On March 14, 2026, the 4th Legal Services Industry Brand Development Forum and the LawNews 2026 Brand Awards Ceremony were held with great fanfare. During the event, LawNews released its *Guide to Law Firms with Outstanding Brand Influence (2025)* and announced the LawNews 2025 Annual Hall of Fame: Legal Industry Figures Awards.
In the *Guide to Outstanding Brand Influence of Law Firms (2025)*, King&Capital Law Firm was honored with three awards: “LawNew Society’s Top 100 Law Firms with Outstanding Brand Influence (2025),” “LawNew Society’s Law Firm with the Most Promising Growth Potential (2025),” and “LawNew Society’s Law Firm with an Excellent Employer Brand (2025).”
In the “LawNews 2025 Annual Power List: Legal Industry Figures of the Year” awards, Managing Partner and CEO Mr. Chu Changzhi was named one of the “Top 20 Managing Partners of 2025 (Northern Region)”; Senior Partner Ms. Liang Yali was named one of the “Top 30 Outstanding Female Lawyers of 2025”; Senior Partners Zhang Qiming and Wang Fei were named among the “Top 100 Specially Recommended Outstanding Partners of 2025”; and Senior Partner Li Zhiguang was named among the “Top 40 Elite Lawyers of 2025 (Under 40).”
Top 20 Managing Partners of 2025 (Northern Region)
Chu Changzhi, Managing Partner and CEO of King&Capital Law Firm. He leads the development and implementation of the firm’s overall strategy, promotes integrated operations, and ensures the team works efficiently and in an orderly manner. Over the years, he has made outstanding contributions to enhancing the professional standards of King&Capital Law Firm’s practice teams and cultivating top talent for the industry.
Top 30 Outstanding Female Lawyers of 2025
Liang Yali, Senior Partner at King&Capital Law Firm, Director of the Kyoto Criminal Defense Research Center, Vice Dean of the Criminal Defense Research Institute at Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Standing Council Member of the Third Council of the Chinese Society of Criminal Law, Council Member of the Third Council of the Chinese Society of Criminal Procedure Law, and Council Member of the Third Council of the Chinese Society of Integrity and Rule of Law. With nearly thirty years of practice, she has successfully handled numerous high-profile criminal cases and complex civil and commercial cases, garnering coverage from multiple domestic media outlets. She specializes particularly in cases at the intersection of criminal and civil/commercial law, as well as criminal and administrative law. She is dedicated to researching legal prevention and control of corporate risks and has provided outstanding legal advisory services to numerous large enterprises, government departments, public institutions, and foreign-invested enterprises. She has accumulated extensive practical experience in the legal prevention and control of corporate risks, corporate restructuring, and asset reorganization.
Attorney Liang was named “Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year” by Fangyuan Law Review in 2014; “Person of the Year for Assisting in Financial Risk Prevention” by China Enterprise News in 2017; “Annual Model Figure for Commercial Rule of Law Development” by China Business News in 2019; and recipient of the “Special Contribution Award for Commercial Rule of Law Development” by China Business News in 2020; 2021 LEGALBAND China Top 15 Special Recommendations: Criminal Compliance; 2022–2026 Chambers Global Guide Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution; 2022–2026 Chambers Greater China Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution; 2022 Brand Influence · Exemplary Lawyer in Social Responsibility; 2022 LEGALBAND China Top 15 Special Recommendations: Commercial Crime and Criminal Compliance; 2024 Commercial Law The A-List Legal Elite: China Business Insight Leader; 2024 LegalOne Client Trusted Lawyer: Top 15 in Commercial Crime and Criminal Compliance; 2024 LegalOne Client Trusted Lawyer: Top 15 Outstanding Female Lawyers (North China); 2024 Law News Annual Benchmark Case – Commercial Crime Category; 2024 LawNews Society Top 30 Women Leaders in the Legal Industry; 2025 GRCD-China Female Lawyer of the Year; 2025 ALB China Top 15 Litigation Lawyers; 2024-2025 LegalOne Rising Star (Criminal Practice); 2024-2025 LEGALBAND BOB Top 30 Chinese Lawyers.
2025 Top 100 Specially Recommended Outstanding Partners
Zhang Qiming, Senior Partner at King&Capital Law Firm in Beijing, holds a Bachelor of Laws from the School of Law at Renmin University of China and a Master of Laws in Criminal Law from China University of Political Science and Law. He has received honors including “Top 10 Prosecutors in Beijing,” “Outstanding Prosecutor in Beijing,” and “2026 LEGALBAND China Lawyers Special Recommendation List Top 15: White-Collar and Commercial Crime.” Attorney Zhang has handled numerous high-profile financial crime, securities and futures crime, and official misconduct cases supervised by central and provincial authorities that have had significant national impact. He handled Beijing’s first case involving trading on the basis of non-public information. Cases he handled regarding the disclosure of insider information and insider trading were selected as model cases by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate; a case involving the improper disclosure of material information was selected as a model case for listed companies by the Ministry of Public Security; and a case involving the crime of breaching trust and harming the interests of a listed company was included in the Criminal Trial Reference. In numerous insider trading and insider information disclosure cases, he successfully secured bail, case dismissals, and lenient or reduced sentences for his clients. He has handled the nation’s largest bill fraud and contract fraud cases, including cases involving the chairman of a listed company suspected of 700 million yuan in contract fraud and another involving a listed company chairman suspected of 1.5 billion yuan in contract fraud. He also handled a nationally significant supervised case—the Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, six-person multi-tiered subcontracting and hired murder case—serving as litigation counsel and securing a victory after two remands for retrial.
Wang Fei is a Senior Partner at King&Capital Law Firm in Beijing and Head of the Competition Law Practice Group. She has long specialized in the theory and practice of dispute resolution in intellectual property and competition law, accumulating extensive practical experience over nearly two decades of practice. With a multidisciplinary background in both law and science, she excels at implementing comprehensive strategies across trademarks, patents, copyrights, and unfair competition. She is particularly adept at resolving technology and competition disputes involving data and the internet, integrating administrative, civil, and criminal avenues to provide clients with systematic dispute resolution solutions. In litigation practice, she is renowned for her rigorous logic, pragmatic strategies, and steady courtroom presence. The team she leads has successfully handled thousands of intellectual property cases to date, recovering billions of yuan in losses for clients. Many of these cases have been cited as model cases by judicial authorities or research institutions, reflecting the high quality of her work and her significant influence in the industry. Her past and current clients include renowned institutions and enterprises such as Microsoft, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Bank of China, the head office of China Construction Bank, Huaxi Biologics, and NBCUniversal. She has effectively assisted these entities in managing legal risks and maintaining operational stability during major disputes. Attorney Wang Fei actively participates in industry governance, leading or contributing to the deliberation and formulation of national and industry standards in fields such as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), data security, and artificial intelligence. She serves as legal counsel for multiple projects drafting national mandatory standards for traditional Chinese medicine APIs, promoting the integration of legal practice with industrial development. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Expert Committee on Network and Data Security of the China Computer Industry Association and as a council member of the China Intellectual Property Research Association. She has been invited to conduct professional exchanges at judicial bodies, government ministries, and universities, dedicating herself to enhancing the professional standards of intellectual property dispute resolution. With her solid professional competence and continuous contributions to the industry, Attorney Wang Fei has earned widespread recognition from clients and peers.
2025 Top 40 Elite Lawyers (Under 40)
Li Zhiguang, Senior Partner at King&Capital Law Firm, Deputy Director of the Professional Committee on the Governance of Official Crimes under the Beijing Society of Supervision Law, holds a Master’s degree in Procedural Law from East China University of Political Science and Law, and is qualified to practice in the securities industry. He previously served in the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force and the Military Procuratorate of the People’s Liberation Army, where he handled numerous major criminal cases. He is currently a lawyer at King&Capital Law Firm. He has completed advanced training in criminal defense at Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, and China University of Political Science and Law. He has been appointed as a lawyer in the Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s Criminal Appeal Case Database, an expert lawyer in the Legal Daily Expert Database, a member of the TGES Platform Expert Group, one of the Top 20 Dispute Resolution Lawyers on the LEGALBAND Elite List, a Preferred Compliance Lawyer for Anti-Commercial Bribery and Anti-Corruption by GRCD, and one of the Top 100 Outstanding Partners Specially Recommended by Law News Agency. a Rising Star on the CBLJ A-List of Legal Elites by *Commercial Law*, and one of the Top 45 Practice Pioneers (Premium Client Advisor) by LegalOne. He has appeared as a special guest on Beijing Television and published numerous articles in media outlets such as *Chang’an Jian*, Caixin, and the *Rule of Law Daily*. He provides legal services to financial institutions including the Bank of China, China Construction Bank, China CITIC Bank, and Baoxin Bank. Specializing in high-profile cases, he has represented clients in the espionage case involving CCTV journalist Cheng Lei, the Macau casino operation case involving Cui Limei, the illegal fundraising case involving executives of the Zhongzhi Group, and the massive bribery case involving executives of China Construction Bank. His practice focuses on cases involving the intersection of criminal and civil law, as well as criminal and administrative law, with a primary emphasis on defending clients in cases of official misconduct, economic crimes, and property crimes. He has earned the recognition and praise of clients through his extensive case experience and meticulous, diligent work ethic.
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