On November 19, 2025, The Legal 500 released its 2026 Asia-Pacific Greater China Region list. Zhong Lun Law Firm garnered rankings in 35 practice areas/regions, and 185 lawyers shared among them 339 recommendations. Notably, Zhong Lun was ranked in the first tier in 26 practice areas/regions. Seven lawyers made to the “Hall of Fame”, 44 lawyers were rated as “Leading Partners”, 25 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

Regulatory/compliance

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

Insurance

Shipping

Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou

Hong Kong: Real estate

Hong Kong: Private client and family

Tier 4

Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: international arbitration

Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: litigation

Firms to Watch

Hong Kong: Private equity

Hong Kong: Banking and finance

Ranked Lawyers

Hall of Fame

Lijun Cao: Dispute resolution: arbitration

Haiyan Duan: Labour and employment

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

Dongyue Chen: Banking and finance

Catherine Chen: Private equity, Investment funds

Jihong Chen: TMT, Data protection, Intellectual property

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

Helen Cheng: Life sciences and healthcare, Intellectual property

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

Jerry FANG: Regulatory/compliance

Gary Gao: Regulatory/compliance

Mark Gao: Private wealth

Scott Guan: Corporate and M&A

Mingjun Jia: Private wealth

Chenbiao Li: Shipping

Chongwen Li: Dispute resolution: litigation

Gary Li: Hong Kong: Private equity

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

Yonghong Wang: Intellectual property

Fangrong Wu: Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou

Clifford Ng: Hong Kong: Private client and family

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

Renee Xiong: Hong Kong: Restructuring and insolvency, Hong Kong: Capital markets (debt)

Shengfeng Xu: Restructuring and insolvency

Frederick Hui: Dispute resolution: international arbitration

Yi Xue: Antitrust and competition

April Yan: Labour and employment

Luping Yu: Fintech

Zhe (Kevin) Yu: Corporate and M&A

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

Baosheng Zhang: Dispute resolution: litigation

Decai Zhang: Dispute resolution: litigation

Jiong Zhang: Real estate and construction

Ping Zhang: Investment funds

Anthony Zhao: TMT, Private equity

Maoyuan Zhu: Real estate and construction

Yeping (Carol) Zhu: Labour and employment

Next Generation Partners

Iris Choi: Hong Kong: Real estate

Mark Gao: Tax

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

Maria Hou: Corporate and M&A

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

Xingyu Huang: Dispute resolution: Arbitration

Hengka (Henry) Ji: Private wealth

Frank Jiang: Antitrust and competition

Xuan Jiang: Regulatory/compliance

Sylvia (Yujuan) Jiang: Dispute resolution: arbitration

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

Qi Lan: Life sciences and healthcare, Intellectual property

Kefeng Li: Capital markets

Ning Li: Dispute resolution: Arbitration

Chloe Leung: Hong Kong: Private client and family

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

Jie Ma: Dispute resolution: litigation

Jingli Mu: Capital markets

Nafisa Nihmat: Restructuring and insolvency

Jim Qiu: Life sciences and healthcare

Wei Wang: Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou

Jianhui Xie: Banking and finance

Yiheng Xu: Restructuring and insolvency

Roy Zheng: Capital markets

Yuru Zuo: Life sciences and healthcare

Leading Associates

Bin Chou: Dispute resolution: litigation

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

Yan Liu: Investment funds

Ziyue Wang: Dispute resolution: arbitration

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/Associates (Including Partners Managing Each Practice):

Insurance: Jieli Li, Jingtao Liu, Zhirui Liu, Xu Shen, Jun Ye, Richard Zeng

Antitrust and competition: Gary Gao, Maria Hou, Frank Jiang, Xiangwen Liu, Peng Wu, Yi Xue, Scott Yu

Real estate and construction: Yao Chen, Jianqing Ding, Lichun Gao, Xianshi Meng, Anthony Qiao, Yi Shi, Fei Wang, Yidong Wei, Jiong Zhang, Wenjing Zhang, Maoyuan Zhu

Corporate and M&A: Heng Ding, Yan Gao, Scott Guan, Han Hao, Yunfan He, Maria Hou, Audry Li, Xiong Li, Nina Liu, David Wang, Zhe Yu, Anthony Zhao

Shipping: Chengbiao Li

Regulatory/compliance: Jerry Fang, Gary Gao, Changyu Fu, Xuan Jiang, Jim Qiu, Baosheng Zhang, Guoxun Zhang

Fintech: Jihong Chen, Zhisong He, Jeffrey Liu, Luping Yu, Ting Yuan

TMT: Peng Cai, Ron Cai, Jihong Chen, William Jia, William Qiu, Xiaoming Song, Tao Tao, Victor Yu, Haijun Zhang, William Zhang, Anthony Zhao

Labour and employment: Haiyan Duan, Xu Li, April Yan, Jie Zha, Anderson Zhang, Carol Zhu

Restructuring and insolvency: Furong Deng, Nafisa Nihmat, Jianhui Tang, Bing Wang, Jianqin Wang, Yiheng Xu, Shengfeng Xu, Feixiang Yang, Duchao Zhang

Data protection: Peng Cai, Jihong Chen, Jeffrey Liu, Jiawei Wu, Yang Zhou

Tax: Mark Gao, Xin Guan, Han Hao, Mingjun Jia, Audry Li, Peter Ni

Private equity: Catherine Chen, Yechao Chen, Shaun Gao, Yun Hu, Bijun Huang, Tao Jin, Deyu Lin, Borong Liu, Raphael Liu, Tian Liu, William Qiu, Yuanyuan Tao, Xing Yin, Victor Yu, Evan Zhang, Luke Zhang, Anthony Zhao, Jialiang Zheng, Yan Zhou

Private wealth: Mark Gao, Henry Ji, Mingjun Jia, Peter Ni

Investment funds: Catherine Chen, Yan Liu, Yanlun Meng, Evan Zhang, Yan Zhou

Projects and energy: Jun Cheng, Yan Gao, Li Hao, Jihong Wang, Yong Wang, Zhenhua Wang, Julia Zhu

Life sciences and healthcare: Helen Cheng, Changyu Fu, Shaun Gao, Qi Lan, Jim Qiu, Dongmei Wang, Chunhui Yan, Yuru Zuo

Banking and finance: Dongyue Chen, Sophia Chen, Zhisong He, Borong Liu, Zhijun Liu, Shirley Lu, Min Min, Jianhui Xie, Ting Yuan, Li Zhang, Jonson Zhang

Dispute resolution: litigation: Lijun Cao, Bin Chou, Jie Ma, Zhiqiang Wei, Huimin Xia, Taofeng Xu, Baosheng Zhang, Decai Zhang, Jonson Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhu

Dispute resolution: arbitration: Lijun Cao, Xingyu Huang, Sylvia Jiang, Ning Li, Huawei Sun, Wei Sun, Ziyue Wang, Huimin Xia, Taofeng Xu, Baosheng Zhang

Intellectual property: non-contentious/Intellectual property: contentious: Jihong Chen, Helen Cheng, Ping Gu, Qi Lan, Dongxiao Ma, Yuanchao Ma, Yonghong Wang, Cliff Yang, William Zhang, Gang Zhao

Capital markets: Mingjun Chang, Yunfan He, William Jia, Kefeng Li, Xin Liu, Jingli Mu, Jin Shen, Xiaoming Song, Zhoujun Tang, Cynthia Yuan, Anthony Zhao, Roy Zheng

WTO/international trade: Gary Gao, Zhe Jiang, Si Li, Jianwei Liu, Xiangwen Liu, Shanshan Xu, Guoxun Zhang, Mengya Zheng

Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen: Laura Chen, Dong Feng, Aron Hu, Bijun Huang, Tao Jin, Nina Liu, Boming Qian, Shengfeng Xu, Baisha Zhang

Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing: Qiang Li, Jianhui Tang, Zhiqiang Wei

Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing: Bin Fan, Yunfan He, Hongchuan Luo, Li Xiong, Yiheng Xu, Fei Yang

Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou: Yueqi Chen, Li Hao, Wei Wang, Fangrong Wu

Hong Kong: Real estate: Louis Pe, Choi Iris, Howard Wong, Allen Yam, IP Christy

Hong Kong: Private equity: Gary Li, Min Lu, Stacey Shen, Boxin Wang

Hong Kong: Private client and family: Chloe Leung, Ng Clifford

Hong Kong: Banking and finance: Carmen Cheng

PRC firms in Hong Kong: Choi Iris, Gary Li, Chloe Leung, Jaycen Liao, Henry LAU, Allen Yam, Ng Clifford, Alan Xu, Frederick Hui, Jane Yao

Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: international arbitration: Gilbert Leung, Terence Luk, Frederick Hui

Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: litigation: Simon Leung, Clara Leung, Gilbert Leung, Serene Lam, Terence Luk, Frederick Hui

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