On May 14, 2025, DAWKINS, an independent rating agency specializing in the business legal services market under the umbrella of international media group Accurate Media, announced the “2025 DAWKINS Top 10 Litigation Women Lawyers” list, and King&Capital's senior partner, Ms. Alice Liang, was named to the list for her outstanding legal service capabilities, extensive market recognition, and outstanding client reputation. Ms. Alice Liang, Senior Partner of Kyoto Law Firm, was named to the list for her outstanding legal services, extensive market recognition and outstanding reputation among clients.
Reasons for being on the list
Liang Yali has been engaged in dispute resolution, criminal defense, and civil and criminal cross-practice for more than 30 years, and has undertaken a number of difficult and complex cases of great social concern. She has rich experience in handling cases of insider trading and leakage of insider information, fraud, illegal business operation, illegal absorption of public deposits, misappropriation of functions, and other types of economic crimes and functional crimes. In complex cases where multiple legal relationships are intertwined and the representation is extremely difficult, Mr. Liang is good at comprehensively applying his experience in criminal, civil, corporate, administrative litigation and intellectual property rights to comprehensively and thoroughly analyze the case from different dimensions, and defend his clients with rigorous and meticulous defense strategies, and successfully handled a number of cases where the clients were acquitted, the procuratorate did not prosecute, were exempted from criminal penalties, and had the sentences substantially lowered. The case obtained good defense results, won the high praise and recognition of the parties and their families. In the practice of research, Liang also fruitful, spare time for a long time to plough the theoretical research, in recent years published more than ten books, and at the same time, long-term active participation in related offline activities and write a number of professional articles, to share with enterprises and peers typical cases and their own practical experience.
Client comment: “Liang Yali is an excellent representative of criminal defense lawyers with warmth, wisdom, execution and empathy, who perfectly integrates superior legal professional wisdom and noble professionalism. The truth of the case often exists in the details, but what is needed behind the discovery of the details is Liang's high level of perspective, solid professional ability and a high degree of commitment to responsibility.” “In the course of the case she led the overall situation from a professional point of view, effectively coordinated and used all the resources to promote the work, formed a good division of labor and interaction with the local lawyers, closely communicated with the family to rationally guide, and encountered difficulties and struggles did not flinch to firmly defend the interests of the parties. The tenacity of a traditional woman and the intelligence of a modern woman are perfectly blended in Ms. Liang and form her unique personal charisma and leadership.”
