Ray Liu

Introduction

Ray Liu is a global partner, founding partner, managing partner and chief representative of Dorsey’s Beijing office. He is qualified to practise in the State of New York and has achieved the PRC’s legal professional qualification and Securities Practitioner Qualification.

Liu focuses on high-stakes cross-border dispute resolution, US litigation, international and foreign-related arbitration, major commercial and legal negotiations, cross-border investigations (government or criminal), and compliance matters. His practice areas also include cross-border investment and international trade, general corporate and M&A, capital markets, foreign direct investment, banking and insurance law, intellectual property rights and trade secrets, cybersecurity and data privacy in a wide variety of sectors. Before joining Dorsey, he worked for the legal department of a major Chinese bank in New York City.

Liu has represented a wide range of high-profile US litigations, international arbitrations, criminal and government investigations, overseas compliance matters, cross-border transactions and negotiations, which have earned him great recognition and deep trust from central government-owned enterprises and state-owned enterprises, unicorn and public companies, prestigious multinationals, and Forbes-ranked and Hurun-ranked high-profile individual clients. Liu and the cases/practices he has led have been consistently recognised by China Business Law Journal, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, International Finance Law Review, LegalOne and Benchmark Litigation.

Liu actively participates in social activities and undertakes social responsibilities on top of his notable professional experience. He is frequently invited to deliver keynote speeches at major international investment, economic and legal forums and seminars, as well as to lecture at Chinese bar associations, and in continuing legal education courses in the US. He is also regularly interviewed by People’s Daily, Global People, CGTN, Caixin, Yicai, and The New York Times, and invited to comment on US-China legal and economic issues that are widely covered by mainstream media.

Liu graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School, and China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL). He received CUPL’s Outstanding Alumni Award twice, and is an adjunct tutor at the Master of Laws School and Business School of CUPL; an adjunct tutor for the Cross-Border Lawyer Programme of Master of Laws School; and a director of the CUPL International Law School Alumni Association; national secretary general and liaison contact of the North America Alumni Association; and a graduate lecturer and tutor of business negotiation competition at the Business School of CUPL.