In the IFLR1000 China 2022/23 Edition issued by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR 1000) on 10 August 2022, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) made the list in 17 practice areas in seven of the nine regions in China. Twenty-eight KWM partners/counsels in these regions were recognised as “Market leaders”, “Highly regarded” lawyers or “Rising stars.”
KWM was ranked as a “Tier 1” law firm in:
Beijing
Banking and finance, Capital markets, Private equity, M&A, Restructuring and insolvency, and Investment funds
Shanghai
Banking and finance, Capital markets, Private equity, M&A, Restructuring and insolvency, and Investment funds
Guangdong
Financial and corporate
Sichuan
Financial and corporate
Jiangsu
Financial and corporate
Shandong
Financial and corporate
KWM was ranked as a “Tier 2” law firm in Zhejiang.
Partners honoured as “Market leaders”:
Shanghai: Zhao Xiaohong
Jiangsu: Zhang Mingyuan
Partners recognised as “Highly regarded” lawyers:
Beijing: Gong Mulong, Su Zheng, Ma Feng, Lv Yinghao, Zhou Jie
Shanghai: Richard Nie, Wang Lixin, Stanley Zhou, Hao Zhaohui
Guangdong: Zhou Rui, Yang Xiaoquan
Zhejiang: Ye Guojun, Liang Jin
Jiangsu: Gu Jieyu
Shandong: Li Ping
Partners/counsels named as “Rising stars”:
Beijing: Jiang Zhihui, Han Yue
Shanghai: Xu Chunlong, Yang Zhenhua
Sichuan: Cai Li, Lu Yong, Yang Wei
Zhejiang: Zhang Cheng, Li Zhenjiang
As the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms, the IFLR 1000 has been producing legal market intelligence since 1990, covering more than 230 jurisdictions. IFLR 1000 China, a sub-brand of IFLR 1000, researches firms and rates lawyers in nine provinces/municipalities in China. With 30-year experience of covering legal markets, IFLR 1000 China conducts a case-based study of the Chinese legal market at a regional, rather than national level.
