In November 2021, Who's Who Legal, an international legal research institution, officially released its latest global legal expert guides. With solid professional knowledge and a wealth of practice experience, Llinks partners David Wu, David Pan, and Colin Shi have been recommended as leading practitioners respectively in the practice areas of sports & gaming, competition, and private funds in the latest Who's Who Legal expert guides.
David Wu, Partner
Recommended Area: Sports & Gaming 2021
Included in: Global Guide Thought Leader
The WWL Global Sports & Gaming Guide 2021 includes over 300 lawyers around the world whose practice areas span from different aspects of the sports industry such as transaction, IP, regulation, dispute, and so on. As for Wu, he is one of the only two PRC lawyers who have been honourably recommended in the Guide. WWL reviews that Wu has profound practice experience and is a reputable CAS arbitrator.
David Pan, Partner
Recommended Area: Competition 2021
Included in: China & Hong Kong SAR Guide
The WWL Competition Guide 2021 gives a comprehensive assessment of world-leading lawyers and economists in the field of competition law. The lawyers on the list provide clients with professional legal advice on corporate internal supervision and criminal investigations as well as assisting in handling centralized declarations, civil and criminal litigation, and other related matters. With outstanding professional competence in the field of competition law and the acknowledgement received from his clients, Pan has been on the list for two consecutive years.
Colin Shi, Partner
Recommended Area: Private Funds 2022
Included in: Global Guide
The WWL Global Private Funds Guide 2022 focuses in depth on the international legal market of private equity funds. Through research on the business of alternative assets such as private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, the WWL identifies the most noteworthy legal practitioners around the world, including fund formation experts and regulatory experts. There are only three domestic lawyers recommended in The WWL Global Private Funds Guide 2022 among fund formation experts, whereas Shi is the youngest. WWL remarks that Shi is of significant comprehension of the industry and has proficient practical ability capacity.
Who's who legal ('WWL') is a research institution affiliated to Law Business Research Limited, a widely-acclaimed legal media, founded in 1996. Its official website contains more than 28,000 world-leading practising lawyers and experts from over 160 national or regional jurisdictions. Every year, WWL obtains first-hand information through a variety of methods such as client recommendations, peer reviews as well as phone interviews, and then incorporates reputable legal advisers, expert witnesses, and counsels who have top-notch professional competence into the WWL expert guides
