On September 19, 2025, leading legal ranking agency LEGALBAND released its “2025 Client Choice: Top 15 Entertainment Lawyers” list. Hu Yang, Partner at Kingland Partners, was recognized on this authoritative ranking for his exceptional expertise in entertainment law, extensive project experience, and outstanding client feedback. This accolade highlights not only Hu’s remarkable achievements in the practice of entertainment law, but also the high level of recognition he has earned from both industry peers and clients for his professional capabilities and quality of service.
Hu Yang
Partner
Citation for Inclusion: Hu Yang’s primary practice areas include sports and entertainment, intellectual property, and related dispute resolution. Known for his solid professional foundation and sharp industry insight, he brings years of experience serving clients across sectors such as film and television, media, software development, gaming, internet technology, and manufacturing. Hu has developed significant expertise in handling novel and complex intellectual property cases in the telecommunications, technology, and media industries. Notably, he represented a party in the landmark China Unicom IPTV joint copyright infringement case before the Supreme People’s Court, which not only provided guiding principles for determining the liability of IPTV telecom operators, but also helped advance relevant legislative developments. When addressing cutting-edge legal issues arising from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Hu leverages a deep understanding of the technical aspects and key points of dispute to propose forward-looking legal solutions. His approach effectively clarifies the allocation of rights and responsibilities in judicial practice, with multiple cases achieving considerable industry impact.
Client Testimonial: “Hu Yang demonstrated exceptional professionalism and dedication throughout our collaboration, safeguarding our company’s legal rights to the fullest extent. Highly recommended.”
LEGALBAND is a professional legal ranking agency under the internationally recognized legal media group Accurate Media, headquartered in Hong Kong with a dedicated research team based in mainland China. This year’s ranking draws on LEGALBAND’s long-standing research and insight into the entertainment law sector, combined with the China team’s sustained focus and in-depth study of legal services in the industry, to identify 15 top-tier lawyers in mainland China who have demonstrated outstanding performance and earned strong client acclaim in entertainment law practice.
