On July 29, 2025, LegalOne, a well-known legal rating agency, announced the winners of the LegalOne Elite 100: Corporate and Commercial (China 2025) award. Wenqi Zhao, a partner at Chance Bridge Law Firm, was honored on the list for her outstanding legal service capabilities, widespread market recognition, and excellent client reputation.

Wenqi Zhao has more than ten years of experience in private equity and venture capital with domestic and overseas listing structures. She advised many well-known private equity funds, listed companies, large enterprises and other institutions in their domestic and overseas equity investments, debt investments, mezzanine investments with transaction structure, legal due diligence, transaction documents, business negotiations, dispute resolution and other legal matters.

Wenqi Zhao advised multinational enterprises in market access, structure construction, entity establishment, and corporate compliance in the PRC, and provided legal services in the areas of employee incentive plan, intellectual property protection and other general corporate matters for bio-medical, manufacturing and technology enterprises in the PRC.

LegalOne Elite 100 is a prestigious individual award recognising outstanding legal professionals across diverse regions. The selection process is conducted by practice area throughout the year, with categories subject to annual review to reflect evolving trends in local legal services markets.

Guided by the core principle of “focusing on the practical skills and experience of professionals” ,the evaluation places particular emphasis on demonstrated competence of candidates in specific transactions or cases. LegalOne's research team conducts comprehensive assessments, considering both submitted materials and client or peer recommendations.