On November 20, 2024, The Legal 500 released its 2025 Asia-Pacific Greater China Region list. Zhong Lun Law Firm garnered rankings in 33 practice areas/regions, and 188 lawyers shared among them 346 recommendations. Notably, Zhong Lun was ranked in the first tier in 25 practice areas/regions. Six lawyers made to the “Hall of Fame”, 35 lawyers were rated as “Leading Partners”, 20 lawyers as “Next Generation Partners”, and eight lawyers as “Leading Associates”.

Ranked Practice Areas/Regions

Tier 1

Antitrust and competition

Real estate and construction

Corporate and M&A

Fintech

TMT

Labour and employment

Restructuring and insolvency

Data protection

Tax

Private equity

Private wealth

Investment funds

Projects and energy

Life sciences and healthcare

Banking and finance

Dispute resolution: litigation

Dispute resolution: arbitration

Intellectual property: non-contentious

Intellectual property: contentious

Capital markets

WTO/international trade

Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing

Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing

PRC firms in Hong Kong

Tier 2

Shipping

Regulatory/compliance

Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou

Hong Kong: Real estate

Hong Kong: Private client and family

Tier 3

Insurance

Tier 4

Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: international arbitration

Tier 5

Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: litigation

Ranked Lawyers

Hall of Fame

Lijun Cao: Dispute resolution: arbitration

Li Hao: Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou

Audry Li: Corporate and M&A

Peng Wu: Antitrust and competition

Victor Yu: TMT

Anthony Zhao: Corporate and M&A, Capital markets

Leading Partners

Peng Cai: Data protection

Catherine Chen: Private equity, Investment funds

Jihong Chen: TMT, Intellectual property

Jie (Laura) Chen: Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Helen Cheng: Life sciences and healthcare, Intellectual property

Haiyan Duan: Labour and employment

Bin Fan: Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing

Gary Gao: Regulatory/compliance

Mark Gao: Private wealth

Scott Guan: Corporate and M&A

Mingjun Jia: Private wealth

Chenbiao Li: Shipping

Qiang Li: Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing

Borong Liu: Banking and finance

Jianwei Liu: WTO/international trade

Jeffery Liu: Fintech

Peter Ni: Tax, Private wealth

Huawei Sun: Dispute resolution: arbitration

Wei Sun: Dispute resolution: arbitration

Jianhui Tang: Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing

Jihong Wang: Real estate and construction, Projects and energy

David Wang: Corporate and M&A

Fangrong Wu: Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou

Clifford Ng: Hong Kong: Private client and family

Li Xiong: Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing

Shengfeng Xu: Restructuring and insolvency

Yi Xue: Antitrust and competition

April Yan: Labour and employment

Zhe (Kevin) Yu: Corporate and M&A

Baisha Zhang: Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Decai Zhang: Dispute resolution: litigation

Ping Zhang: Investment funds

Anthony Zhao: TMT, Private equity

Maoyuan Zhu: Real estate and construction

Yeping (Carol) Zhu: Labour and employment

Next Generation Partners

Mark Gao: Tax

Yunfan He: Corporate and M&A, Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing

Bijun Huang: Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Xingyu Huang: Dispute resolution: litigation

Hengka (Henry) Ji: Private wealth

Frank Jiang: Antitrust and competition

Sylvia (Yujuan) Jiang: Dispute resolution: arbitration

Tao Jin: Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Qi Lan: Life sciences and healthcare, Intellectual property

Ursula Li: Investment funds

Kefeng Li: Capital markets

Chloe Leung: Hong Kong: Private client and family

Hongchuan Luo: Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing

Jingli Mu: Capital markets

Jim Qiu: Life sciences and healthcare

Yiheng Xu: Restructuring and insolvency

April Yan: Corporate and M&A

Roy Zheng: Capital markets

Yuanyuan Zhu: Dispute resolution: litigation

Yuru Zuo: Life sciences and healthcare

Leading Associates

Nina Liu: Corporate and M&A, Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Yan Liu: Investment funds

Ziyue Wang: Dispute resolution: arbitration

Pulingling Xiao: Data protection

Fei Yang: Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing

Cynthia Yuan: Capital markets

Jie Zha: Labour and employment

Wenjing Zhang: Real estate and construction

List of Recommended Partners/Lawyers:

Louis Pe, Peng Cai, Ron Cai, Choi Iris, Lijun Cao, Mingjun Chang, Dongyue Chen, Catherine Chen, Jihong Chen, Jie (Laura) Chen, Ellen Chan, Yueqi Chen, Helen Cheng, Jun Cheng, Furong Deng, Heng Ding, Jianqing Ding, Wenhao Ding, Wei Du, Haiyan Duan, Bin Fan, Dong Feng, Henry Fung, Changyu Fu, Gary Gao , Mark Gao, Shaun Gao, Yan Gao, Shu Ge, Xin Guan, Scott Guan, Kejun Guo, Xiaodan Guo, Jessica Kwok, Han Hao, Li Hao, Zhisong He, Yunfan He, Maria Hou, Ashley Hu, Yun Hu, Bijun Huang, Howard Wong, Wilson Huo, Henry Ji, Sakura Ji, Haibo Jia, Mingjun Jia, Zhe Jiang, Jie Jiang, Sean Jiang, Sylvia Jiang, Tao Jin, Qi Lan, Song Lei, Chenbiao Li, Chongwen Li, Guang Li, Hairong Li, Audry Li, Jieli Li, Ursula Li, Kefeng Li, Qiang Li, Ruixuan Li, Si Li, Carl Li, Xu Li, Chloe Leung, Gilbert Leung, Jaycen Liao, Borong Liu, Jianwei Liu, Jingtao Liu, Nina Liu, Tianshun Liu, Tian Liu, Xiangwen Liu, Jeffrey Liu, Laura Liu, Ying Liu, Henry Lau, Terence Luk, Hongchuan Luo, Jie Ma, Yingnan Ma, Yuanchao Ma, Xianshi Meng, Yanlun Meng, Marvin Min, Jingli Mu, Nafisa Nihmat, Peter Ni, Victor Pang, Boming Qian, Anthony Qiao, William Qiu, Jim Qiu, Allen Yam, Yi Shi, Xiaoming Song, Wei Sun, Jianhui Tang, Zhoujun Tang, Yuanfang Teng, Weiyi Tian, Bing Wang, Dongmei Wang, Fei Wang, Jihong Wang, Jianqin Wang, David Wang, Yonghong Wang, Yong Wang, Zhenhua Wang, Zhuo Wang, Ziyue Wang, Yidong Wei, Zhiqiang Wei, Fangrong Wu, Lintao Wu, Clifford Ng, Huimin Xia, Pulingling Xiao, Qiang Xiao, Chenxi Xie, Li Xiong, Chuan Xu, Alan Xu, Shanshan Xu, Taofeng Xu, Yiheng Xu, Shengfeng Xu, Frederick Hui, April Yan, Eric Yan, Fei Yang, Cliff Yang, Wenlong Yang, Jane Yao, Qiming Yao, Christy Ip, Victor Yu, Luping Yu, Zhiguo Yu, Scott Yu, Zhe Yu, Xiaoyan Yuan, Ting Yuan, Jie Zha, Richard Zeng, Baisha Zhang, Baosheng Zhang, Decai Zhang, Anderson Zhang, Jiong Zhang, Lily Zhang, Linzhu Zhang, Lu Zhang, Peng Zhang, Evan Zhang, Qixiang Zhang, Jonson Zhang, Wenjing Zhang, Luke Zhang, Jerry Zhang, Allen Zhao, Gang Zhao, Anthony Zhao, Ting Zhao, Xiang Zhao, Yanchun Zhao, Ying Zhao, Zekun Zheng, Jason Zhong, Joey Zhou, Yang Zhou, Jinshu Zhu, Maoyuan Zhu, Carol Zhu, Julia Zhu, Yuanyuan Zhu, Yuru Zuo

* (in alphabetical order)