Ms. Siyuan Liu is a partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng and specializes in security compliance, securities litigation, administrative investigation, as well as commercial litigation and arbitration.
Ms. Liu’s team offers comprehensive legal services at every stage of securities compliance, from the upstream of establishing compliance systems and conducting compliance evaluation, to the downstream of representing securities-fraud civil litigation, administrative investigation and enforcement, as well as criminal defense. During her practice, Ms. Liu has represented various milestone cases, including without limitation: CITIC Securities's escape from criminal liabilities in relation to its involvement in CITADEL's securities margin trading; Everbright Securities's fat finger case addressing insider trading; Kangdexin’s financial fraud administrative, civil, and criminal litigation; one of the big four accounting firm's securities fraud litigation concerning due diligence; Major shareholder of Hengkang medical Group’s manipulation of securities market case; Luckin Coffee’s securities-fraud litigation; Leshi’s sponsor in non-public offering in its securities fraud litigation, etc.
In addition, Ms. Liu demonstrates expertise in navigating complex corporate disputes, including corporate control, valuation adjustment mechanisms (VAM), and other investment-related litigation. With sharp acumen in the nuanced needs of the client and unparalleled insight of regulatory compliance realm, she is able to craft overall strategies to advance the commercial objectives for the client.
Ms. Liu is actively involved in legislation and academic events. She serves as director of the Case Law Board of China Law Society; as director of Beijing Law Society Economic Law; as member of the law amendment workgroup organized by the Ministry of Finance of PRC concerning the amendment of the Law on Certified Public Accountants; as mediator in an investor protection institution; as columnist for Caixin. Also, she has provided professional advice on the promulgation and amendment of multiple laws, judicial interpretations, and CSRC regulations. Besides, she is the co-author of The Baseline of Behaviors in Capital Markets and the China Chapter of The Securities Litigation Review. She has contributed to the textbook of securities law "Case Studies in Securities Law". She has published various treatises in Financial Services Law Review, China Case Law Review, Tsinghua Financial Law Review, etc. Ms. Liu is also devoted to legal education and pro bono programs. She has delivered over a hundred lectures and speeches for law students at prestigious academic institutions such as School of Law of Tsinghua University, Peking University, Peking University School of Transnational Law, China University of Political Science and Law, and Central University of Finance and Economics. Moreover, her educational outreach extends to hundreds of listed companies and state-owned enterprise.
Ms. Liu was recommended by 2023 and 2024 Chambers Greater China Region Guide in Securities: Litigation; recommended by The Legal 500 for "Compliance" area in 2024; ranked in the top tier for "Securities and Capital Markets: Compliance and Litigation" area by LegalBand in 2024, recommended in the compliance area by LegalBand from 2018 to 2023, as well as listed as "Client Choice: Top 15 Rising Partners" by LegalBand in 2021; recommended by Benchmark Litigation in the government and regulatory area both in the China band and Asia-Pacific band from 2021 to 2024; recommended by Benchmark Litigation in the international arbitration in the China band in 2022 and 2023; ranked in A-List of " Growth Drivers" by China Business Law Journal in 2023; ranked as " 40 under 40" by LexisNexis in 2023; ranked as the first-tier lawyer in securities compliance and litigation area by DAWKINS in 2022. Her significant representation, the Securities Fraud case of Shanghai DZH Limited’s Director and Senior Executive was awarded as the Deals of the Year 2023; CITIC Securities's escape from criminal liabilities of margin trading was awarded as the Deals of the Year 2018 by China Business Law Journal; The Founder Securities's securities-fraud litigation was awarded as the Deals of the Year 2019 by China Business Law Journal.
Ms. Liu attained both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in School of Law from Tsinghua University. She is currently enrolled in the 39th Executive MBA program at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. She joined Jingtian & Gongcheng in 2017 as a partner.
