Mr. Liu has nearly 30 years of experience in criminal law. He served as the deputy director of the Criminal Division II (responsible for the trial of economic crimes) of a High People's Court in a direct-administered municipality. Prior to that, he was a prosecutor in a procuratorate and the deputy director of the Criminal Division II of an Intermediate People's Court in a direct-administered municipality, engaging in investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of economic crimes for over 20 years. In 2016, Mr. Liu transitioned to private practice and served as a partner and director of the criminal practice committee of Grandall law firm.
During his tenure with the court, Mr. Liu handled a significant number of intricate, complex, and novel cases involving economic crimes such as corruption, bribery, securities and futures, intellectual property, illegal fundraising, smuggling, and financial fraud, which had a substantial impact both domestically and internationally. These included prominent cases such one concerning the former chief representative in China of a large multinational corporation, who was accused of trade secret infringement, which attracted worldwide attention. Due to his outstanding performance, Mr. Liu was honored with the First-Class Individual Merit and the First-Class Collective Merit.
With profound professional competence and extensive practical experience, Mr. Liu excels in handling criminal defense, criminal compliance, criminal prosecution, as well as cases involving the complex intersection between criminal and civil law, and criminal and administrative law. Throughout his career as a lawyer, he has successfully managed a substantial number of major and intricate criminal cases, including those related to corruption, bribery, illegal fundraising, contract fraud, securities and futures, smuggling, and intellectual property crimes, spanning across various industries including real estate, finance, insurance, advertising and media, digital currencies, online gaming, cultural industries, organic chemicals, and the manufacturing of special equipment. In addition, Mr. Liu has also successfully handled several administrative penalty cases involving listed companies, financial institutions, and multinational corporations, as well as high-stakes financial disputes intersecting criminal and civil law. All the aforementioned cases have received high praise from both the industry and clients.
Mr. Liu has consistently prioritized the integration of legal practice with theoretical research. He has participated in the formulation of several crucial laws and regulations under the auspices of the Supreme People's Court, such as the Criminal Procedure Law and its Interpretations, Securities and Futures Crimes, the Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Evidence, etc. He has also published over 40 articles in well-known legal publications. His personal treatise "Research on Crimes in Private Financing" stands as the inaugural comprehensive study on the legal aspects of private financing within China.
Mr. Liu also serves as a part-time professor and postgraduate mentor at East China University of Political Science and Law and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He is frequently invited to conduct lectures and deliver keynote speeches across different locations. He has been invited by Peking University to provide instructions to judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. He has also been invited by state-owned asset management departments, large SOEs, listed companies, and various provincial and municipal bar associations in delivering specialized lectures.
