Professional Experience
Han Ye is a partner at Merits & Tree and the head of Antitrust and Competition Department. Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Mr. Ye worked at Zhonglun Law Firm for many years.
Mr. Ye’s main practice areas are Antitrust/Competition Law and Regulatory and Compliance. He has led and participated in more than 200 various legal services projects and provided legal services to numerous top-tier corporations from different jurisdictions. His clients come from diverse industries, such as semiconductor, Internet, FMCG, pharmaceutical industry, healthcare, New Energy, online and offline retail, automobile and spare parts, commercial real estate, shipping, manufacturing and so on. Mr. Ye has extensive practical experience, excellent industry research and analytical abilities, and he is good at giving comprehensive analysis from multiple perspectives combining laws, industries and economics.
Mr. Ye actively researches frontier issues to antitrust law. He has published hundreds of articles in Law Press, LexisNexis, Wolters Kluwer, China Business Law Journal, Caijing, PaRR and so on. He also actively participates in the government-led revision of relevant laws and regulations, and social activities.
Honors & Awards
2022 China Business Law Award - Practice Area Awards: Competition and Antitrust rewarded by CBLJ
2022 Top Ranked Lawyers - Antitrust and Competition Law rewarded by LEGALBAND
2022 Top Ranked Law Firms - Antitrust and Competition Law rewarded by LEGALBAND
2021 ALB China Top 15 Rising Lawyers rewarded by ALB
2021 Client Choice: Top 15 Rising Partners rewarded by LEGALBAND
2021 Client Choice: Top 15 Compliance Versatile Practitioners rewarded by LEGALBAND
2021 Top Ranked Lawyers - Antitrust and Competition rewarded by LEGALBAND
2020 Rising Star: China’s Young Elite Lawyers rewarded by CBLJ
2020 Deals of the Year rewarded by CBLJ
The 4th “One Belt, One Road” Typical Cases of Compliance Legal Service rewarded by Legal Daily
Social Positions
Member of the Competition and Antitrust Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association
Fair Competition Review Expert of Beijing Administration for Market Regulation
Fair Competition Review and Antitrust Expert of Jiangsu Provincial Administration for Market Regulation
Competition Policy Expert of Gansu Provincial Administration for Market Regulation
Fair Competition Review and Competition Law Expert of Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation
Antitrust and Anti-Unfair Competition Expert of Chongqing Administration for Market Regulation
Fair Competition Review Expert of Shenyang Administration for Market Regulation
Evaluation Expert of China Beijing Equity Exchange
Member of the Foreign-Related Lawyer Talent Pool of Beijing Lawyers Association
Education Background
LL.B., Shandong University
LL.M., Shandong University
LL.M., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Qualifications
Mr. Ye has been admitted to practice law in the People's Republic of China.
He has the certification of fund qualification.
Working Language
Chinese and English