On November 18, LexisNexis announced the 2024 “Elite under 40” list for the Greater China region. Zhong Lun’s Hengka (Henry) Ji, Wenxiang Meng, Ruixuan Li, and Carmen Cheng were honored on the list.

Hengka (Henry) Ji

Partner, Beijing Office

With nearly fourteen years of practice and dual qualification in the PRC and New York State, Henry has built an impressive track record  representing dozens of high-net-worth clients and financial institutions in wealth planning matters, such as family trusts, family offices, inheritance, and global asset protection, in multiple jurisdictions. His expertise also covers charity and impact investment of United Nations agencies, non-profit organizations, and philanthropists. Henry has received multiple recommendations from international authoritative rating agencies in private wealth management and taxation.

Henry’s extensive experience and keen industry insights have earned him recognition as a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow and an AVPN Impact Investing Fellow. His expertise is further demonstrated recently through his co-authorship of the book Cross Generational Wealth: Management and Inheritance of Family Wealth, published by Tsinghua University Press. He is regularly invited to share valuable lectures on cross-border investment, private wealth planning, and charity law at esteemed institutions, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Renmin University of China, as well as at prominent international conferences.

Wenxiang Meng

Partner, Shanghai Office

With over a decade of experience in capital markets and M&A, Mr. Wenxiang Meng possesses extensive industry knowledge and a strong project track record. His expertise lies in conducting in-depth research on the unique aspects of his clients’ industries, thereby enabling him to contribute significantly to their development through his legal services.

Mr. Meng focuses on domestic and international capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and equity investment and financing. Tapping into extensive experience across sectors such as military, semiconductors, new energy, and new materials, he has successively guided the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) listings of Dioo Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Telink Semiconductor Co., Ltd., and Jiuri New Materials Co., Ltd., as well as significant asset restructurings of listed companies like China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Sichuan New Energy Power Co., Ltd., and other landmark projects in capital markets. Mr. Meng has also represented well-known domestic and international funds and corporate clients in a wide array of equity investment and financing transactions. His outstanding professional capabilities and sterling industry reputation have earned him the unwavering trust and confidence of his clients.

Ruixuan Li

Non-equity partner, Beijing Office

Ruixuan Li is an experienced specialist in securities compliance and litigation, fund and trust litigation, and corporate litigation. He has represented a wide range of listed companies, securities intermediaries, as well as trust and fund companies, in compliance, litigation, and arbitration. Notably, he has handled significant cases such as the first securities special representative litigation settlement case and the first securities administrative party commitment case in China.

With his exceptional bilingual proficiencies, he has provided professional legal consultation and litigation representation to top global investment banks, accounting firms, and credit rating agencies.

Simultaneously, he prioritizes theoretical research on emerging issues in fields such as the Securities Law and the Trust Law. He has taken the lead in completion of annual key research reports for the China Securities Association and the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, which were rated as outstanding. Furthermore, he has authored multiple professional articles in authoritative journals such as the Securities Law Review.

Hiu Man, Carmen Cheng

Non-equity partner, Hong Kong Office

Carmen Cheng is a seasoned professional in banking and financial services, with extensive experience handling businesses such as syndicated loans, acquisition financing, real estate financing, asset financing, cross-border financing, project financing, guarantee financing, structured financing, and debt restructuring. Her outstanding professional capabilities and diligent work ethic has earned her deep trust of her clients. She consistently delivers exceptional legal services to a range of distinguished exceptional domestic and foreign financial institutions, sponsors, issuers, arrangers and corporate borrowers, including China’s four largest commercial banks, the country’s policy banks, and its four largest national asset management companies.

In addition, Ms. Cheng demonstrates expertise in compliance and regulatory matters governed by the Hong Kong Listing Rules and the Code on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs.

The LexisNexis “40 UNDER 40”list for the Greater China region aims to comprehensively evaluate achievements, potential, contributions to the development of peers and the legal industry as a whole, and other indicators of candidates aged 40 and below. By identifying and honoring the most promising young legal talents in the region, the list commends their outstanding performance in the legal market.