The annual China Law & Practice Awards will take place on September 17 at the JW Marriott in Beijing. Please contact Danny Collins at [email protected] to reserve your table.

Make sure to also check the shortlists for the Teams and Firms of the Year and the Deals of the Year.

INDIVIDUALS OF THE YEAR

PRC Dealmaker

Anthony Zhao (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Jiang Weibo (Haiwen & Partners)
Jonathan Zhou (Fangda Partners)
Xu Ping (King & Wood Mallesons)

International Dealmaker

Chen Leiming (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
Fang Jian (Linklaters)
He Li (Davis Polk & Wardwell)
Jackie Lo (Baker & McKenzie)
Richard Wang (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Tim Wang (Clifford Chance)

Competition

Fay Zhou (Linklaters)
Feng Yao (Broad & Bright)
François Renard (Allen & Overy)
Ninette Dodoo (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Ren Yong (T&D Associates)
Susan Ning (King & Wood Mallesons)

Dispute Resolution – Arbitration

Brenda Horrigan (Herbert Smith Freehills)
Cao Lijun (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Dong Chungang (Jingtian & Gongcheng)
Ji Nuo (Fangda Partners)
Robert San Pe (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe)

Dispute Resolution – Litigation

Ji Xiang (Fangda Partners)
Liu Honghuan (Jun He)
Mark Lin (Hogan Lovells)
Zhang Decai (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Zhang Shouzhi (King & Wood Mallesons)

Intellectual Property

Benjamin Bai (Allen & Overy)
Gordon Gao (Fangda Partners)
Joseph Simone (Simone IP Services)
Shi Yusheng (King & Wood Mallesons)
Spring Chang (Chang Tsi & Partners)
Wang Xiang (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe)

Labour & Employment

Jiang Junlu (King & Wood Mallesons)
Jonathan Isaacs (Baker & McKenzie)
Lesli Ligorner (Simmons & Simmons)
Lu Jingbo (River Delta Law Firm)
Ma Jianjun (Jun He)

Real Estate & Construction

Anthony Qiao (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Gregory Tan (Morrison & Foerster)
Harry Du (King & Wood Mallesons)
Richard Kim (Allen & Overy)
Wang Yingying (Fangda Partners)
Zhu Maoyuan (Zhong Lun Law Firm)

Regulatory & Compliance

Eugene Chen (Hogan Lovells)
Jane Jiang (Allen & Overy)
Kate Yin (Fangda Partners)
Kyle Wombolt (Herbert Smith Freehills)
Robert Chen (King & Wood Mallesons)
Susan Munro (Steptoe & Johnson)

Tax

Daniel Chan (DLA Piper)
Jon Eichelberger (Baker & McKenzie)
Liu Dingfa (Jun He)
Peter Ni (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Tony Dong (King & Wood Mallesons)

Rising Star: Competition

Kate Peng (King & Wood Mallesons)
Liao Xi (Linklaters)
Vivian Cao (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Yang Ying (Broad & Bright)

Rising Star: Dispute Resolution – Arbitration

Helen Tang (Herbert Smith Freehills)
Melody Wang (Fangda Partners)
Shaun Wu (Kobre & Kim)
Wang Bing (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Ye Zhenyong (Jun He)

Rising Star: Dispute Resolution – Litigation

Dominic James (Sidley Austin)
He Lingyun (Jun He)
Janie Wong (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe)
Peng Ya (King & Wood Mallesons)
Wang Mengqi (Zhong Lun Law Firm)

Rising Star: Intellectual Property

Andrew Sim (Baker & McKenzie)
Gu Ping (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Meph Gui (Global Law Office)
Qi Fang (Fangda Partners)
Zhu Shaobin (Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner)

Rising Star: Labour & Employment

Bai Hongjuan (Jun He)
Duan Haiyan (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Jay Chen (Baohua Law Firm)
Johnny Choi (DLA Piper)
Lu Zheng (Baker & McKenzie)

Rising Star: Real Estate & Construction

Catherine Rong (Morrison & Foerster)
Ding Jianqing (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Jonathan Hwang (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett)
Kathy Fan (King & Wood Mallesons)
Lin Xiaofeng (Fangda Partners)

Rising Star: Regulatory & Compliance

Chang Junfeng (King & Wood Mallesons)
Dora Wang (Simmons & Simmons)
Vivian Wu (Baker & McKenzie)
Wang Jun (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Xu Hui (Covington & Burling)

Rising Star: Tax

Daisy Duan (King & Wood Mallesons)
Jason Wen (Baker & McKenzie)
Roberta Chang (Hogan Lovells)
Wu Weiyi (Zhong Lun Law Firm)