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Jeffrey LIU
Equity Partner / Shanghai
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Tel +86-21-6061-3666
Email jeffreyliu@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Cybersecurity & Data Protection, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration
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Industries
Financial Innovation & Fintech, Information & Intelligence Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Jeffrey LIU
Mr. Jeffrey LIU, J.D, has extensive practice experience in the fields of cybersecurity, data protection, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance etc.
Mr. Liu's team deeply understands the comprehensive impact of cybersecurity, data and privacy protection on modern business and is familiar with various emerging business scenarios and able to provide clients with "one-stop" legal services in the field from the perspective of business operations strategies.
Mr. Liu also has extensive experience in financial and commercial litigation and arbitration (including online arbitration) and has represented numerous domestic and international clients in litigation and arbitration. The scope of disputes involves financial products, corporate governance and equity, anti-unfair competition, investment related to private equity funds, and other commercial disputes. His skills and professionalism in handling complex cases are greatly appreciated by clients. He also provides consultation on administrative and criminal proceedings and deals with internal investigations for clients.
Representative Matters
Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Privacy
Acted as lead counsel to a large Chinese internet platform in data compliance, with services covering identifying and addressing problems in its current mechanism for receiving and handling data subject rights requests and privacy policy management, establishing an organization-wide new mechanism for the same, and providing consulting for the establishment of its privacy policy system for the entire group company
Acted as lead counsel to several fast-fashion retail giants in data compliance, with services covering establishment of data compliance systems, comprehensive reviews of personal information protection protocols, and cross-border data transfer compliance
Acted as lead counsel to several major consumer durables giants in data compliance, with services covering establishment of data compliance systems, comprehensive review and consultation on the content and distribution of all customer-facing documents throughout its business processes, personal information protection impact assessments, security assessments for cross-border data transfer, mobile applications compliance, etc.
Acted as lead counsel to a cross-border luxury goods e-commerce platform relating to personal information protection, and provided counsel on its cross-border data transfer, establishment of its e-commerce platform, and data compliance issues relating to its M&A project
Acted as lead counsel to several restaurant chains in data compliance, with services including streamlining data compliance systems, building compliance regimes, and advising on cross-border data transfer and personal information protection compliance
Acted as lead counsel to several automotive companies, assisting them in conducting personal information protection impact assessments regarding their actions including handling of sensitive personal information and entrusted processing of personal information, and advising them on compliance rectification
Acted as lead counsel to multiple companies across various industries, including consumer goods, healthcare, big data, artificial intelligence, etc., concerning their IPO data compliance, with services including drafting and reviewing relevant legal documents, screening data compliance risks, offering compliance rectification plans based on the findings, and providing support for listing review processes
Acted as lead counsel to several biotech companies in data compliance, with services covering filing of standard contracts for cross-border transfer of personal information during clinical trials and other compliance matters for clinical trial data
Acted as lead counsel to a clearing institution for data compliance issues in the process of applying for the opening of a bank card clearing institution by the joint venture established by the client and a well-known credit card organization, with services including assisting in analyzing data flows, reviewing compliance issues in data usage, sharing, and cross-border transfer, and issuing analysis opinions and risk mitigation solutions
Advised a multinational pharmaceutical company on a comprehensive data compliance assessment, with services including assessing the compliance of its practices of obtaining data from partners, assisting it to establish a partner management mechanism, and providing compliance advice on its data handling practices, including the handling of sensitive personal information
Assisted several large- and medium-size enterprises in handling data breach incidents, analyzing the nature of the incidents, formulating response plans, and assisting the clients in communicating with relevant authorities
Provided legal consulting on the data localization project to an international logistics giant
Assisted several domestic enterprises in conducting data transfer impact assessments under the GDPR in support of their overseas expansion
Acted as lead counsel to a well-known hotel chain, a cosmetic company, a game company, and a consumer company in handling compliance notifications and removals of their apps and in relevant rectification
Dispute Resolution
Acted as lead counsel to a Hong Kong company in handling multiple disputes involving overseas minerals with other overseas entities, with services covering coordinating legal resources in China's mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Australia, and many other jurisdictions, and designing legal offensive and defensive strategies, including but not limited to assisting clients in initiating and pushing forward procedures in the Chinese mainland to have foreign-related arbitration awards withdrawn, raising objection to the application of arbitration awards recognition in Hong Kong SAR, and advancing related litigation outside China in cooperation with lawyers from Australia and other jurisdictions, all in an attempt to maximize the protection of clients' legitimate rights and interests
Acted as lead counsel to a private equity fund investor in handling fund liquidation and exit disputes, with services including identifying liquidation exit paths and participating in communication and negotiation with fund managers, other investors, and other stakeholders, in an effort to optimize for client outcomes
Acted as lead counsel to an asset management company in applying for the enforcement of the mortgagor's property, with services including investigating the status of relevant assets, propelling forward judicial sale procedures, coordinating investor resources, and pushing for the disposal of target assets
Acted as lead counsel to the actual controller of a listing candidate in handling related disputes arising from control rights between the client and multiple investors
Acted as lead counsel to the controlling shareholder of a well-known educational technology company in handling disputes over liability for damaging the interests of the company
Acted as lead counsel to a well-known design company in handling disputes over a work-for-hire agreement
Financial Products and Trusts
Acted as legal counsel to many financial institutions to provide legal services for mortgage-backed securities and securitization projects of non-performing assets throughout the deals, including conducting due diligence on underlying assets, drafting and reviewing relevant transaction documents, designing transaction structures, issuing due diligence reports and legal opinions, etc.
Provided comprehensive legal services to multiple domestic banks, trust companies, and other non-bank financial institutions, as well as financial arms of large private-sector enterprises for various matters, including but not limited to emergency handling of financial risks, debt restructuring, product compliance analysis and rectification, internal management structure design and improvement, etc.
Provided legal services for data asset compliance assessment to many state-owned companies and private enterprises, services covering analysis of the compliance of relevant data assets and issuance of legal opinions, in a push for the clients' data assets to be listed and traded at data exchange institutions
Acted as permanent lead legal counsel to a number of financial service offices, providing full legal services for them to carry out special rectification and administrative verification of private equity funds and illegal fund raising under their jurisdiction, and providing legal advice for the establishment and relocation of financial/investment-related companies.
Acted as lead counsel to a bank, providing legal advice on the establishment and relocation of financial/investment companies and the optimization of its e-commerce platform business, preparing legal documents for the implementation of the plan and assisting it in applying for relevant qualifications.
Acted as lead counsel to the Shanghai branch of one of the four state-owned bank, providing full legal services on the development of a blockchain re-export trade and supply chain finance platform.
Acted as lead counsel to a fintech subsidiary of a state-owned bank, providing year-round legal services, including providing legal support to its daily operation, analyzing the compliance of its (proposed) operation projects, prompting its legal risks, reviewing and improving relevant legal documents, and assisting it in preventing operational risks.
Acted as lead counsel to a large domestic internet company, providing comprehensive legal services on financial technology segment business, including product model design, compliance demonstration, legal risk prevention and response, drafting and reviewing of relevant agreements, and daily legal advice.
Acted as lead counsel to a nationally unified bill trading platform, providing year-round legal services including but not limited to assisting it in drafting, reviewing and revising business agreements related to bill trading, conducting legal compliance arguments related to bill trading and issuing legal opinions on the legal issues involved, etc.
Acted as lead counsel to a trust company, assisting it in setting up trust special plans in relation to the bankruptcy restructuring of a number of enterprises, assisting creditors to realize the benefits of their claims through the establishment of a trust structure, and facilitating the smooth implementation of the bankruptcy restructuring of the enterprises.
Acted as lead counsel to a number of companies, providing legal services on the establishment and/or acquirement of financial leasing companies, consumer finance companies, financial guarantee companies, insurance broker companies and internet microfinance companies, assisting the companies in conducting due diligence, and providing legal services such as compliance advice and agreement review in relation to the acquisition.
Honors and Awards
Specially Lecturer on Cybersecurity, the Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security
Council Member, Shanghai Information Network Security Administration Association
Council Member, Shanghai Finance Information Association
Member, Data Security Working Committee of the Internet Society of Shanghai
Member, New Data Center Professional Committee of Shanghai Communication Society
Member of the First Expert Group on Data Compliance and Security Industry Development, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization
Expert on Civil and Administrative Cases, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate
Consulting Expert, Artificial Intelligence Industry “Compliance Service Demonstration Site” at the Shanghai Import and Export Fair Trade Workstation
Mediator, Shanghai Mediation Center for Financial Consumption Disputes (Financial Ombudsman Service Shanghai)
Special Mediator, Pudong New Area Non-Litigation Dispute Resolution Center
Member of the First Batch of Mediators, North Bund Alternative Dispute Resolution Center
Researcher, Data Law Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University
Researcher, the Practical Department of the Judicial Research Center of Fudan University
Special External Tutor, East China University of Political Science and Law
Practical Mentor, Xiamen University
Arbitrator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
Arbitrator, Shanghai Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission
Member, Arbitration Think Tank of Shandong Province
Arbitrator, Weihai Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Zhanjiang Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Zibo Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Luoyang Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Zaozhuang Arbitration Commission
Memberships & Affiliations
The first batch member, the Expert Group for Data Compliance and Security Industry Development of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization
Cybersecurity special lecturer, the Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security
Researcher, Internet Society of Shanghai
Council member, Shanghai Information Network Security Administration Association
Council member, Shanghai Finance Information Association
Member, New Data Center Committee of Shanghai Communication Society
Supervisor, Shanghai Pudong New Area Social Credit Promotion Center
Advisory expert on civil and administrative cases, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate
Researcher, Data Law Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University
Special external tutor, East China University of Political Science and Law
Researcher, the Practice Department of the Judicial Research Center of Fudan University
Practice teaching mentor, Xiamen University
Arbitrator, Weihai Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Zhanjiang Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Beihai Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Zibo Arbitration Commission
Publications
“Data Protection: Compliance Guidelines and Rule Explanations (2nd Edition)”, China Legal Publishing House, 2021
“Key Interpretation and Case Analysis of the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China”, China Legal Publishing House, 2021
“Expert Interpretation and Explanation of Compliance for Online Lending Information Intermediary Business in Shanghai”, Shanghai University Press, 2018
“Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Protection and Data Compliance” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute, 2021
“Zhong Lun New Energy Legal Anthology: Rules and Innovation in Variables” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute 2021
“Zhong Lun E-commerce Legal Anthology: Focus and Prospects in the New Industry” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute, 2021
“Witness and Outlook: 20 Years of Securities Litigation in China” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute, 2022
“Compliance Guide for Chinese Small and Micro Enterprises: Interpretation of the Application of 'Effectiveness Evaluation of SME Compliance Management System'”, Law Press, 2023
“Understanding and Application of 'Shanghai Data Regulation'”, China Legal Publishing House, 2023
“Analysis of Data Rights Ownership and its System Construction in the Era of Big Data”, Journal ofShanghai University (Social Science Edition), 2019
“Research on Construction of Data Rights and Big Data Transaction Rules” (Doctoral dissertation, ShanghaiJiaotong University)
“The Path Evolution of the Regulation of Small-Loan Companies in Shanghai”, Journal of Fintech LawReview, 2017.
“Clarifying Legal Liability and Bridging Various New Regulations - Interpretation of the Decision onAmending the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China (Exposure Draft)”, published on WoltersKluwer China Law & Reference website, September 2022
“The Establishment of Judicial Rules for Disputes Involving Face Recognition - Interpretation of the Full Textof the Judicial Interpretation of Face Recognition of the Supreme Court”, published on Wolters Kluwer ChinaLaw & Reference website, July 2021
“The Basic Establishment of Data Security Legislative Framework - Analysis of the Eight Key Points of theData Security Law”, published on Wolters Kluwer China Law & Reference website, June 2021
“The Strongest Regulation for Automotive Data - Analysis of Eleven Major Points of the Certain Provisions onAutomotive Data Security Management (Exposure Draft)”, published on Wolters Kluwer China Law &Reference website, May 2021
“First time | Seven Main Changes in the New Rules on the Protection of Children's Personal Informationand the Interpretation Article by Article”, published on Captain Financial Wechat Account, August 24, 2019.
“In-Depth Analysis of the Main Mode of Bank E-Commerce and Related Legal Issues”, published oncebnet.com, June 27, 2019.
“Interpretation of New Data Security Regulation Article by Article”, published on Captain Financial WechatAccount, May 29, 2019.
“Analysis of Clean-up and Exit Mechanisms for Online Lending Platforms”, Journal of Shanghai BarAssociation, October 2018.
“Concept and Practices: A study on Investor Suitability System”, published on Wolters Kluwer China Law &Reference website, July 19, 2017.
“Regulation and Punishment: A Commentary on China's Regulatory Path of the Domestic FintechIndustry”, December 16, 2016 (awarded the Second Prize in the 2016 Excellent Research Competition heldby Shanghai People's Procuratorate)
Related
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Deals Related
Zhong Lun Assists MIXUE in its HKSE Listing
2025-03-03 -
Awards Related
Zhong Lun Partner Jeffrey Liu Honored as One of the 2025 ALB China Top 15 Cybersecurity & Data Protection Lawyers
Zhong Lun Partner Jeffrey Liu has been honored on the list.
2025-02-18
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2006
Qualified as an independent director of listed-companies in China, 2010 -
Education
Ph.D. in Civil and Commercial Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University
LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
LL.M. in Civil and Commercial Law, Xiamen University
LL.B. in Economic Law, Henan University
EMBA, China Europe International Business School -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhonglun Law Firm
Partner, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, Shanghai Office
Attorney, HaoLiWen PRC Attorneys -
Languages
Chinese
English