Three lawyers from The Chengdu office of Dehe Hantong were selected for the 2026 The Legal 500 China Elite list
On March 11, 2026, The Legal 500, an internationally renowned Legal rating agency, released The 2026 The Legal 500 China Elite list. This list aims to highlight outstanding lawyers from regional law firms that are active in major domestic commercial centers. This round of selection has announced the legal elites in the business fields of the Chengdu area. Lawyer Zhang Yong, the director of the Chengdu office of Dehe Hantong, Lawyer Chen Yiliang, a senior partner and the chairperson of the business committee, and Lawyer He Chengjun, a partner and the chairperson of the supervisory committee, have been selected for the list of commercial dispute lawyers in the Chengdu area of China's Elite lawyers.
Chengdu Elite: Commercial Disputes
Lawyer Zhang Yong
Lawyer Zhang Yong, the director of the Chengdu office of Dehe Hantong, graduated from Sichuan University. He also serves as a member of the 100 Lectures Group of the Sichuan Lawyers Association, the deputy director of the Lawyers' Work Committee of Tianfu New Area, and an off-campus supervisor for master's degree students at the Law School of Sichuan Normal University. Since commencing practice in 2013, I have been deeply engaged in the legal field for over a decade, focusing on core businesses such as construction projects, real estate, and non-performing asset disposal. I am particularly adept at resolving disputes in major, difficult, and complex cases. With a profound theoretical foundation in law and rich practical experience, I have successively provided comprehensive litigation and non-litigation legal services for many well-known enterprises such as China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China Resources Construction, Rongsheng Real Estate, and Zhongrong Trust. My professional, rigorous and efficient case-handling style has won high recognition and wide acclaim from clients.
Lawyer Chen Yiliang
Lawyer Chen Yiliang, Senior partner and director of the Business Committee of Dehe Hantong Chengdu Office, holds a Master of Laws degree from the Law School of Sichuan University. We have been deeply engaged in the resolution of major commercial disputes for a long time, with a particular focus on equity investment, financial investment, contract disputes and complex civil and commercial cases. Possessing the abilities of legal judgment, business understanding and plan coordination, in complex facts and multi-interest games, one can accurately grasp the focus of disputes, take into account both legal effects and commercial consequences, and coordinate litigation, negotiation and overall disposal paths. One has rich practical experience in the analysis and response to difficult and complex dispute matters.
Lawyer He Chengjun
Lawyer He Chengjun, a partner of the Chengdu office of Dehe Hantong and the director of the supervisory Committee, concurrently serves as a member of the "Execution and Non-performing Asset Disposal Professional Committee" of the Chengdu Lawyers Association. Deeply engaged in business areas such as civil and commercial litigation dispute resolution, compulsory enforcement, and non-performing asset disposal, we have handled over a thousand civil and commercial litigation and enforcement dispute cases. In civil enforcement practice, we have always adhered to the service concept of achieving the goal of recovering enforcement funds. Relying on solid legal professional foundation and rich judicial practice experience, we are proficient in using the online enforcement investigation and control system, and flexibly adopt practical measures such as applying for investigation orders to deeply explore property clues and transferring criminal clues of the crime of the person subject to enforcement refusing to execute judgments and rulings to the public security for investigation. We have successfully recovered multiple long-accumulated debts for our clients, with the longest one being overdue for over ten years.
This award is another honor that Dehe Hantong has received after being selected for The first "The Legal 500 China Elite 2026" list in the Shanghai region. It affirms and spurs Dehe Hantong on its commitment to its professional mission and continuous improvement of its business capabilities in the legal service market. In the future, Dehe Hantong will continue to uphold the philosophy of "diligence, craftsmanship, and excellence", streamline service processes, and enhance service quality and efficiency. With its solid professional capabilities and rigorous professional ethics, it will precisely match the diverse legal needs of clients and add vitality to the development of the industry.
The Legal 500 is an internationally renowned legal rating agency headquartered in the UK. Since its establishment in 1988, it has ranked and recommended law firms and lawyers in more than 150 jurisdictions around the world every year. Its selection takes into account multiple dimensions such as feedback from 300,000 global clients, application materials from law firms, interviews with general legal officers, and market observations by research teams. The rating results have a wide market influence in the industry. They not only provide important references for enterprises and individuals in choosing legal service providers but also continuously motivate law firms and lawyers to enhance their professional standards and service quality.
