Specializing in dispute resolution and regulatory compliance, Mr. Liu has extensive practical experience in domestic and foreign litigation/arbitration, government supervision, compliance investigation, multilateral development bank (MDB) compliance, construction engineering, etc.
Mr. Liu has represented clients in numerous litigation, arbitration, and ADR proceedings. He has assisted clients in many highly influential disputes involving construction projects, changes of corporate control, Sino-foreign joint ventures, VAM agreements, securities class actions, business management contracts, copyright protections, and foreign arbitral awards’ recognition and enforcement. In particular, he has a wealth of experience in cross-border dispute resolution. He has helped clients handle disputes in foreign jurisdictions such as the U.S., France, Germany, South Korea, India, Singapore, Pakistan, Zambia, Ethiopia, Qatar, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He has provided expert opinions under the PRC laws, i.e., the statute of limitations, guarantee law, corporate law, inheritance law, and civil procedure law, for foreign judicial institutions, and has participated in arbitration cases in various arbitration institutions, such as ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, BIAC, SHIAC, etc.
Also, Mr. Liu has rich regulatory compliance experience in anti-corruption, MDBs, advertising, medicine, data management, anti-unfair competition, SOE supervision, and international project management. In particular, he has led dozens of compliance investigations and rectification projects in response to sanctions imposed by MDBs such as the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Investment Bank, and has been involved in many corporate internal anti-corruption investigations or cross-border compliance investigations. He has assisted Chinese or foreign enterprises in carrying out compliance risk assessment, preparing compliance lists, and adopting compliance management systems in line with MDBs or ISO international standards.
Many cases participated by Mr. Liu have been included in the list of "Outstanding Cases of Foreign Legal Services of Beijing Lawyers Association" and "Outstanding Transactions of the Year (Dispute Resolution)” of China Business Law Journal.
Mr. Liu has also actively participated in various forums and trainings on dispute resolution or compliance, and has offered specialized courses for law students at Peking University and Tianjin University. He also has held training sessions on the topics of the Civil Code, Anti-Unfair Competition Law, international arbitration procedures, compliance requirements for MDBs or pharmaceutical companies, and the establishment and implementation of compliance systems for government departments, SOEs, and listed companies.
LL. M. Degree in International Business Law of Georgetown University Law Center
LL. M. Degree in Civil and Commercial Law, Law School of Renmin University of China
LL. B. Degree, Law School of Shandong University
Admitted to practice in the PRC and the New York State of USA.
Mandarin (Native) and English (Fluent)