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


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