On January 16, 2025, Chambers & Partners, an international authoritative legal rating agency, released Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025, and Zhong Lun has 40 practice areas recommended, of which 28 were ranked Band 1. Meanwhile, 131 Zhong Lun lawyers shared among them 153 rankings.

40 Practice Areas Recommended

Band 1

Real Estate

Corporate/M&A

Corporate Investigation/Anti-Corruption

International Trade/WTO: Respondents

Construction

Competition/Antitrust

Employment

Energy & Natural Resources

Restructuring/Insolvency

Tax

Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Private Client/Wealth Management

TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

Investment Funds

Project & Infrastructure

Banking & Finance

Dispute Resolution

Securities: Litigation

Intellectual Property: Litigation

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms)

Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products

Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-Contentious

Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-Contentious

Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Contentious

Corporate/Commercial: Hainan

Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-Contentious

Band 2

International Trade/WTO: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

Shipping: Eastern China

Environment

Healthcare

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Hong Kong and Overseas)

Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Non-Contentious

Band 3

Insurance

TMT: Technology & Telecommunications

Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Contentious

Band 4

Intellectual Property: Non-Litigation

Band 6

Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

131 Lawyers Recommended

Senior Statespeople

Limin Chen   Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Anthony Qiao   Real Estate

Peng Wu  Competition/Antitrust

Maoyuan Zhu  Real Estate, Construction

Eminent Practitioners

Borong Liu   Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products

Anthony Zhao   Corporate/M&A, Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Yacheng Zhou  Environment

Band 1

Lijun Cao   Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Catherine Chen  Investment Funds

Jihong Chen  TMT: Technology & Telecommunications, TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

Limin Chen   Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-Contentious

Jun Cheng   Energy & Natural Resources

Guolin Deng  Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-Contentious, Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Contentious

Bin Fan   Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-Contentious

Gary Gao  Corporate Investigation/Anti-Corruption

Ping Gu  Intellectual Property: Foreign Legal Consultants

Scott Guan  Corporate/M&A

Mingjun Jia   Private Client/Wealth Management

Audry Li   Corporate/M&A

Hui Liao   Corporate/Commercial: Hainan

Peter Ni   Tax, Private Client/Wealth Management

Fanglong Sun  Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

Jihong Wang   Construction

Li Xiong   Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-Contentious

Shengfeng Xu   Restructuring/Insolvency

Baisha Zhang   Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-Contentious, Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Contentious

Baosheng Zhang   Securities: Litigation

Decai Zhang   Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Li Zhang   Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Anthony Zhao   Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Carol Zhu  Employment

Mingchun Zou   Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Band 2

Helen Cheng  Healthcare

Furong Deng   Real Estate

Haiyan Duan  Employment

Lefan Gong   Private Client/Wealth Management

Kejun Guo   Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Dageng Han   Corporate/Commercial: Shandong 

Dan He Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Zhe Jiang   International Trade/WTO: Respondents

Chongwen Li  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Jianwei Liu   International Trade/WTO: Respondents

Xiangwen Liu   Corporate Investigation/Anti-Corruption

Shirley Lu   Banking & Finance

Jingyi Lu   Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products

Dongxiao Ma  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Song Mu   Real Estate

Caihua Sun  Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Wei Sun  Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Jihong Wang Project & Infrastructure

Wayne Wang  Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-Contentious

Zhenhua Wang Energy & Natural Resources

Yi Xue Competition/Antitrust

Victor Yu   Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Scott Yu Competition/Antitrust

Baisha Zhang   Competition/Antitrust

Baosheng Zhang Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Haijun Zhang Construction

Jiong Zhang Construction

Peng Zhang  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Shuguang Zhang   Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Laura Zhou Project & Infrastructure

Band 3

Peng Cai  TMT：Data Protection & Privacy

Dongyue Chen Banking & Finance

Catherine Chen Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Gang Chen  Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-Contentious

Ellen Chan Real Estate

Yueqi Chen  Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Non-Contentious, Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Contentious

Jianwei Fang  Corporate Investigation/Anti-Corruption

Mark Gao Tax, Private Client/Wealth Management

Lefan Gong  Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Li Hao  Energy & Natural Resources

Yunfan He  Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-Contentious

Zhisong He Banking & Finance

Aron Hu Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-Contentious

Chenbiao Li  Shipping: Eastern China

Wei Li  Private Client/Wealth Management

Carl Li  Corporate/M&A

Qinghua Liang Energy & Natural Resources

Xiangwen Liu  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Fen Quan Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-Contentious

Jianhui Tang  Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

Zhoujun Tang  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Bing Wang   Restructuring/Insolvency

Fangrong Wu  Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Contentious

Lintao Wu  Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-Contentious

Jie Xiong  Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-Contentious

Shanshan Xu   International Trade/WTO: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

Ting Yuan  Banking & Finance

Guoxun Zhang  International Trade/WTO: Consultants

Gavin Zhang  Real Estate

Peng Zhang TMT: Technology & Telecommunications

Evan Zhang   Investment Funds

Wei Zhou  Securities: Litigation

Julia Zhu   Corporate/M&A

Band 4

Helen Cheng   Intellectual Property: Non-Litigation, Intellectual Property: Litigation

Changyu Fu  Healthcare

Shaun Gao   Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Wilson Huo  Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Haibo Jia  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Qiang Li Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

Claire Liu  Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai

Jason Liu   Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Yuanchao Ma   Intellectual Property: Litigation

Xianshi Meng  Private Client/Wealth Management

Marvin Min  Insurance

Nafisa Nihmat  Restructuring/Insolvency

Jim Qiu  Healthcare

Huaining Sun  Environment

Haitao Wang  Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

Yonghong Wang  Intellectual Property: Litigation

Zhiqiang Wei  Construction

Luping Yu  Environment

Zhe Yu  Corporate/M&A

Anderson Zhang  Employment

Allen Zhao   Insurance

Yang Zhou   TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

Yuru Zuo   Corporate Investigation/Anti-Corruption

Band 5

Bo Cheng   Corporate/M&A

Tian Liu  Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Jeffrey Liu   TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

Binbin Sun  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

David Xu  Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Zhiguo Yu  International Trade/WTO: Respondents

Allen Zhao  Corporate/M&A

Band 6

Frederick Hui   Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

Up and Coming

Xining Dai   Investment Funds

Shaun Gao  Healthcare

Maria Hou  Competition/Antitrust

Henry Ji   Private Client/Wealth Management

Lei Li  Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-Contentious

Xiaoli Liu   Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products

Wenxiang Meng  Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Guan Wang Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Chriselle Wang  Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Zhuo Wang  Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-Contentious

Fangrong Wu  Real Estate

Wei Xu   Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products

Cliff Yang  Intellectual Property: Non-Litigation 

Xiangming Yi  Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Duchao Zhang   Restructuring/Insolvency

Ming Zhang Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

Xuan Zhou  Environment

Zhehao Zhou Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai

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