2025.11.26
China Business Law Journal's (CBLJ) A-List 2025-26: Visionaries has been announced, and JunHe partners Ms. DE, Lihua (Theresa) and Mr. YU, Yongqiang (YY) have been honored on the list.
Visionaries: International
DE, Lihua (Theresa): A Bridge Builder in Cross-Border Vision and Innovative Practice
With over 30 years of legal practice, Ms. De has extensive experience in cross-border investment, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. In recent years, she has led several significant projects, such as playing a pivotal role in launching Asia’s first tokenized fund, facilitating investments by mainland biomedical funds into a Hong Kong healthcare platform, and advancing the establishment of open-ended funds in Hong Kong. To Ms. De, financial products are not just transaction targets but strategic carriers for Chinese institutions going international. She also leads her team in exploring frontier areas such as SFC-authorized funds and Web3 business, achieving outstanding results in diverse business structures and deep professional development.
Visionaries: China
YU, Yongqiang (YY): A Multidimensional Interpreter of Capital
In the intricate landscape of domestic and international capital markets, Mr. Yu is regarded by clients as a trusted capital solution strategist. He excels at integrating multi-market rules such as A-shares, Hong Kong stocks, and GDRs with complex issuance mechanisms like USD bonds, Panda bonds, and Dim Sum bonds, tailoring cross-market capital solutions for enterprises. Mr. Yu's business scope covers equity financing and bond issuance, including complex transactions such as large-scale debt restructuring. This allows him to grasp core legal and regulatory issues in different projects and focus on facilitating commercial transactions. Mr. Yu's outstanding professional performance has made him a regular on the lists of internationally renowned rating agencies such as Chambers Global, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, and the International Financial Law Review. He has also been honored as one of the Ministry of Justice's National Top Thousand Foreign-Related Lawyers and an ALB Dealmaker of the Year, demonstrating his leading position in China's commercial legal practice.
The inclusion of Ms. DE, Lihua (Theresa) and Mr. YU, Yongqiang (YY) on the list is not only a reflection of their individual achievements but is also an acknowledgment of the industry's recognition of their 'cross-jurisdictional, cross-cycle' legal service capabilities.
