AnJie Broad Law Firm’s antitrust practice holds an impressive set of clients and the team recently obtained a number of new clients including GSK, Korean Air, and Samsung Electronics. Hao Zhan, head of the Beijing team, is among the very first antitrust lawyers in China; he has notable experience in conditional approval cases. Beijing-based Ying Song  counts ChemChina, Syngenta and Global Wafers as his key clients. The team hired Zhining Wang who joined from Xiaomi Corp.’s Chinese in March 2023; Wang excels in complex merger filings and antitrust investigations. Michael Gu departed to Hylands Law Firm in May 2023.

Fangda Partners has a market-leading antitrust and competitions practice, which specialises in merger control, investigations, antitrust litigation, and strategic and operational counselling. Specifically, in light of the amendments to the Anti-Monopoly Law of China in 2022, the firm has been providing counselling to clients on compliance with the amended Anti-Monopoly Law, particularly in implementing and coordinating compliance audits and programs and ensuring the compliance of new business models. Caroline Huang excels in merger filings, administration investigations, and compliance reviews. The well-regarded Michael Han is regularly instructed on a range of high-profile matters including merger control, competition litigation, and strategic and operational counselling.

Han Kun Law Offices’ full-service antitrust practice handles a mix of merger filings, antitrust investigations, antitrust litigations, and competition compliance. It has a strong list of international and domestic clients. Recently, the firm has been advising JD.com on several antitrust filings, including its acquisition of shares of BJTC, a subsidiary of BPHL; and its acquisition of BJ Digital. The practice is led by Chen Ma, who is a specialist in merger notification and cartel investigations. Chen is supported by Yan Wang, Angus Xie, and Da Shi.

King & Wood Mallesons has a market-leading antitrust team that advises on merger filing, antitrust compliance, investigation, and litigation. The firm has a strong client base of multinational corporations, large SOEs, and entrepreneurs, which span a variety of industry sectors. The practice is jointly led by Beijing-based Susan Ning who has a solid track record in merger control filings, investigations, and compliance, and Shanghai-based Zhifeng Chai who has notable experience in obtaining merger clearance from the State Administration for Market Regulation. Ruohan Zhang is another name to note.

Tian Yuan Law Firm showcased its strength in the antitrust and competition field with the representation of the first civil dispute between patents and anti-monopoly in the field of raw materials at the Supreme People’s Court. The team was instructed on a number of antitrust litigation and compliance matters, as well as a steady flow of merger control filings. Managing partner Wei Huang has great experience in high-profile investigations and disputes. Fan Zhu has over ten years of practice experience; he has recently worked on various merger filings in China for cross-border transactions, including Bae Kim & Lee and Siemens Energy AG.

Zhao Sheng Law Firm benefits from its joint operation with Linklaters to advise international clients including AstraZeneca, BP, and Microsoft on a broad range of antitrust matters. Xi Liao and Arthur Peng are both partners on the Linklaters Zhao Sheng joint operation antitrust and foreign investment group. Liao is particularly experienced in helping Chinese SOEs and privately-owned companies to navigate merger control and foreign investment filings. Peng, newly elected as partner in 2023, excels in highly complex merger filings.

Zhong Lun Law Firm specialises in merger filing, antitrust compliance, consultation, investigation, and litigation. Its client roster features strong domestic and international corporations, including IBM, Tencent, and Shell (China). Yi Xue, co-head of antitrust and competition practice groups, specialises in competition, M&A, cybersecurity, and data protection. Yi jointly leads the group with Xiangwen Liu and Gary Gao. Peng Wu excels in anti-monopoly and competition matters, cross-border investment, and M&A transactions representing domestic and foreign multinational leading enterprises in the energy and information technology sectors. Frank Jiang is another name to note.

Dacheng Law Offices‘ antitrust team operates mainly from its Beijing and Shanghai offices and handles all area of antitrust and competition matters. Jet Deng and Ken Dai jointly lead the team that particularly excels in high-profile antitrust investigations representing clients in high-tech areas including semiconductors, public utilities, and the Internet.

Global Law Office’s antitrust and competition practice has notable experience in merger control filings, antitrust investigations, and managing antitrust risks. It has experience in representing clients from a wide range of industry sectors, including internet, automobile, medicine, engineering, and food. The practice is jointly led by Qing Ren, Shujun Liu, Ying Mu, and Weiwei Gu. The highly experienced Ren worked in the Ministry of Commerce of China in 2005 and has almost twenty years of experience in merger control filings, antitrust investigations, and antitrust risk management. Liu’s practice focuses on Japanese enterprises in China and Chinese enterprises in Japan. Mu is an expert in intellectual property, while Gu has extensive experience in antitrust investigations and compliance.

Haiwen & Partners’ antitrust practice handles all types of antitrust matters and it advises clients from a wide range of industries, including chemicals, consumer products, energy, financial institutions, healthcare, and other highly technical industries. The highly regarded practice head Xiaoqiang Qian is supported by Xixiang Lin who is regularly instructed in investigations, compliance, and merger control matters.

JunHe LLP’s team consists of around 20 practitioners in its Beijing and Shanghai offices. The team is jointly led by Yingling Wei, Janet Hui, and Zhao Wang, and specialises in assessing antitrust risks, compliance, antitrust investigations, and representing clients in litigation. Recently, Wei assisted big tech companies and internet platforms with their supplementary filings with SAMR and completed their investigations. Mingfang Gong is another name to note who has extensive experience in merger control filings.

Beijing DaHui Lawyers’ antitrust practice has close ties with Chinese competition regulators, which allows it to conduct antitrust enforcement-related matters. Practice head Jie Tong has worked at the Ministry of Commerce for ten years, where he was heavily involved in drafting competition regulations. Yongli Xu, associate, works closely with Tong in industries concerning manufacturing, consumer goods, and logistics.

DeHeng Law Offices has wide cross-sectorial expertise, representing clients in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, retail, automotive, and other industries. Practice head Liang Ding leads the team from its Beijing office. Recently, Ding has acted for a wide range of clients to conduct notification of transaction for acquisitions to various governmental administrations, including State Administration for Market Regulation, Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation, and Chongqing Administration for Market Regulation.

Leveraging its joint operation with Baker McKenzie FenXun, FenXun Partners regularly advises on cross-border competition matters for a healthy mix of multinational and domestic PRC clients. Leading partner Zhi Bao has seven years of professional experience working in the Ministry of Commerce of China, where he led numerous foreign direct investments, cross-border M&A, and anti-monopoly filings.  Laura Liu has wide experience in international competition law.

Jincheng Tongda & Neal represents clients from a wide range of industries, including education, internet, retail, and engineering. Practice head Guodong Zhang is a specialist in multi-industry M&A transactions and advises on transactional and regulatory matters for large companies. Chen Yang is very experienced in representing business operators in centralised filing and anti-monopoly administrative investigation cases as well as cartel investigations relating to heavy industry.

King & Capital Law Firm is regularly instructed by major clients in the energy, electronics, and pharmaceutical industries. Yi Jin excels in IP-related antitrust matters, anti-anti-monopoly investigations, and compliance.

Lifang & Partners has particular expertise in the wireless communication and shipping industries. Practice heads Guanbin Xie and Jiao Shan are very experienced in the antitrust field. Xie has a solid track record in handling antitrust-IP cases for large internet and technology companies, and Shan specialises in antitrust matters concerning standard essential patents.

Llinks Law Offices is experienced in acting for multinational corporations and Chinese-listed companies in merger filings for M&A deals and joint ventures. David Pan heads the compliance practice and is supported by Nigel Zhu.