Ray Liu

Introduction

Ray Liu is a global partner and the managing partner 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 negotiation, which have earned him great praise 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.

His recent notable cases include the representation of the following:

1. A world-class PRC internet conglomerate in its successful defense of its first jury trial case brought in the US involving an IP infringement claim of over USD300 million in damages plus disgorgement of profits;
2. One of the largest Chinese asset management companies in a high-profile cross-border dispute held in Hong Kong with a significant disputed amount, which obtained a precedent-setting victory for the client;
3. One of the most prominent entrepreneurs (Forbes-ranked), founder of a well-known Chinese conglomerate in a high-profile civil and criminal case in the US and the case was successfully dismissed strongly in favour of the client;
4. Various Chinese leading technology unicorn companies in their IP disputes brought in the US and Europe, achieving dismissals and settlement in the clients’ favour;
5. Major Chinese banks in handling US litigation, long-arm jurisdiction, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, bank regulatory and fraud investigation matters in the state of New York;
6. Fortune 500 corporates in all types of commercial litigation and arbitration matters in mainland China and Hong Kong;
7. A major creditor in the Chapter 11 US bankruptcy case filed by JIA Yueting;
8. Managing and completing one of the largest US e-discovery and document review projects to date in China;
9. A major Chinese international insurance company, and its insureds, in numerous major product liability, wrongful death and coverage cases in North America;
10. 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’s firm; and
11. Leading Chinese academics in filing an amicus brief in the high-profile Vitamin C antitrust litigation case before the US Supreme Court.

Liu takes an active part in social activities and undertakes 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 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 Characters, CGTN, China Business Network and The New York Times, and invited to comment on US-China legal and economic issues 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 Program 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.