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Jessica LIU

Jessica Liu has practiced law for more than 20 years, specializing in Foreign Investment Law and Corporate Law, with extensive experience in foreign investment, operation, M&A and corporate compliance. In investment route planning in FDI, Jessica can effectively assist enterprise to set up regional headquarter, maximizing the benefits of foreign enterprise’s operation in China. In daily business operation, she will advise localization of full set of compliance system and general terms and conditions from overseas headquarter, and she often advice European headquarters in Chinese investment and acquisition. When foreign company go through capital withdrawal, she will advise employee replacement, corporate spin-off or liquidation, foreign exchange remittance outbound. Jessica also has a teamwork publication on employee relationship management and labor law practice based on years of experience of labor compliance for foreign funded enterprises.

Representative Matters

Jessica acted as lead counsel for the following enterprises:

  • Acted as lead counsel to an R&D and test center invested by a famous U.S. automotive group;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a joint venture of a German high-end automobile brand in Nanjing;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a famous German household appliance group invested in China and its affiliated enterprises;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a famous German environmental protection technology company established its Chinese headquarters and subsidiaries in Nanjing;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a branch company established in Nanjing by a famous Taiwan integrated circuit production and chip processing enterprise;

  • Acted as lead counsel to the brake system company, foundry company, automotive spare parts company, Qingdao trading company and Lang Fang brake system company invested by a famous Italian automotive spare parts manufacturing group;

  • Acted as lead counsel to an automotive technical service (China) company invested by a famous German R&D and manufacturing group;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a China Automobile Technology Service Company, Home Appliance Service Headquarters and subsidiaries established by a famous German group in Nanjing;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a company invested by CVC capital to joint venture with Jinling Petrochemical manufacturing resin;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a high-end composite material manufacturing company and their shareholder company invested by a Finland composite group;

  • Acted as lead counsel to an operating enterprise of a German high-tech pharmaceutical glass R&D and production enterprise in China;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a HK funded high-end audio development and manufacturing company and its affiliates;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a Taiwan funded power electronic technology development and manufacturing company and its US branch;

  • Acted as lead counsel to a high-tech computer system integration and technology exporting company. 


M&A                                                                       

  • Provided legal services for a famous Italian auto parts group to acquire a casting factory in Jiangsu and a brake factory in Hebei;                                                                                             

  • Provided legal services for CVC Capital in selling its global production line of certain chemical raw materials;

  • Provided legal services for Hengshen Group to acquire a German funded chemical raw material production enterprise;

  • Provided legal services for the acquisition of Rockefeller Building in the United States by a Hong Kong affiliate of Gold earth Group;

  • Provided legal services such as transaction architecture design for Boland's acquisition of GWP's global sales network assets, and assist in the establishment of Boland's subsidiaries.


Corporate compliance:

  • Provided legal services for corporate compliance of a joint venture established in Nanjing by a famous German automobile brand investment company.

  • Provided legal services for the management compliance project of a German wholly owned metal processing technology company.

  • Provided s legal services for several companies established in China by a famous Italian auto parts group on corporate law and criminal compliance projects.

  • Provided for corporate compliance, after being acquired by CVC Capital, DSM's affiliated company established in China has recreated a full set of compliance agreements.                

  • Provided legal services for a water affairs group in Jiangsu after being acquired by overseas funds.


Labor and Employment:

  • Provided legal service for a Japanese funded enterprise in Nanjing to detailed process plan, official announcement arrangement, compensation plan and special legal services for on-site layoff support for the relocation of production line.

  • Provided legal service for a dye company in Germany. To provide on-site negotiation and whole process legal services for the layoff and resettlement project of nearly 200 collective employees in four years

  • Provided legal services for large-scale relocation of production line relocation employees of a large machinery company in China.

  • Established a labor union for a joint venture company established in Nanjing by a famous American automobile group, provide full legal consultation, document drafting, revision and coordination with the superior labor union, and assist in obtaining the return of the labor union preparation fund.

  • Provided full process legal consultation and labor relations coordination for the relocation of employees from a famous Italian auto parts group's factory in Nanjing and assist in handling relevant labor disputes.

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Outstanding Lawyer of Jiangsu Province, 2016

IFLR1000 Leading Lawyer of Jiangsu Province, 2022

IFLR1000 Highly Regarded of Jiangsu Province, 2023

Memberships & Affiliations

Deputy Director, The 8th Council of Nanjing Lawyers Association Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Foreign Affairs Committee

Arbitrator, Hefei Arbitration Commission

Publications

“Project of the All-China Lawyers Association and China International Legal Professionals”, 2017

"HR legal consultation handbook", August 2019

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., Chicago-Kent College of Law
    LL.M., East China University of Political Science and Law
    B.A., English Major Nanjing Normal University

  • Professional Experience

    Equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Senior partner, JC Master Law Offices
    Lawyer, C&T Partner

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English