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  • Jeffrey LIU

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email jeffreyliu@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Cybersecurity & Data Protection, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration

  • Industries

    Financial Innovation & Fintech, Information & Intelligence Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

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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

(1) Cybersecurity, Data and Privacy Protection


  • Acted as lead counsel to a large domestic internet platform, providing special legal services on data compliance, assisting it to sort out the problems in its existing mechanism for receiving and handling requests for personal information subject rights and privacy policy management, establishing a group-level mechanism for receiving and handling requests and privacy policy management system, and providing special consulting services for the establishment of its group privacy policy system.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a leading consumer goods company, providing special legal services in relation to the cybersecurity review for its overseas listing, assisting it in analyzing the necessity of the cybersecurity review, demonstrating the compliance and feasibility of the response plan, and providing advisory services in relation to the implementation of the plan.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a cross-border luxury goods e-commerce company, providing special legal services on issues relating to the protection of personal information, advising on the export of its data and the construction of its e-commerce platform, and providing legal services on data compliance issues relating to its M&A project.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a leading automotive company, assisting it in conducting a personal information protection impact assessment on its handling of sensitive personal information and entrusting the handling of personal information, and advising it on compliance rectification.


  • Represented a clearing institution in providing special advisory services on data compliance issues involved in the application process of its joint venture with a well-known credit card organization for the opening of a bank card clearing institution, assisting it in analyzing the data flow, identifying compliance issues in its data use, sharing and cross-border transmission, and issuing analytical opinions and risk mitigation proposals.


  • Acted as lead counsel to an offshore pharmaceutical company, providing legal services on a comprehensive data compliance survey, including assessing the compliance of its data acquisition practices from partners, assisting it to establish a partner management mechanism and providing compliance advice on its data handling practices such as handling sensitive personal information.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a leading medical device company, assisting it in handling a data breach, assisting it in analyzing the nature of the incident, defining a disposal plan, and assisting it in communicating with relevant authorities.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a technology company, providing data compliance-related legal services on its domestic IPO, including but not limited to drafting or assisting it in drafting and reviewing relevant legal documents, identifying data compliance risks and providing compliance rectification plans based on the sorted situation.


  • Acted as lead counsel to an insurance company, providing data compliance legal services in relation to the development of its life insurance business. The training/lectures covered legal practice training, risk prevention techniques, interpretation of the latest regulatory policies, etc.


  • Acted as lead counsel to an overseas home appliance manufacturer, providing special services including assisting it in mapping and sorting out the management and configuration of its corporate privacy policy, reviewing and revising its privacy policy and notification texts across its business channels, designing pop-up notices/texts, and providing data compliance-related consulting services, designing a compliance plan for the handling of employees’ personal information, and assisting in the development of a comprehensive system and legal texts relating to the protection of employees’ personal information.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a food chain brand, providing permanent/special legal services on data compliance such as data compliance system combination and compliance system construction.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a well-known hotel chain brand, cosmetic brand and a game company, assisting them in responding to the apps notification/removal incident and providing legal services for their app rectification.


  • Acted as lead counsel to a bank app launch, providing full process legal services, auditing the compliance of personal information handling practices involved in the app, and providing recommendations for its rectification.


(2) Financial Products and Trusts


  • 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

Recommended Lawyer, the Legal 500 2019 - China (Fintech)

Client Choice Top 20, ALB 2019 - China

Top 10 Lawyers, LEGALBAND 2019 - China (Fintech)

Leading Lawyer, the Legal 500 2020 - China (Fintech)

Lawyer of the Year Nomination, The Asian Lawyer 2020 - China (Data Protection)

Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000 2020 - China (Financial & Corporate)

Leading Lawyer, the Legal 500 2021 - China (Fintech)

Leading Lawyer, the Legal 500 2021 - China (Data Protection)

Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000 2021 – China (Financial & Corporate)

Notable Practitioner, Asia law Profiles 2022 – China (Banking and Finance)

Leading Lawyer, the Legal 500 2022 - China (Data Protection)

Leading Lawyer, the Legal 500 2022 - China (Fintech)

Notable Practitioner, Asia law Profiles 2023 – China (Banking and Finance)

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

(1) Books

“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 Interpretation of Compliance for Online Lending Information Intermediary Business in Shanghai Region”, Shanghai University Press, 2018

“Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Protection and Data Compliance” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute, 2021

“Zhong Lun New Energy: Rules and Innovation in Variables” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute 2021

“Zhong Lun E-Commerce: Focus and Prospects in the New Industry” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute, 2021

“Witness & Outlook: 20 Years of Securities Litigation in China” (co-editor), Zhong Lun Research Institute, 2022

(2) Papers and Articles

“Analysis of Data Rights Ownership and its System Construction in the Era of Big Data”, Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition), 2019

“Research on Construction of Data Rights and Big Data Transaction Rules” (Doctoral dissertation, Shanghai Jiaotong University)

“The Path Evolution of the Regulation of Small-Loan Companies in Shanghai”, Journal of Fintech Law Review, 2017.

“Clarifying Legal Liability and Bridging Various New Regulations - Interpretation of the Decision on Amending the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China (Exposure Draft)”, published on Wolters Kluwer China Law & Reference website, September 2022

“The Establishment of Judicial Rules for Disputes Involving Face Recognition - Interpretation of the Full Text of the Judicial Interpretation of Face Recognition of the Supreme Court”, published on Wolters Kluwer China Law & Reference website, July 2021

“The Basic Establishment of Data Security Legislative Framework - Analysis of the Eight Key Points of the Data 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 on Automotive 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 Information and 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 on cebnet.com, June 27, 2019.

“Interpretation of New Data Security Regulation Article by Article”, published on Captain Financial Wechat Account, May 29, 2019.

“Analysis of Clean-up and Exit Mechanisms for Online Lending Platforms”, Journal of Shanghai Bar Association, 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 Fintech Industry”, December 16, 2016 (awarded the Second Prize in the 2016 Excellent Research Competition held by Shanghai People’s Procuratorate)

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2006
    Qualified as an independent director of listed-companies in China, 2010

  • Education

    PhD., Shanghai Jiaotong University
    LL.M., Chicago-Kent College of Law
    LL.M., Xiamen University
    LL.B., Henan University

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhonglun Law Firm
    Partner, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, Shanghai Office
    Attorney, HaoLiWen PRC Attorneys

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English