King & Wood Mallesons Receives 24 Band 1 Rankings in the Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2024

In the Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2024 unveiled by Chambers and Partners on 18 January 2024, King & Wood Mallesons was ranked as Band 1 in 24 of the 51 recognised practice areas.

Among the 109 ranked individuals, 16 were recognised as Senior States people/Eminent Practitioners, 24 ranked as Band 1, and 15 from 12 practice areas new ranked.

The following is shown in the same order as in the Guide.

Band 1 Leading Firm rankings in the following practice areas:

Chinese Mainland:

Aviation Finance
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets: Domestic Issuances
Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances
Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives
Competition/Antitrust
Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
Corporate/M&A
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Energy & Natural Resources
Environment
Insurance
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Intellectual Property: Non-litigation
International Trade: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Projects & Infrastructure
Restructuring/Insolvency
Securities: Litigation
Tax
TMT: Data Protection & Privacy
Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong-Non-contentious
Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan-Non-contentious

Hong Kong SAR:

Construction

Other Leading Firm rankings in the following practice areas:

Chinese Mainland:

Healthcare
International Trade/WTO: Respondent
Investment Funds
Private Equity-Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
Real Estate
TMT-Equity Financing
Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Contentious
Corporate/Commercial: Hainan
Corporate/Commercial: Shandong
Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Non-contentious

Hong Kong SAR:

Aviation: Finance
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets: Debt
Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products
Capital Markets: Equity
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Energy & Natural Resources
Financial Services
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Registered Funds
Real Estate
Restructuring/Insolvency
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
TMT: Data Protection & Privacy

Senior States people

Banking & Finance: Jack Wang
Capital Markets: Wang Lixin, Zhang Yongliang
Restructuring/Insolvency: Wang Fuxiang

Eminent Practitioners:

Banking & Finance: Wang Ling
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms): Tang Lizi
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Huang Tao, Ariel Ye and Zhang Shouzhi
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Huang Tao and Zhang Shouzhi
Restructuring/Insolvency: Liu Yanling
Intellectual Property: Litigation: Shi Yusheng
Intellectual Property: Non-litigation: Wang Maohua
Intellectual Property Foreign Legal Consultant: Zhu Nongfan
Private Equity Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment: Gong Mulong and Zhang Yi
Corporate/Commercial: Shandong: Zhang Ruji

Leading Individuals:

Chinese Mainland:

Aviation Finance: Ma Feng (Band 1), Wang Ning and Chen Jie
Banking & Finance: Stanley Zhou and Lv Yinghao
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Gong Mulong, Su Zheng, Zhou Ning and Ma Tianning
Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives: Eddie Hu (Band 1), Li Wenmin and Wen Jianli
Competition/Antitrust: Susan Ning (Band 1), Kate Peng, Liu Cheng and Chai Zhifeng
Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: Harry Liu (Band 1), Wu Wei and Zhu Yuanyuan
Corporate/M&A: Xu Ping (Band 1), Richard Nie and Wang Kaiding
Corporate/M&A: Foreign Legal Consultant：Xiong Jin (Band 1)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Liu Yuwu (Band1), Jessica Fei, Zhang Mei and Li Xinyu
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Liu Yuwu and Richard Yun
Employment: Linda Liang (Band 1) and Lucy Lu
Energy & Natural Resources: Foreign Legal Consultant: Xiong Jin (Band 1)
Environment: Wu Qing (Brand 1)
Healthcare: Mark Zhang
Insurance: Yuan Min (Brand 1) and Lin Zhe
Intellectual Property: Litigation: Mia Qu, Xu Jing, Mao Jin and Wu Jia
Intellectual Property: Non-litigation: Tina Tai (Band 1), Yang Xiaoli (Band 1) and Chen Wenping
Intellectual Property: Foreign Legal Consultant: Gordon Gao (Band 1)
International Trade/WTO: Respondent: Liu Cheng
International Trade: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Liu Xinyu and Feng Xiaopeng
Investment Funds: Alan Du
Projects & Infrastructure: Tian Wenjing (Band 1)
Real Estate: Harry Du (Band 1) and Kathy Fan
Restructuring/Insolvency: Zhao Kuncheng, Daryl Hao, Wang Le and Wang Xin
Securities: Litigation: Xia Dongxia (Band 1), Liu Lingyun and Yang Ting
Shipping: Northern China: Edward Ma
Tax: Tony Dong (Band 1), Bill Ye, Daisy Duan and Jessie Yu
TMT: Data Protection & Privacy: Susan Ning (Band 1) and Wu Han
Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Wang Lixin (Band 1), Tao Zhangqi, Zhao Xianlong and Zhou Rui
Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang: Liang Jin
Corporate/Commercial: Shandong: Li Ping and Ren Zhanjiang
Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Liu Rong (Band 1), Liu Hu and Liu Feng
Corporate/Commercial: Jiangsu: Zhang Nei

Hong Kong SAR:

Aviation: Finance: Ashley Wong(Band 1) and Katherine Ke
Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based: Jessica Zhou and David Lam
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products: Hao Zhou
Capital Markets: Securitisation: Angus Sip
Capital Markets: Debt: Hao Zhou, Michael Lu and Song Yue
Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products: Minny Siu(Band 1), Richard Mazzochi, Angus Sip and Andrew Fei
Construction: Paul Starr(Band 1), Edmund Wan and Donovan Ferguson
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Paul Starr and Jessica Fei
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Paul Starr, Peter Bullock and Edmund Wan
Energy & Natural Resources: Xiao Yong
Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory: Richard Mazzochi, Minny Siu and Urszula McCormack
Investment Funds: Hayden Flinn, GuoSun Lee, Jingjing Jiang and Cindy Shek
Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment: Chunguang (Helena) Huang
TMT: Data Protection & Privacy: Peter Bullock(Band 1) and Urszula McCormack
TMT: Information Technology: Peter Bullock(Band 1) and Urszula McCormack