In October 2025, International Financial Law Review 1000 ('IFLR1000') announced the shortlist of the IFLR1000 China Awards 2025. Owning to its outstanding practice performance and profound market influence, Llinks and Llinks lawyers are shortlisted in the following categories:

Firm of the Year(Shanghai)

Regional Impact Deals

M&A Shanghai

CATL-Didi Joint Venture for Battery Swapping Services

Sungrow Renewables Acquires Hefei Taihe Intelligent Technology

Miniso acquires stake in Yonghui Superstores

Lawyer of the Year

Shanghai

Wayne Chen

Capital Markets

Lawrence An

M&A

Amy Ren

Restructuring and insolvency

Beijing

Yi Wang

Banking and finance

Rising Star of the Year

Beijing

Wenjie Xing

Banking and finance

Shanghai

Sol Zhang

M&A

IFLR1000, the premier financial law media brand within the Legal Media Group, has a longstanding commitment to delivering insights on international financial and corporate legal practices to leading law firms. These prestigious awards aim to celebrate the most innovative transactions and the outstanding achievements of elite law firms and lawyers in China. They particularly highlight those who have excelled both regionally and nationwide.