-
Chang LIU
Non-equity Partner / Beijing
-
Tel +86-10-5957-2407
Email liuchang@zhonglun.com
-
Practices
Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation
Chang LIU
Chang LIU specialises in international and domestic commercial arbitration, litigation and other court proceedings, and investment treaty arbitration.
Ms LIU has acted as counsel in or participated in handling international and domestic arbitration cases administered by HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC (including its Hong Kong Arbitration Centre), SHIAC, and BAC, and conducted under the LME, UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration rules, and related court proceedings at home and abroad. The cases involve areas including private equity and other share investment and liquidation, international trade, joint venture and cooperation, financial products, franchising, real estate development, mining and energy, etc., with governing laws of the disputes including Chinese law, English law, Hong Kong law, law of the New York State, Malaysian law, law of the Cayman Islands, Swiss law, etc. The cases also involve court proceedings conducted in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, United States, Cayman Islands, South Africa, etc.
Ms LIU was selected for the list of foreign-related lawyer talent database of the Beijing Lawyers Association in 2023 and serves as Deputy Secretary General of China International Investment Arbitration Forum (CIIAF).
Representative Matters
International arbitration and court proceedings
Represented multiple well-known overseas private equity investors in an HKIAC arbitration involving a bond dispute with claims totalling over USD 700 million against the founder and the group companies
Represented a well-known private equity investor in an HKIAC arbitration involving a dispute over rescission of the share purchase agreement against the founder and the group companies, and assisted the client in obtaining a worldwide Mareva injunction before the Hong Kong High Court and injunctive relief before a US court, and in having the favourable HKIAC award recognised by the US court
Represented a well-known overseas private equity investor in an HKIAC arbitration involving the share put option and shareholders' agreement disputes against the founder and the group companies, and also assisted the client in obtaining a worldwide Mareva injunction before the Hong Kong High Court
Represented an overseas subsidiary of a listed company of Chinese mainland in a London Metal Exchange (LME) arbitration involving an international trade of materials dispute against a well-known international commodity trading company. The case also involved South African court proceedings brought in parallel for asset-related interim relief
Represented the Hong Kong subsidiary of a well-known international brewery company to defend a SIAC arbitration brought by two Malaysian companies involving the share transfer dispute
Represented two Chinese well-known angel investors in an HKIAC arbitration involving the rescission of the share purchase agreement against the founders and the Swiss target company
Represented a well-known overseas private equity investor in a share put option dispute administered by HKIAC under the UNCITRAL Rules and the HKIAC Procedures for the Administration of International Arbitration, and handled the enforcement of related share charges in the Cayman Islands
Advised an overseas subsidiary of a well-known listed company on the dispute arising from a purchase and sale agreement with the US seller, which also involved the reorganisation proceedings under the US law
Domestic arbitration and litigation
Represented an international investment bank in defending a claim brought by a listed company of Chinese mainland at the Suzhou International Commercial Tribunal to confirm the validity of the arbitration agreement, and represented the international investment bank to bring a claim at the Intermediate People's Court of Suzhou for recognition and enforcement of an HKIAC arbitration award
Represented a well-known private equity investor in a SHIAC arbitration involving the equity transfer dispute against the founder and BVI shareholder of the target company, successfully defended against the other parties' application to set aside the SHIAC award made with the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, and enforced such favourable award at the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court
Represented a Sino-foreign joint venture in an CIETAC arbitration involving the tenancy contract dispute against the tenant, enforced the favourable CIETAC award at the Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People's Court and successfully defended against the other party's application to set aside the award made with the Beijing No. 4 Intermediate People's Court. In addition, represented the Sino-foreign joint venture in defending a claim of compensation for property damages brought in parallel by the tenant at the People's Court of Chaoyang District of Beijing
Represented a well-known private equity investor in participating as a third party in the loan contract dispute between the company shareholder and the company at the People's Court of Hongkou District of Shanghai
Publications
"Investment Treaty Arbitration: China" (co-author), Global Arbitration Review, 2023-2024 (English)
"Political Risk Insurance Chapter" (co-author), The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, Law Reviews, 2017-2019 (English)
"Strategy and Tactics for Concluding Outbound Investment Contracts" (co-author), China Forex, Issue 19 of 2016 (Chinese)
-
Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
-
Education
LL.M. in International Law, China University of Political Science and Law
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law -
Professional Experience
Non-equity partner, and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2014 to present
-
Languages
Chinese
English