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刘思锐为德汇律师事务所全球合伙人、北京分所创始人、管理合伙人及首席代表，拥有美国纽约州律师执业资格及中国法律职业资格、中国证券从业资格。
刘思锐专攻国际商事诉讼、美国争议解决、国际及涉外商事仲裁、以美国为主的海外监管合规及政府调查事宜，他的执业领域同时包括境外投资、跨境兼并与收购、资本市场、外商直接投资、一般公司法务、银行及保险法、知识产权及商业秘密、网络安全以及数据隐私等业务，横跨众多行业，其中包括：银行、金融服务、保险、资产管理、数字新媒体及互联网、新能源、智能制造、医疗生物科技、制药、食品与农业、化工与材料、矿业与能源以及基础设施等。加入德汇之前，他任职于某中资四大行纽约分行法律部，在纽约市工作。
近几年，刘思锐代理众多央企、国企、民企、科技类独角兽及上市公司、著名跨国企业和知名个人客户处理一系列重大及高媒体曝光度的诉讼仲裁、刑事及政府调查、海外合规、境外直接投资、跨境并购交易及相关谈判事宜等，广受中外客户的好评与信赖。例如，刘思锐（1）代理最大债权人之一（国资背景）应诉贾跃亭美国联邦破产重组程序、并妥善获得重组信托分配；（2）代理国有银行处理重大反洗钱及反恐融资案件；（3）管理并完成中国有史以来最大规模之一的美国电子证据开示及证据文件审查项目；（4）代理中资保险集团及被保险人处理北美重大海外责任及产品责任案件；（5）在一起美国联邦证券诉讼案件中，代理著名中国企业及其高管进行应诉，不仅史无前例地帮助公司及其高管完全驳回诉讼，而且从原告律师事务所获得了赔偿及律师费用补偿；（6）在备受全球关注的、由美国联邦最高法院审理的“维他命C反垄断诉讼案件”中，代理中国最顶尖的行政法学者团队制备并提交了“法庭之友”文书；以及（7）代理若干知名互联网企业处理各类美国及欧洲重要交易、资本市场融资、知识产权、合规及商事争议事宜等。
刘思锐积极参与社会活动、履行律师社会职责，经常受邀在多个重量级的中外及国际经贸和法律论坛中发表主题演讲、客座讲授国内律协以及美国各州CLE课程；他多次接受《人民日报》、《环球人物周刊》、中央广播电视总台、中国国际电视台（CGTV）、《第一财经》及《纽约时报》等媒体的采访，就中美法律及经济热点问题发表评论，并获得众多主流媒体报道。刘思锐毕业于美国范德比尔特大学法学院及中国政法大学，他是中国政法大学优秀校友、法律硕士学院及商学院兼职导师及国际法学院校友会理事。
Ray Liu is a global partner and the managing partner of Dorsey’s Beijing office, qualified to practise in the State of New York and achieved PRC legal qualification and securities practice qualification.
Liu concentrates on high-stakes cross-border dispute resolution, US litigation, international and foreign-related arbitration, 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, intellectual property rights and trade secrets, cybersecurity and data privacy in a wide variety of sectors including banking and finance, insurance, asset management, TMT, new energy, intelligent manufacturing, medical and bio-tech, pharmaceutical, food and agriculture, chemicals and materials, mining and energy, and infrastructure. Before joining Dorsey, he worked for the legal department at the New York branch of a major Chinese bank in New York City.
Liu has represented a number of high-profile US litigations, international arbitrations, criminal and government investigations, overseas compliance matters, cross-border transactions and negotiation matters, which have earned him great praise and deep trust from his various clients, from central-government-owned and state-owned enterprises, unicorn and public companies, to prestigious multinational and high-profile individual. His recent select representations include those of (1) a major creditor in the chapter 11 US bankruptcy case filed by Jia Yueting, (2) the major international Chinese banks in high-profile anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing cases, (3) managing and completing one of the largest US e-discovery and document review projects to date in China, (4) a major Chinese international insurance company, and its insured, in numerous major product liability, wrongful death and coverage cases in North America, (5) a Chinese company and its executives in a US securities litigation, and (in the first such case) helping the company and its executives obtain a complete dismissal of the lawsuit, and also collecting damages and legal fees from the plaintiff firm, (6) the leading Chinese academics in filing an amicus brief in the high-profile Vitamin C antitrust litigation case before the US Supreme Court, and (7) a number of notable Chinese TMT corporations in their significant transactions, capital market financings, intellectual property rights, compliance and commercial dispute resolution matters in the US and Europe.
Liu takes an active part in social activities and undertakes the social responsibilities in his capacity as a lawyer. He is frequently invited to attend and deliver keynote speeches at major international investment, economic and legal forums and seminars, and invited to lecture at Chinese bar associations, and in continuing legal education courses in the US. He is also regularly interviewed by the People’s Daily, Global Characters, CGTN, China Business Network and The New York Times newspapers, 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, and is an adjunct tutor of the Master of Laws School and Business School of CUPL and a director of the CUPL International Law School Alumni Association.
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