On January 15, 2026, the internationally recognized legal ranking publisher Chambers & Partners released the Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2026. Zhong Lun Law Firm achieved rankings in 42 practice areas and regional categories, covering 31 practice areas and 11 regions, with 28 of those rankings placed in Band 1. In addition, 147 of the firm’s lawyers took home a total of 178 rankings.

Ranked Practice Areas / Regions (42 in total)

Band 1

• Real Estate

• Corporate/M&A

• Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption

• International Trade / WTO: Respondent

• Construction

• Financial Services Regulation

• 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

• Projects & Infrastructure

• Banking & Finance

• Dispute Resolution

• Securities: Litigation

• Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Capital Markets: Domestic Issuance

• Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

• Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-contentious

• Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious

• Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Contentious

• 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

• TMT: Technology & Telecommunications

• Healthcare

• Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances

• Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Non-contentious

• Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Contentious

Band 3

• Insurance

• Intellectual Property: Non-litigation

• Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

• Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Contentious

Band 4

• Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Non-contentious

Band 6

• Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

Ranked Lawyers (147 lawyers; 178 rankings)

Senior Statespeople

• Chen Limin – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Qiao Anthony – Real Estate

• Wu Peng – Competition / Antitrust

• Zhu Maoyuan – Real Estate; Construction

Eminent Practitioners

• Fan Bin – Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-contentious

• Liu Bairong – Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

• Zhao Anthony – Corporate/M&A; Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Zhou Yacheng – Environment

Band 1

• Cao Lijun – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

• Chen Catherine – Investment Funds

• Chen Jihong – TMT: Technology & Telecommunications; TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

• Chen Limin – Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious

• Cheng Jun – Energy & Natural Resources

• Deng Guolin – Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-contentious; Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Contentious

• Duan Haiyan – Employment

• Gao Jun – Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption

• Gu Ping – Intellectual Property: Foreign Legal Consultants

• Guan Scott – Corporate/M&A

• Jia Mingjun – Private Client / Wealth Management

• Li Gary – Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)

• Li Audry – Corporate/M&A

• Ni Peter – Tax; Private Client / Wealth ManagementS

• un Fanglong – Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

• Sun Huawei – Dispute Resolution: Foreign Legal Consultants

• Wang Jihong – Construction

• Xiong Li – Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-contentious

• Xiong Renee – Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms)

• Xu Shengfeng – Restructuring / Insolvency

• Yu Scott – Competition / Antitrust

• Zhang Baisha – Competition / Antitrust; Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious; Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Contentious

• Zhang Baosheng – Financial Services Regulation; Securities: Litigation

• Zhang Decai – Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Zhang Jiong – Construction

• Zhang Li – Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

• Zhao Anthony – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Zhu Carol – Employment

• Zou Mingchun – Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

Band 2

• Cheng Helen – Healthcare

• Deng Furong - Real Estate

• Gao Mark - Tax; Private Client / Wealth Management

• Gong Lefan - Private Client / Wealth Management

• Guo Kejun - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Han Dageng - Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

• He Dan - Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

• He Yunfan - Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-contentious

• Jia Shen - International Trade / WTO: Consultants

• Jiang Zhe - International Trade / WTO: Respondent

• Li Chenbiao - Shipping: Eastern China

• Li Chongwen - Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Li Si - International Trade / WTO: Consultants

• Li Carl - Corporate/M&A

• Liu Jianwei - International Trade / WTO: Respondent

• Liu Xiangwen - Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption

• Lu Shirley - Banking & Finance

• Lu Jingyi - Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

• Ma Dongxiao - Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Mu Song - Real Estate

• Sun Caihua - Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

• Sun Wei - Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

• Tang Zhoujun - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Wang Bing - Restructuring / Insolvency

• Wang Jihong - Projects & Infrastructure

• Wang Wayne- Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious

• Wang Zhenhua - Energy & Natural Resources

• Xue Yi - Competition / Antitrust

• Yu Victor - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Yuan Ting - Banking & Finance

• Zhang Baosheng - Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Zhang Guoxun - International Trade / WTO: Consultants

• Zhang Haijun – Construction

• Zhang Peng - Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Zhang Shuguang - Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

• Zhou Laura - Projects & Infrastructure

Band 3

• Cai Peng - TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

• Chen Dongyue - Banking & Finance

• Chen Catherine - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Chen Gang - Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-contentious

• Chen Ellen - Real Estate

• Chen Yueqi - Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Non-contentious; Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Contentious

• Cheng Helen - Intellectual Property: Non-litigation

• Fang Jianwei - Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption

• Gao Shaun - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Gong Lefan - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Hao Li - Energy & Natural Resources

• He Zhisong - Banking & Finance

• Hu Aron - Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious

• Ji Henry - Tax

• Jiang Tao - Corporate/Commercial: Shandong

• Li Wei - Private Client / Wealth Management

• Liang Qinghua - Energy & Natural Resources

• Liu Claire - Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai

• Liu Xiaoli - Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

• Min Min - Insurance

• Nihmat Nafisa - Restructuring / Insolvency

• Quan Fen - Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious

• Sun Huaining - Environment

• Tang Jianhui - Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

• Wang Jihong - Energy & Natural Resources

• Wang Jing - Corporate/Commercial: Hubei

• Wu Fangrong - Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Non-contentious; Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Contentious

• Wu Lintao - Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-contentious

• Xiong Jie - Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-contentious

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

• Yu Zhe - Corporate/M&A

• Zhang Gavin - Real Estate

• Zhang Peng - TMT: Technology & Telecommunications

• Zhang Ping - Investment Funds

• Zhou Wei - Securities: Litigation

• Zhu Julia - Corporate/M&A

Band 4

• Cheng Helen - Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Fu Changyu - Healthcare

• Gao Shaun - Healthcare

• Huo Wei - Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

• Ji Henry - Private Client / Wealth Management

• Jia Haibo - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Jiang Huikuang - Competition / Antitrust

• Li Qiang - Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Non-contentious; Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

• Liu Xiangwen - Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Liu Jason - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Ma Yuanchao - Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Meng Xianshi - Private Client / Wealth Management

• Qiu Jim - Healthcare

• Rong Rong - Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Non-contentious

• Wang Haitao - Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

• Wang Yonghong - Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Wei Zhiqiang - Construction; Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Contentious

• Xiong Renee - Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)

• Xu Hui - Corporate/Commercial: Shaanxi

• Xu Wei - Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

• Yang Li - Restructuring / Insolvency

• Yang Cliff - Intellectual Property: Non-litigation

• Yu Luping - Environment

• Yu Zhiguo - International Trade / WTO: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions; International Trade / WTO: Respondent

• Zhang Anderson - Employment

• Zhao Allen - Insurance

• Zhou Yang - TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

• Zuo Yuru - Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption

Band 5

• Cheng Bo - Corporate/M&A

• Cheng Jun - Corporate/M&A

• Liu Tian - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Liu Jeffrey - TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

• Mu Jingli - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Sheng Yongpan - Intellectual Property: Litigation

• Sun Binbin - Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Wu Fangrong - Real Estate

• Xu Shiduo - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Yi Xiangming - Dispute Resolution: Litigation

• Zhao Allen - Corporate/M&A

• Zhong Qunxin - Real Estate

Band 6

• Hui Frederick - Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

Up and Coming

• Ge Yan - Corporate Investigations / Anti-Corruption

• Hou Zhanghui - Competition / Antitrust

• Li Lei - Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-contentious

• Liu Tianshun - Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

• Meng Wenxiang - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Ren Ke - Intellectual Property: Non-litigation

• Wang Guan - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Wang Zhuo - Corporate/Commercial: Chongqing: Non-contentious

• Xie Jianhui - Banking & Finance

• Zhang Duchao - Restructuring / Insolvency

• Zhang Ming - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Zhou Xuan - Environment

• Zhou Zhehao - Corporate/Commercial: Shanghai

• Zhu Yuanyuan - Securities: Litigation

 *Listed alphabetically by surname.

The Chambers Greater China Region Guide highlights outstanding law firms and distinguished lawyers, based on the Chambers research team's rigorous research over the past year, covering market data evaluation across multiple practice areas in the Greater China region, as well as extensive interviews with in-house counsel and lawyers.