Liu Jun

Introduction

Liu Jun is a senior partner at Kangda Law Firm and a leading practitioner in white-collar crime, commercial crime, and criminal-civil cross-regime disputes in China. With over 16 years of frontline litigation experience, Liu is widely recognised for his ability to navigate highly complex matters involving criminal exposure, civil liability and regulatory enforcement, particularly in the financial and capital markets sectors.

Liu holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Peking University and an EMBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). His interdisciplinary background enables him to integrate rigorous legal analysis with sophisticated commercial judgement. Over the years, he has developed a distinctive practice methodology characterised by an outcome-oriented mindset, technical precision and cross-disciplinary legal reasoning – an approach that is especially effective in white-collar and commercial crime cases involving systemic risk.

Liu has represented clients in numerous landmark cases with nationwide impact. These include major criminal-civil crossover cases involving financial institutions, where courts ultimately overturned judgments, ordering massive asset disgorgement against non-criminal third parties; a precedent setting retrial case arising from P2P financing disputes, in which he successfully established the concept of “independent intervening factors” to redefine the civil liability of custodian banks; and a series of interbank bond disputes in which the Supreme People’s Court adopted his core arguments and confirmed that lead underwriters are bound by offering documents – an influential ruling that reshaped judicial and market practice.

Beyond individual cases, Liu has made significant contributions to the development of professional standards. He was a principal contributor to the Guidelines for Lawyers Handling Criminal-Civil Cross Matters, the first comprehensive practice guide of its kind in China, and is one of the authors of Capital Markets Dispute Resolution: Case Studies and Analysis, a widely cited work in the field.

Thanks to his consistent and high-quality professional performance, Liu has been repeatedly recognised by authoritative institutions such as China Business Law Journal‘s Deals of the Year awards; The Legal 500 Greater China Region’s “Recommended Lawyers”; and LEGALBAND’s “Elite Lawyers”. He has long served as legal counsel for multiple central state-owned enterprises and financial institutions. With his highly specialised technical and forward-looking legal service capabilities, he has established a trustworthy professional benchmark.