 21 made it to Band 1. Data Protection & Privacy, the firm’s newly added practice area, was featured on the Spotlight Table. 73 lawyers of Zhong Lun received 87 rankings in total. Among them, Mr. Limin Chen, Mr. Peng Wu and Mr. Maoyuan Zhu brought home the title of "Senior Statespeople", and Mr. Borong Liu and Mr. Li Zhang were named "Eminent Practitioners". This is the first time that Chambers has presented rankings specifically for law firms and lawyers in the Greater China Region, with the selection process based on the complexity, dynamics and diversity of the legal service markets.

32 Practice Areas Ranked

*Band 1

Capital Markets: Domestic Issuances

Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances

Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

Competition/Antitrust

Construction

Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong

Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan

Corporate/M&A

Dispute Resolution

Employment

Energy & Natural Resources

Intellectual Property: Litigation

International Trade/WTO: Respondent

Investment Funds

Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Projects & Infrastructure

Real Estate

Restructuring/Insolvency

Tax

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

*Band 2

Banking & Finance

Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption

Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing

Environment

International Trade: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

*Band 3

Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang

Healthcare

Shipping: Eastern China

*Spotlight Table

Data Protection & Privacy

Private Client/Wealth Management

73 Lawyers Ranked

*Senior Statespeople

Limin Chen  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Peng Wu  Competition/Antitrust

Maoyuan Zhu  Construction; Real Estate

*Eminent Practitioners

Borong Liu  Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

Li (Zoe) Zhang  Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

*Band 1

Lijun Cao  Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Catherine Chen  Investment Funds

Jihong Chen  Data Protection & Privacy; Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

Limin Chen  Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong

Jun Cheng  Energy & Natural Resources

Bin Fan  Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan

Mingjun Jia  Private Client/Wealth Management

Zhe Jiang  International Trade/WTO: Respondent

Hong Li  Corporate/M&A

Peter Ni  Private Client/Wealth Management; Tax

Fanglong Sun  Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

Jihong Wang  Construction

Li Xiong  Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing

Shengfeng Xu  Restructuring/Insolvency

Baisha Zhang  Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong

Decai Zhang  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Anthony Zhao  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Corporate/M&A; Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment; Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

Carol (Yeping) Zhu  Employment

Mingchun Zou  Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

*Band 2

Guolin Deng  Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan

Haiyan Duan  Employment

Jun Gao  Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption

Lefan Gong  Private Client/Wealth Management

Ping Gu  Intellectual Property: Foreign Legal Consultants

Scott Guan  Corporate/M&A

Kejun Guo  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Dan He  Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Jingyi Lu  Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

Dongxiao Ma  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Song Mu  Real Estate

Yong Wang  Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong

Yi Xue  Competition/Antitrust

Baisha Zhang  Competition/Antitrust

Jiong Zhang  Construction

Shuguang Zhang  Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Lanping Zhou  Projects & Infrastructure

Yacheng Zhou  Environment

Kun Zou  Environment

*Band 3

Jihong Chen  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Helen Cheng  Healthcare

Lefan Gong  Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Li Hao  Energy & Natural Resources

Huo Wei  Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Chenbiao Li  Shipping: Eastern China

Jianwei Liu  International Trade/WTO: Respondent

Jing Lu  Banking & Finance

Jihong Wang  Projects & Infrastructure

Victor Yu  Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Scott Yu  Competition/Antitrust

Baosheng Zhang  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Gavin Zhang  Real Estate

Ping Zhang  Investment Funds

Yang Zhou  Data Protection & Privacy

Yueping Zhou  Construction; Projects & Infrastructure

*Band 4

Dongyue Chen   Banking & Finance

Helen Cheng  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Haiyan Liu  Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai

Xinhui Liu  Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Yuanchao Ma  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Wei Sun  Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Xi Sun  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Feng Yu  Shipping: Eastern China

Victor Yu  Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

Julia (Ying） Zhu  Corporate/M&A

*Band 5

Bing Wang  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Genwang (Anderson) Zhang  Employment

*Up and coming

Yao Chen  Real Estate

Bo Cheng  Corporate/M&A

Mark Gao  Tax

Jimmy Huang  Intellectual Property: Non-litigation

Haibo Jia  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Nafisa Nihmat  Restructuring/Insolvency

Lintao Wu  Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing

Frederick Hui  Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

Ting Yuan  Banking & Finance