2022.10.13
International Financial Law Review (IFLR), a well-known legal media journal, recently released its IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2022 list after more than four months of comprehensive research based on market data, peer evaluation and customer feedback. JunHe partners LI, Qi (Adam), YI, Fang and LIU, Dali (David) were recognized for the third time.
Mr. Li was one of the first ever securities lawyers in the country after the securities market reopened in the People’s Republic of China, and was the main founding partner of another Red Circle law firm. He has over 30 years of experience providing legal services for banking and finance, real estate and construction, securities issuance and listing, direct investments, M&As, and venture capital and has advised on many milestone projects. In recent years, Mr. Li has focused on mergers and acquisitions, investments and transactions between China and the United States. One client commented that Mr. Li, “has distinctive insight into the set-up of transaction structures” and “is a highly regarded M&A practitioner who remains active on the front line of work despite his seniority.” Since the 1990s, Mr. Li has been awarded various honorary titles by authoritative organizations. From 2019 – 2022 Chambers Global named him an Eminent Practitioner in Corporate and M&A and he entered The Legal 500 Hall of Fame in 2021 and 2022.
Mr. Liu provides legal services in the areas of banking and finance and M&As. He has advised many well-known domestic and foreign financial institutions on their financing projects and has helped numerous international financial institutions and multinationals to enter the Chinese market through setting up companies, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Liu has advised Chinese enterprises on their going global by making overseas investments and acquisitions. From 2019 – 2022, he was named an Eminent Practitioner in Banking and Finance by Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global. In 2022, he was recognized as an Elite Practitioner by Asialaw Profiles. Chambers Global 2021 commented, “Mr. Liu is a very experienced and senior lawyer in the market. He has expertise in syndicated lending and project finance, having advised many domestic and international banks.”
Ms. Yi provides legal services in the areas of energy and infrastructure, project development and asset securitization. She was one of the first lawyers in China to provide professional services in the field of energy and infrastructure and has played a leading and representative role in that field through constant study. Ms. Yi has expertise regarding infrastructure development and project investment and finance structures commonly used internationally and domestically. She has provided legal services to clients in the development and acquisition of large-scale projects such as rail transit, highways, the comprehensive treatment of water resources, solid waste treatment, power plants, natural gas supply, storage and transportation facilities, and industrial park development. She has accumulated considerable experience in utility concession/PPP projects. Ms. Yi was one of the first lawyers in China to provide legal services related to the field of energy. She is familiar with China’s energy regulatory system and has rich project experience in new energy, including wind power, photovoltaic power generation, biomass power generation, energy storage and hydrogen energy. Her practices cover the whole development cycle of the new energy industry, and she has insight and pioneering experience with respect to hot topic issues such as green power trading, green certificates and carbon trading. With more than 20 years of legal practice, she has led numerous large-scale infrastructure and energy projects and provided legal services for large state-owned enterprises, private groups and multinational corporations. Ms. Yi has been recognized by the Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global for many years for her leading reputation and outstanding capabilities and was named a Market Leader by the International Financial Law Review for four consecutive years in energy and infrastructure, project finance, and banking and finance.
