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David LIU
Equity Partner / Qingdao
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Email liujingtao@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Debt Restructuring & Non-performing Assets, Litigation & Arbitration, Bankruptcy-Insolvency & Reorganization
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Industries
Insurance
David LIU
David LIU has tremendous experience in the following commercial litigation/dispute resolution area: debt restructuring for distressed enterprises, cross-border bankruptcy, liquidation and reorganization, disposal of non-performing assets for banks, independent guarantee disputes, letter of credit disputes, recovery disputes, insurance contract disputes, private equity fund disputes, etc.
Representative Matters
Represented the Dalian Branch of China Pacific Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. against Talimen Shipping Limited in the case of soybean heat damage, which has been reported by 20 central, provincial and municipal news media including People's Daily, Rule of Law Daily, China Daily Network and Today Headline.
Represented a group company in a foreign-related guarantee dispute and the case rated as a typical case of Qingdao court in 2020.
Represented an insurance company in a dispute over a contract of carriage of goods by sea and the case was rated as a typical case in 2020 by the Qingdao Maritime Court
Represented a German shipowner and also a German Bank to participate in the bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings of a shipyard in Shandong Province,which involved claims amounting to CNY400 million
Served as the person in charge of the bankruptcy liquidation case of Qingdao Decoration Corporation and Qingdao Hongshun Industrial Company. This case is the first time that Qingdao has adopted the summary procedure. The case has been reported by news media such as Fa Kan Shandong, Qingdao Peninsula Metropolis Daily, and many wechat official accounts such as Qingdao intermediate people's court and Qingdao Lawyers Association
Advised a high profile French Auto company restructuring the debts of its JV in China with the overall debts of CNY4 billion
Represented an Australian bank to participate in the debt restructuring proceeding of a large copper manufacture in Shandong Province with the overall debt about CNY20 billion
Advised restructuring the huge debts of a high profile coking manufacturer of Shandong Province with the overall debt of about CNY50 billion
Providing litigation and non-litigation legal services for a listed financial organizations acting as a fund custodian in a private equity fund dispute case with a total amount of CNY2.7 billion
Represented a private enterprise to appeal to the PRC Supreme Court with the subject matter of CNY500 million
Represented a trust company to realize its credit of CNY300 million
Handled none-performing loans for Qingdao Bank, Bank of China, China Construction Bank and China Merchants Bank
Represented Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Marine Development in its claim against foreign vessels for damage to marine fishery resources caused by the collision and oil leakage between the "SEA JUSTICE" ship and the "A SYMPHONY" ship, with the claim amount of CNY430 million
Represented the PRC government, Mr. Liu filed claim against the shipowners of M/V "CHANG TONG" and "HANJIN GOTHENBURG" whose collision severely contaminated marine environment. The compensation was finally concluded at CNY13 million
Represented Nike in case (2012) IP No. 142 of Qingdao Intermediate Court, which “NIKE" and “耐克" were recognized as well-known trademarks
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Ranked on The Legal 500 Asia Pacific list, 2023
Ranked on The Legal 500 Asia Pacific list, 2022
Recommended lawyer, Who’s Who Legal China, 2020, Restructuring and Insolvency
Selected lawyer capable of cross-border matters, PRC Ministry of Justice The World Bank sent a letter to Lawyer Liu Jingtao to thank him for his participation in the legal investigation of China's business environment
Outstanding Arbitrator of Shandong Province, The Promoting Association of Arbtiral Development of Shandong Province, 2022
Qingdao Top Talent, Qingdao Municipal Party Committee and Qingdao Municipal Government, 2021
Outstanding Lawyer of Qingdao, Qingdao Lawyers Association, 2019
Excellent Member of the Professional Committee of Shandong Lawyers Association, Qingdao Municipal Justice Bureau, 2014
For Deal
Represented the Dalian Branch of China Pacific Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. against Talimen Shipping Limited in the case of soybean heat damage, which has been reported by 20 news media including People's Daily, Rule of Law Daily, China Daily Network and Today Headline
Typical case of Qingdao court, 2020, represented a group company in a foreign-related guarantee dispute
Typical case in 2020, the Qingdao Maritime Court, 2020, “the Qingdao Branch of China Pacific Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. against Talimen Shipping Limited”
Served as the person in charge of the bankruptcy liquidation case of Qingdao Decoration Corporation and Qingdao Hongshun Industrial Company. This case is the first time that Qingdao has adopted the summary procedure, the case has been reported by news media such as Legal View of Shandong, Qingdao Peninsula Metropolis Daily, and many official accounts such as Qingdao intermediate people's court and Qingdao Lawyers Association
Mr. Liu served as the arbitrator of a housing lease contract dispute case, and his written award was selected into the administrative (legal service) case database of the Ministry of Justice
Mr. Liu served as the arbitrator of a dispute case concerning an education service contract, and his written award was selected into the administrative (legal service) case database of the Ministry of Justice
Memberships & Affiliations
Arbitrator, Qingdao Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Ningbo Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Hefei Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Shenyang Arbitration Commission
Member, International Insolvency Institute
Researcher, Institute of Arbitration, China University of Political Science and Law
Director, Enterprise Bankruptcy and Reorganization Institute of Shandong Law Society
Member, Qingdao Bankruptcy Administrators Association
Director, Zhong Lun Charity Foundation
Lecturer, the fourth bankruptcy administrator training course of Zhejiang Lawyers Association
Publications
”Empirical Research on Disputes over the Validity of Multi-Party Arbitration Agreements”, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation, Issue 5, 2021
”The Discussion on Conflicts between Cross-border Insolvency Proceedings and International Commercial Arbitration Proceedings", China Journal of Maritime Law, No. 2, 2017 and the 2nd series of The Art of Distressed Enterprise M&A edited by Professor Li Shuguang, awarded as the secondary prize by the 2016 Maritime Law International Symposium
”The Discussion on Conflicts between Cross-border Protection of Well-known Trademarks and Regional Principles”, ‘commentary’ section on LexisNexis and reproduced by official account of PKULAW, 2016
“Recovery from Fire Accident Insurance in Warehouse”, China Insurance News, 8th ed, January, 2016 and Qingdao Lawyers, 2015 Autumn
”Evidence Collection in Insurance Subrogation Cases”, China Insurance News, June, 2016
”Hanjin Shipping Bankruptcy challenges Chinese Legal System of Cross-border Bankruptcy”, Beijing Bankruptcy Law Society official account, September 5, 2016
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 1994
Qualification of Independent Director of listed company, 2012 -
Education
LL.M, Widener University School of Law, Corporate Law and Finance
Diploma in English Law, University of London SOAS
B.Eng, Ocean University of China -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm (Qingdao), 2015 to present
Partner, Shandong You Hua Law Firm, 2007-2014
Lawyer, Shandong Ya & Tai Law Firm, 2005-2006
Lawyer, Shandong Haishi Law Firm, 1994-2005 -
Languages
Chinese