Source: Zhonglun.com
In the 2022 edition of the Legal 500 Asia Pacific released on January 12, 2022, Zhong Lun was recommended in 30 practice areas/regions, of which 23 were ranked Tier 1. Among the recommended, "Private Wealth", "Insurance" and "Hong Kong: Dispute resolution (international arbitration)" were ranked for the first time. 111 Zhong Lun lawyers garnered among them 188 rankings, of whom 3 lawyers were honored in the "Hall of Fame", 26 lawyers were rated as "Leading Individuals", 11 as "Next Generation Partners" and 8 as "Rising Stars".
Ranked Practice Areas/Regions
*Tier 1
Antitrust and Competition
Banking and Finance
Capital Markets
Corporate and M&A
Data Protection
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Fintech
Intellectual Property: Contentious
Intellectual Property: Non-contentious
Investment Funds
Labour and Employment
Life Sciences and Healthcare
Private Wealth
Projects and Energy
Real Estate and Construction
Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen
Jiangsu Province: Nanjing
Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou
Restructuring and Insolvency
Tax
TMT
WTO/International Trade
*Tier 2
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Insurance
Private Equity
Regulatory/Compliance
Shipping
Hong Kong: Private Client (tax, trusts, wealth management and contentious probate)
*Tier 4
Hong Kong: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
Ranked Lawyers
*Hall of Fame
Audry Li Corporate and M&A
Wantao Yang Banking and Finance
Anthony Zhao Corporate and M&A; Capital Markets
*Leading Individuals
Peng Cai Data Protection
Lijun Cao Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Catherine Chen Investment Funds
Helen Cheng Life sciences and Healthcare; Intellectual Property
Haiyan Duan Labour and Employment
Bin Fan Sichuan Province: Chengdu Including Chongqing
Gary Gao Regulatory/Compliance
Lefan Gong Private Equity
Scott Guan Corporate and M&A
Jimmy Huang Intellectual Property
Xinyu Liu Data Protection; Fintech
Peter Ni Tax
Jihong Wang Projects and Energy; Real Estate and Construction
David Wang Corporate and M&A
Fangrong Wu Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou
Peng Wu Antitrust and Competition
Clifford Ng Hong Kong: Private Client (tax, trusts, wealth management and contentious probate)
Li Xiong Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
Shengfeng Xu Restructuring and Insolvency
Yi Xue Antitrust and Competition
Victor Yu TMT
Zhe Yu Corporate and M&A
Decai Zhang Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Anthony Zhao Private Equity; TMT
Maoyuan Zhu Real estate and Construction
Carol Zhu Labour and Employment
*Next Generation Partners
Mark Gao Tax
Yunfan He Corporate and M&A; Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
Yuanyuan Jia Intellectual Property
Frank Jiang Antitrust and Competition
Guanghui Jin Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Ursula Li Investment Funds
Kefeng Li Capital Markets
Jim Qiu Life Sciences and Healthcare
John Shen Private Equity
April Yan Corporate and M&A
Yuru Zuo Life Sciences and Healthcare
*Rising Stars
Roy Zheng Capital Markets
Qi Zhang Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Qi Lan Life Sciences and Healthcare
Shuman Zhang Life Sciences and Healthcare
Xiaorui Yang Private Equity
Wenjing Zhang Real Estate and Construction
Summer Huang TMT
Chloe Leung Private Client (tax, trusts, wealth management and contentious probate)