On January 15th, the internationally authoritative legal rating agency Chambers and Partners officially released the Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2026. Recognized for its outstanding performance on the front lines of dispute resolution and its long-term dedication in the field of commercial legal services, Hongqiao Zhenghan has once again been honored with a place on the list.
In this year’s ratings, Hongqiao Zhenghan not only maintained its leading position in the Corporate/Commercial field but also demonstrated vibrant talent vitality in the Dispute Resolution field: five partners were simultaneously listed, with Lawyer Fang Biao receiving a promotion in ranking and Lawyer Ma Mingwei making her debut on the list. This fully demonstrates the firm’s profound expertise in complex commercial litigation and its strength in talent development.
Firm Rankings
• Corporate/Commercial: Eastern Coastal (Shanghai) – Band 1
The firm has been honored as a top-tier law firm in this field for nine consecutive years, maintaining its long-standing position in the highest tier.
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Band 2
The firm has been selected for the firm ranking in this field for seven consecutive years, steadily rising to the industry’s forefront.
Hongqiao Zhenghan specializes in complex dispute resolution, consistently handling a significant number of complex and challenging commercial cases, cross-border dispute resolution cases, and market-oriented asset and debt restructuring cases including bankruptcy. It provides professional dispute resolution services for large financial institutions, listed companies, governments, and well-known enterprises. Hongqiao Zhenghan adopts a LockStep partnership model, forming the entire firm into an integrated and professionally specialized legal team to meet and exceed client service needs.
Individual Rankings
Ni Wei, Lawyer/Partner
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Eminent Practitioner
• Corporate/Commercial: Eastern Coastal (Shanghai) – Eminent Practitioner
Lawyer Ni’s practice focuses on major commercial litigation and arbitration. As a senior arbitrator, Lawyer Ni has extensive experience adjudicating commercial disputes and is thoroughly familiar with the entire process of case handling at all levels of courts and arbitration institutions. For over 20 years, he has specialized in resolving complex and challenging commercial disputes, repeatedly receiving various major awards from internationally renowned legal rating agencies and domestic industry regulators. These include: National Outstanding Lawyer (All China Lawyers Association, 2021), Eminent Practitioner in Dispute Resolution (Chambers & Partners, 2024, 2026), Eminent Practitioner in Corporate/Commercial (Chambers & Partners, 2021-2026), The A-list Legal Elite (China Business Law Journal 2016/17/20/23/26), and Shanghai Advanced Individual in Judicial Administration Work (Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, 2017), among others.
“A widely respected industry veteran. He is one of the main persons shaping the firm’s style.” “Ni Wei is able to gain insight into client needs, quickly grasps the key to solving problems and formulates accurate solutions to solve problems in complex environments and complex situations.” “Ni Wei is a thought leader and founding partner who provides a lot of insights in the market on how to run a firm and manage a litigation practice. He is really respected by everyone in Shanghai.” “He is always quick to grasp the key and propose precise solutions in complex cases. He is calm and confident, logical and rigorous, with strong professionalism and adaptability.” “A widely respected industry veteran. He is one of the main persons shaping the firm’s style.” “Ni Wei is able to gain insight into client needs, quickly grasps the key to solving problems and formulates accurate solutions to solve problems in complex environments and complex situations.” “Ni Wei is a thought leader and founding partner who provides a lot of insights in the market on how to run a firm and manage a litigation practice. He is really respected by everyone in Shanghai.” “He is always quick to grasp the key and propose precise solutions in complex cases. He is calm and confident, logical and rigorous, with strong professionalism and adaptability.”
Wang Zheng, Lawyer/Partner
Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Ranked Lawyer
Lawyer Wang’s practice focuses on major commercial litigation and arbitration. As a partner at Shanghai Hongqiao Zhenghan Law Firm, Lawyer Wang has long been engaged in legal work in the field of high-end commercial dispute resolution, handling a large number of complex commercial litigation and arbitration cases with substantial dispute amounts. The total value of cases handled reaches tens of billions of yuan, granting him rich experience and unique insights into major commercial litigation and arbitration. His clients include Chinese and foreign banks and financial institutions, listed companies, and large state-owned enterprises. Lawyer Wang is widely recognized by the industry and renowned international rating agencies, including consecutive listings in the Chambers Greater China Region and Global Guides for Dispute Resolution for many years, being named to The A-list Legal Elite by China Business Law Journal for five consecutive years, being selected as one of ALB China’s Top 15 Litigators by Asian Legal Business, being named ALB’s Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year for Asia, being recognized as a Benchmark Litigation Dispute Resolution Star, being listed among LEGALBAND’s Top 15 Litigation Lawyers, and being named a Shanghai Outstanding Young Lawyer, among others. Lawyer Wang also serves as the Director of the Shanghai Lawyers Association’s Civil and Commercial Litigation Professional Committee, Deputy Director of its Planning and Rules Committee, a Practical Instructor for Master’s students at Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an arbitrator for the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, and a council member of the Shanghai Law Society’s Lawyer Law Research Association.
“Wang Zheng is good at integrating the resources of the legal team to provide us with more comprehensive services, which is extremely important for solving the complex problems we encounter.” “He’s very practical, solution-oriented and user-friendly. He always thinks about what the client needs and comes up with a strategy to advance that.” “Wang Zheng is good at integrating the resources of the legal team to provide us with more comprehensive services, which is extremely important for solving the complex problems we encounter.” “He’s very practical, solution-oriented and user-friendly. He always thinks about what the client needs and comes up with a strategy to advance that.”
Fang Biao, Lawyer/Partner
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Ranked Lawyer
Lawyer Fang’s practice focuses on major financial litigation. With over twenty years of professional experience, he has long provided comprehensive legal services throughout the entire process of litigation and enforcement cases for Chinese and foreign financial institutions. His practice covers the full range of practical operations in financial dispute litigation strategy formulation, asset preservation, and enforcement, combining profound theoretical knowledge with rich practical experience. He is particularly adept at handling high-value, legally complex, and cross-regional major challenging cases.
Lawyer Fang consistently adheres to a client-need-oriented approach, excels at deeply integrating clients’ commercial goals with dispute resolution strategies, and provides comprehensive legal solutions that are both forward-looking and actionable. He not only focuses on accurate assessment of legal risks but is also committed to maximizing clients’ interests and continuously delivering high-quality legal services that exceed expectations.
As a senior partner at the firm, Lawyer Fang’s clients extensively cover large commercial banks, trust companies, securities companies, and asset management institutions, including renowned financial institutions such as ICBC, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, SPD Bank, China CITIC Bank, Huaxia Bank, Bank of Beijing, China Merchants Bank, HSBC, Huaxin Trust, Lujiazui International Trust, Yunnan International Trust, Central China Securities, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, and China Merchants Wealth Management. Many of the cases he has handled involve claims exceeding hundreds of millions of yuan, wielding extensive influence within the industry.
With exceptional professional capability and outstanding client reputation, Lawyer Fang has been repeatedly listed in the “Dispute Resolution” field of the Chambers Greater China Region Guide and is recognized as a leading lawyer in the field of financial dispute resolution.
“He has long been deeply involved in the field of financial law, possessing profound legal knowledge and extensive practical experience in handling cases.” “Fang Biao, as a partner of the firm, has extensive practical experience in dispute resolution and solid legal skills. He always responds efficiently to the legal service needs of our company.” “He has long been deeply involved in the field of financial law, possessing profound legal knowledge and extensive practical experience in handling cases.” “Fang Biao has extensive practical experience in dispute resolution and solid legal skills. He always responds efficiently to the legal service needs of our company.”
Qian Qian, Lawyer/Partner
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Ranked Lawyer
Lawyer Qian’s practice focuses on major commercial dispute resolution and arbitration. She has long been engaged in handling major commercial disputes, having represented numerous financial institutions, listed companies, large state-owned enterprise groups, and private enterprise groups in hundreds of various litigation cases, possessing rich court representation experience.
Lawyer Qian is adept at handling transaction disputes and various types of novel financial dispute cases. A contract dispute case she represented for a certain resources group company against a Hong Kong company was selected as a Supreme People’s Court Gazette case. She represented the first financial test case in the Shanghai Financial Court nationwide, involving central counterparty clearing default in financial derivatives, which was highly innovative and groundbreaking both in terms of system and dispute. Lawyer Qian excellently completed the preliminary preparation, issue梳理, and court hearing, winning praise from all parties. This case was awarded the Shanghai Financial Innovation Achievement Award Second Prize and the Shanghai Lawyers Association’s inaugural Outstanding Case Award. A misrepresentation case she represented for a listed company was selected as a typical securities dispute case by Guangdong courts.
Lawyer Qian is also widely recognized by the industry and renowned rating agencies. She has been selected as a Chambers Ranked Lawyer in Dispute Resolution, named a Shanghai Pudong New Area Top Ten Outstanding Young Lawyer, included in the inaugural Legal 500 China Elite list, listed among LEGALBAND’s Top 15 Client-Preferred Rising Star Partners, recognized as a China Business Law Journal Rising Star, and shortlisted for the ALB Young Lawyer of the Year – East China award for multiple consecutive years. She also serves as a member of the Shanghai Lawyers Association Arbitration Professional Committee and a lecturer on commercial litigation practical courses at Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
“Qian Qian has excellent practical experience, especially her experience in court hearings, and she can control the rhythm of court sessions well.” “She is professional, dedicated, and has strong communication and coordination skills.” “Qian Qian has excellent practical experience, especially her experience in court hearings, and she can control the rhythm of court sessions well.” “She is professional, dedicated, and has strong communication and coordination skills.”
Ma Mingwei, Lawyer/Partner
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Ranked Lawyer
Lawyer Ma focuses on major, challenging, and complex commercial disputes, achieving remarkable results in the two core areas of corporate and finance.
In corporate dispute resolution: Lawyer Ma is particularly skilled in handling equity investment and financing, corporate governance deadlocks, and shareholder rights disputes. The cumulative value of such cases she has represented exceeds 30 billion yuan, with several judgments becoming benchmarks for industry adjudication. A hundred-billion-level equity transfer case she represented won the China Business Law Journal 2023 Deals of the Year Award.
In financial dispute resolution: Leveraging deep insights into cutting-edge businesses such as asset management, trusts, and bonds, she has successfully represented over a hundred cases. Multiple cases she has represented have repeatedly won honors, including receiving the China Business Law Journal Annual Outstanding Deal Award three times (2022-2024), winning the “Golden Line Judicial Case Award” four times (3rd-6th sessions), and having a represented case selected as one of the Jiangsu Court Financial Trial Top Ten Cases (2021-2023).
Supreme Court achievements: Lawyer Ma has successfully pushed for two cases to be accepted for retrial by the Supreme People’s Court. One case received full support after a reversal and directly prompted the Shandong High People’s Court to retry and reverse five other similar cases. Another case concluded via mediation.
With consistent outstanding performance, Lawyer Ma is widely recognized, having been honored with inclusion in the inaugural Legal 500 China Elite list, named a China Business Law Journal Rising Star and The A-list Legal Elite, recognized as an ALB Yangtze River Delta Rising Star, and awarded the LawXin Brand Star title, among others.
“She is an expert in handling complex legal matters with impressive professionalism and dedication.” “Mingwei always solves problems efficiently and accurately. The quality of service is particularly impressive. She is not only responsive but always able to provide support in the most empathetic way.” “She is an expert in handling complex legal matters with impressive professionalism and dedication.” “Mingwei always solves problems efficiently and accurately. The quality of service is particularly impressive. She is not only responsive but always able to provide support in the most empathetic way.”
The Chambers Greater China Region Guide is renowned for the independence and objectivity of its research and is an important indicator in the global legal services market. Consecutive listings in the Chambers rankings are not only an affirmation of Hongqiao Zhenghan’s professional standards but also recognition of the firm’s advantage in relying on its integrated corporate system to mobilize the entire firm’s strength to resolve complex disputes. Hongqiao Zhenghan will continue to uphold an utmost professional spirit, safeguarding clients’ commercial success on the path of complex commercial dispute resolution.