Fengchang Liu

Practice Areas

Mr. Liu’s practice areas include cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration. He has experience in dealing with disputes covering a wide range of areas, including but not limited to contracts, Sino-foreign Joint ventures, international competition, share transfers, company control, financial products, cross-border enforcement and interim relief applications. He represents clients in both domestic and international arbitration proceedings conducted under the rules of the SHIAC, HKIAC, SCIA, UNCITRAL, and many court proceedings trialed by intermediate and high Peoples Court.

Mr. Liu also represents clients in recognition and enforcement proceedings of international arbitral awards or foreign court judgments, as well as the application of interim measures in the aid of arbitrations seated in Hong Kong. He has dealt with cross-border commercial disputes related to various jurisdictions, cooperated with lawyers from United States, Hong Kong SAR, BVI, Cayman Islands, Singapore, etc.

Publications

How to Apply Laws in Foreign-Related Litigations

Supreme Court Notes on Foreign-Related Trials: The Validity and Impact of Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clauses

Drawing Lessons from Others' Practices: The Financial Test Case Scheme in the UK

5 Key Points on the Application and Exclusion of Foreign Laws in Foreign-Related Litigations

Comparison of Mainland China and Hong Kong's Systems to Assist Foreign-Related Property Preservation

8 Questions to understand how to obtains evidence in the US in aid of Chinese Litigation

530+ Cases to understand Service of Process in Foreign-Related Civil and Commercial Litigations

Cross-border Evidence Collection and Preservation: How to make full use of Judicial Assistance Provided by China?

Special Statutes of Limitations in Foreign-Related Civil and Commercial Cases

A Paper to Clarify the Jurisdiction Levels of First Instance Foreign-Related Civil and Commercial Cases

Judgment Reciprocity between the Americas and China, Few Cases But Feasibility May Exceed Expectations

Current Status of Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Between Chinese and European Courts

Recognizing Asian Countries’ Judgments, One Country Remains an Intractable Stalemate

Recognizing U.S. Judgments, "Reciprocity" May Vary by "States"

5 Questions to Understand Document Disclosure in International Arbitration

A Concise Guide to Preservation Measures in Mainland China for Hong Kong Arbitration Cases

Negotiation Before Arbitration? 5 Suggestions for Effective Multi-tiered Arbitration Clauses

Work Highlights

Represented the founder of a property developer with cross-border structure in a shareholders’ dispute involving both PRC and foreign litigations, with a dispute amount over RMB 10 billion.

Representation of the founder of a property developer in both PRC and foreign proceedings over shareholders’ and damage to company’s interests disputes, with a matter value of over RMB 4 billion.

Representation of a SOE in an HKIAC arbitration applying UNCITRAL rule in connection with dispute over an investment project with an amount over RMB 1.8 billion.

Representation of a BVI company in a share transfer dispute before a High People’s Court applying Hong Kong Laws, fully recovered the losses of 1 RMB billion.

Representation of an individual in a share option purchase dispute against Meituan applying California law, with a dispute amount over RMB 300 million.

Representation of a property developer in a property development cooperation dispute and wined the appeal in the Supreme People’s Court, with a dispute amount over 300 million.

Representation of a Fortune Global 500 company in a SHIAC arbitration and related court proceedings in relation to dispute over a ship manufacture project, with the matter value of over 250 million.

Representation of a US company in a malicious Intellectual Property litigation infringement dispute against a PRC company. This is the first case among publicly accessible data that a US Intellectual Property litigation being accused as malicious litigation before a PRC court.

Representation of an Investment Fund in an asset attachment case in PRC assisting a Hong Kong arbitration and the follow up recognition and enforcement of arbitral award. This is the first case in which PRC court recognized the jurisdiction of a Hong Kong arbitral tribunal over an award of attorney’s fees and other costs in a PRC asset attachment proceeding.

Education