Liu Siyuan

Introduction

Liu Siyuan is a partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng, specialising in security compliance, securities litigation, administrative investigations, and commercial litigation and arbitration.

Liu’s team offers comprehensive legal services at every stage of securities compliance, from the upstream of establishing compliance systems and conducting compliance evaluation to the downstream of representing securities fraud civil litigation, administrative investigations and enforcement, as well as criminal defence.

Liu has represented various milestone cases, including without limitation: CITIC Securities’ escape from criminal liabilities in relation to its involvement in CITADEL’s securities margin trading; Kangdexin’s financial fraud administrative, civil and criminal litigation; one of the big four accounting firm’s securities fraud litigation concerning due diligence; major shareholder of Hengkang Medical Group’s manipulation of securities market case; Luckin Coffee’s securities fraud litigation; and Leshi’s sponsor in non-public offering in its securities fraud litigation.

Liu also demonstrates expertise in navigating complex corporate disputes including corporate control, valuation adjustment mechanisms (VAMs) and other investment-related litigation. With sharp acumen in the nuanced needs of the client and unparalleled insight in the regulatory compliance realm, she is able to craft overall strategies to advance the commercial objectives of the client.

Liu is actively involved in legislation and academic events. She serves as director of the Securities Law and Case Law Board of China Law Society; director of Beijing Law Society Economic Law; a member of the law amendment workgroup organised by the Ministry of Finance concerning the amendment of the Law on Certified Public Accountants; a mediator in an investor protection institution; and a columnist for Caixin.

She has also provided professional advice on the promulgation and amendment of multiple laws, judicial interpretations and CSRC regulations. Besides, she is the co-author of The Baseline of Behaviours in Capital Markets and the China Chapter of The Securities Litigation Review. She has also contributed to the textbook of securities law, Case Studies in Securities Law, and has published various treatises in Financial Services Law Review, China Case Law Review, Tsinghua Financial Law Review, etc.

Liu is also devoted to legal education and pro bono programmes. She has delivered over 100 lectures and speeches for law students at prestigious academic institutions such as the School of Law of Tsinghua University, Peking University, Peking University School of Transnational Law, China University of Political Science and Law, and Central University of Finance and Economics. Her educational outreach extends to hundreds of listed companies and state-owned enterprises.

Liu attained both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the School of Law of Tsinghua University. She is currently enrolled in the 39th Executive MBA programme at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. She joined Jingtian & Gongcheng in 2017 as a partner.