Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai – October 28, 2025 – For the third consecutive year, The Legal 500 China shortlisted Cooley for several major practice area awards. The firm and its lawyers have received six shortlistings:

  • Life Sciences and Healthcare Firm of the Year
  • Investment Funds Firm of the Year
  • Pang Lee for Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year
  • Jingyi Xu for Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year
  • Yiming Liu for Life Sciences and Healthcare Lawyer of the Year
  • Ruomu Li for Private Equity Lawyer of the Year

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This prestigious award series recognizes the top firms and lawyers in China’s complex and expansive legal market. Nominees are selected based on The Legal 500’s independent research, carried out by a team with in-depth knowledge of the various practice areas. The honorees will be recognized at an awards dinner in December in Beijing.

These shortlistings follow the publication of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific guide, which recognized Cooley in four categories in China: 

  • Investment Funds: Foreign Firms
  • Life Sciences and Healthcare: Foreign Firms
  • Private Equity: Foreign Firms
  • Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms

Cooley’s Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai offices represent a growing number of China’s most innovative and dynamic tech and life sciences companies, advising them from formation through financing and exit. The teams’ in-depth subject matter knowledge and transactional prowess enable the firm to handle a raft of corporate, finance, M&A and capital markets work for international and China-based high-tech and life sciences entities engaged in inbound and outbound endeavors.

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