Yuanda and Winston Recognized in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 recognizes several practices and partners of Yuanda, and its strategic alliance partner,  Winston & Strawn, in mainland China and Hong Kong as being leaders in their respective fields.

Yuanda is recognized as a Tier-1 PRC firm in the Regulatory/Compliance category for the third year in a row, with Andy Pan named a “Next Generation Partner” in this field. The YuandaWinston cooperation is also praised by multiple clients as “an excellent network of alliances and partnerships that enable them to provide the assistance that the client requires, even if it is outside the scope of Chinese law.” Additionally, the publication ranks Yuanda as a leading firm in the Data Protection category for two consecutive years. Yuanda is also ranked as a leading firm in Corporate and M&A and has been listed as a “Firm to watch” in Life Sciences and Healthcare categories for the first time.

Winston & Strawn, Yuanda’s strategic alliance partner, continues to be ranked as a leading firm in “Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms” in China, described by the publication as “extremely active in the realm of SPAC transactions in addition to Hong Kong’s takeover code and general M&A.” The publication also singled out Winston as a “Firm to Watch” for Intellectual Property (Foreign Firms) in China, and mentions the addition of Ya-Chiao Chang as a partner in Shanghai, “who has longstanding experience in complex IP matters,” which further bolsters the firm’s IP practice in the Chinese market.