In the Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2023 unveiled by Chambers and Partners on 13 January 2023, King & Wood Mallesons was ranked as Band 1 in 24 of the 32 recognised practice areas, including three newly included ones, namely, Corporate/Commercial: Hainan (PRC Firms), Securities: Litigation (PRC Firms) and TMT: Equity Financing (PRC Firms).
Among the 78 ranked individuals, 14 were recognised as Senior Statespeople/Eminent Practitioners and 23 ranked as Band 1.
The following is shown in the same order as in the Guide.
Band 1 Leading Firm rankings in the following practice areas
- Aviation Finance
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets: China 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
- Projects & Infrastructure
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
- International Trade: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- Securities: Litigation
- TMT: Data Protection & Privacy
- Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan
- Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong
- Corporate/Commercial: Hainan
Other Leading Firm rankings in the following practice areas
- Private Equity Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
- International Trade/WTO: Respondent
- Investment Funds
- Real Estate
- Healthcare
- TMT: Equity Financing
- Corporate/Commercial: Zhejiang
- Corporate/Commercial: Shandong
Leading Lawyers (same as the order in the list) :
Senior Statespeople
- Restructuring/Insolvency: Wang Fuxiang
- Capital Markets: Wang Lixin
- Banking & Finance: Jack Wang
- Capital Markets: Zhang Yongliang
Eminent Practitioners:
- Banking & Finance: Wang Ling
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Huang Tao
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Ariel Ye
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Zhang Shouzhi
- Restructuring/Insolvency: Liu Yanling
- Private Equity Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment: Zhang Yi
- Intellectual Property Foreign Legal Consultant: Zhu Nongfan
- Intellectual Property: Litigation: Shi Yusheng
- Intellectual Property: Non-litigation: Wang Maohua
- Corporate/Commercial: Shandong: Zhang Ruji
Leading Individuals
- Aviation Finance: Ma Feng (Band 1), Wang Ning and Chen Jie
- Banking & Finance: Stanley Zhou and Lv Yinghao
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Tang Lizi (Band 1), Gong Mulong, Su Zheng, Zhou Ning and Ma Tianning
- Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives: Eddie Hu (Band 1) and Li Wenmin
- Competition/Antitrust: Susan Ning (Band 1) and Kate Peng
- Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: Harry Liu (Band 1), and Wu Wei
- Corporate/M&A: Xu Ping (Band 1), Richard Nie, Wang Kaiding and Mo Haibo
- Corporate/M&A: Foreign Legal Consultant：Xiong Jin (Band 1)
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Liu Yuwu (Band1), Jessica Fei and Zhang Mei
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Liu Yuwu and Richard Yun
- Employment: Linda Liang (Band 1), Lucy Lu
- Energy & Natural Resources: International Firms: Xiao Yong
- Energy & Natural Resources: Foreign Legal Consultant: Xiong Jin (Band 1)
- Environment: Wu Qing (Brand 1)
- Healthcare: Mark Zhang
- Insurance: Yuan Min (Brand 1), Lin Zhe
- Intellectual Property: Litigation: Mia Qu, Xu Jing and Mao Jin
- 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: Xiao Jin (Band 1) and Liu Cheng
- International Trade: Customs, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Liu Xinyu and Feng Xiaopeng
- Investment Funds: Alan Du
- Private Equity Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment: Gong Mulong (Band 1)
- 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
- Shipping: Northern China: Edward Ma
- Tax: Tony Dong (Band 1), Bill Ye and Daisy Duan
- Securities: Litigation: Xia Dongxia (Band 1)
- TMT: Data Protection & Privacy: Susan Ning (Band 1) and Wu Han
- Corporate/Commercial: Shandong: Li Ping and Ren Zhanjiang
- Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Liu Rong (Band 1) and Liu Feng
- Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Wang Lixin (Band 1), Tao Zhangqi, Zhou Rui and Zhao Xianlong
