Michael P. House is Managing Partner of Perkins Coie LLP's Beijing office and Co-Chair of the Firm's International Trade and Transactions practice group. Michael focuses his practice in international trade law, including export controls, trade disputes and trade agreements, with a particular emphasis on U.S.-China disputes. Michael advises and represents clients in all aspects of trade remedy investigations under U.S. antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws, as well as on licensing and export control matters arising under U.S. export controls and sanctions laws and regulations. He also advises clients on U.S. international trade policy and actions including free-trade agreements, trade negotiations and investigations of market access and import competition such as U.S. Section 301 and 232 investigations.

Michael regularly represents clients in matters before the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Trade Representative, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal and local agencies. He has served as the lead litigation counsel in cases brought before the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Michael represents clients in a broad cross-section of industry sectors, including such major industries as semiconductors, steel, consumer electronics, paper, chemicals and textiles, and involving exports from a wide variety of countries including China, Korea, Spain, Japan, Malaysia, Ecuador, Canada, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia and the Philippines.

Michael has received numerous accolades and recognition for his work, including being named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for Trade and Finance Law, Beijing, 2020. Michael is ranked Band 1 in Chambers Asia-Pacific, China - International Trade/WTO (International Firms), 2019 - 2020, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America: Government Relations Practice; International Trade and Finance Law, 2012 - 2020.

Xiaoming Li is a partner and Co-CEO of Han Kun Law Offices, where he focuses on the practices of capital markets, M&A, dispute resolution, restructuring, and banking and finance. Mr. Li joined Han Kun as a partner in 2018. Mr. Li began his legal career with Debevoise & Plimpton in the early 90’s in New York. Then he moved back to China and became partner and leader of several important practice areas in major Chinese and international law firms, including King & Wood and White & Case.

Mr. Li is listed in the top tier by Chambers Asia, IFLR1000 and Legal 500 in the areas of Banking and Finance, and Infrastructure & Energy in China. He is widely recognized as a leading lawyer for bank finance, project finance and corporate and M&A.

Chen Ma is a partner with Han Kun Law Offices, where he focuses on competition law, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate compliance. Mr. Ma joined Han Kun as a partner in 2014, and before that, he was partner of the Chinese law firms Haiwen Partners and Fangda & Partners. Mr. Ma’s legal practice spans more than 25 years, during which he has practiced with several leading international law firms in the United States, Hong Kong, and Beijing. He regularly represents clients in matters including merger notification and cartel investigation cases, complex cross-border acquisitions and direct investments, and compliance investigations.

Mr. Ma is highly recommended by Chambers and Partners and The Legal500 in the area of competition law and he is regularly consulted by Chinese antitrust enforcement authorities on their administrative rulemaking efforts. He has also made a number of contributions to leading legal media, including ABA handbooks on cartel investigations.