12 January, 2018
The Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2018 were announced on December 7, 2017. The rankings honor the work of law firms across the Asia-Pacific region over the past 12 months. JunHe has retained its leading position in the field, winning awards in 22 different ranked departments (eight of those in Band 1). Thirty-eight JunHe lawyers were named Ranked Lawyers, including Mr. Wei Xiao, who was named a “Senior Statesman”. Mr. Hongli Ma and Mr. Chunyang Shao were named as “Eminent Practitioners”, and eight other JunHe partners were ranked in Band 1.
Since its establishment in 1969, Chambers and Partners has provided the most professional legal rating standards in the field. With more than 170 researchers in its team, Chambers investigates law firms worldwide and honors the top law firms and lawyers based on their clients’ responses, surveys and market data. This is Chambers 10th year in China and the number of its ranked lawyers in China has risen to 27.
22 Ranked Departments：
Band 1：
- Aviation: Finance (PRC Firms)
- Banking & Finance (PRC Firms)
- Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances
- Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Guangdong (PRC Firms)
- Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms)
- Employment (PRC Firms)
- Energy & Natural Resources (PRC Firms)
- Projects & Infrastructure (PRC Firms)
Band 2：
- Capital Markets: Domestic Issuances
- Competition/Antitrust (PRC Firms)
- Dispute Resolution: Beijing (PRC Firms)
- Dispute Resolution: Shanghai (PRC Firms)
- Insurance (PRC Firms)
- Intellectual Property: Litigation (PRC Firms)
- Investment Funds (PRC Firms)
- Tax (PRC Firms)
Band 3：
- International Trade/WTO: Respondent (PRC Firms)
- Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (PRC Firms)
- Real Estate (PRC Firms)
- Restructuring/Insolvency (PRC Firms)
- Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) (PRC Firms)
Other Noted Firms：
- Healthcare (PRC Firms)
38 Ranked Lawyers，44 Awards：
Senior Statesmen：
- XIAO, Wei Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
Eminent Practitioner：
- MA, Hongli Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
- SANG, Binxue Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (PRC Firms) (China)
- SHAO, Chunyang Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms) (China)
Star Individuals：
- MA, Jianjun Employment (PRC Firms) (China)
Band 1：
- Jeffrey Wilson Employment: Foreign Legal Consultants (China)
- LIU, Dali (David) Banking & Finance (PRC Firms) (China)
- QIN, Yu (Bill) Projects & Infrastructure (PRC Firms) (China)
- Yung Yung Janet Hui Competition/Antitrust: Foreign Legal Consultants (PRC Firms) (China)
- YI, Fang Projects & Infrastructure (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHANG, Jianwei Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Guangdong (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHANG, Ping Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Guangdong (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHOU, Xianfeng Projects & Infrastructure (PRC Firms) (China)
Band 2：
- CHENG, Hong (Julie) Tax (PRC Firms) (China)
- DENG, Liang (Teresa) Insurance (PRC Firms) (China)
- LI, Qi (Adam) Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
- SHI, Tiejun Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms) (China)
- QIN, Yu (Bill) Energy & Natural Resources (PRC Firms) (China)
- WANG, Zhaohui (Zoe) Intellectual Property: Foreign Legal Consultants (China)
- YI, Fang Energy & Natural Resources (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHAO, Xiyong (Sammuel) Investment Funds (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHOU, Hui (Nelson) Banking & Finance (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHOU, Xianfeng Construction (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHU, He (George) Energy & Natural Resources (PRC Firms) (China)
Band 3：
- BAI, Hongjuan Employment (PRC Firms) (China)
- FENG, Minghao (Gordon) Employment (PRC Firms) (China)
- HUA, Xiaojun (Warren) Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
- MA, Qiang Intellectual Property: Litigation (PRC Firms) (China)
- SANG, Binxue Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
- TANG, Weiyang (David) International Trade/WTO: Respondent (PRC Firms) (China)
- WANG, Gang (Gavin) Banking & Finance (PRC Firms) (China)
- WANG, Yi Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms) (China)
- WEI, Yingling Competition/Antitrust (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHANG, Liping (Nancy) Real Estate (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHOU, Yong (Z.) International Trade/WTO: Respondent (PRC Firms) (China)
Band 4：
- YU, Yongqiang (YY) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms) (China)
Up and Coming：
- GONG, Mingfang Competition/Antitrust (PRC Firms) (China)
Recognised Practitioner：
- WANG, Dongpeng Employment (PRC Firms) (China)
- XIE, Qing (Natasha) Investment Funds (PRC Firms) (China)
- Yung Yung Janet Hui Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) (PRC Firms) (China)
- YU, Xueping Real Estate (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHANG, Jianwei Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Guangdong (PRC Firms) (China)
- ZHAO, Min Reconstructing/Insolvency (PRC Firms) (China)
Spotlight Table：
- TONG, Ke (Kirk) Corporate/M&A: Foreign Legal Consultants (China)
