On 20 October 2021, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) Finance & Securities partner Jiang Yifeng was recognised as one of the 2021 ALB China Top 15 Female Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (ALB) for her innovations and wide client recognition in securities and capital markets.
Ms. Jiang focuses on capital markets and M&A. During 16 years of practice, she contributes significantly to China's legal practice in capital markets and is widely recognised by her peers and clients. In recent years, she has been promoting a cross-practice and multi-disciplinary integrated service model, with solving clients' problems as its core. She works closely with her team and the industry to deliver innovative legal service offerings. Her clients include domestic and overseas listed companies, especially A-share listed companies from industries such as medicine and healthcare, high-tech, new energy, manufacturing, internet, and media. She works seamlessly with other KWM practices to advise central enterprises and major local SOEs on mixed reform, listing, M&A and restructuring, refinancing, etc.
"Thanks to ALB, my clients and peers for their recognition. Thanks for the support from my team and partners in KWM," said Ms. Jiang in receiving the honour, "As a capital market lawyer focusing on domestic listing, I will continue to contribute to the development and reform of China's securities market, keep up with the latest market developments, and provide clients with high-quality, comprehensive legal services. And I will continue to fulfil my responsibility as a lawyer."
ALB comprehensively evaluates female lawyers in various fields of China's legal market in terms of their major achievements, significant transactions or cases, major works done in the past 12 months, and the feedback from their major clients and colleagues, etc.