William Liu, Greater China Region

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 1

Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)

China

14 Years Ranked

Band 2

Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms)

China

5 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2025

About

Provided by William Liu

Greater China Region

Practice Areas

William is a capital markets partner with significant experience in a wide range of public debt, equity and equity-linked transactions as well as private and proprietary illiquid and PIPE investments in the Greater China region involving both PRC and overseas issuers.

William is the advisor to the PRC Ministry of Finance on its offshore RMB sovereign bond issue programme. He also acts on the offshore bond issues of the three policy banks, the big five state-owned banks and the many other financial institutions and corporates of China including advising on the debt issuance programmes of CDB and CEXIM and the EMTNs of ICBC, CCB, BOC, ABC and BOCOM.

William is a leading practitioner in China and the high yield market, and has acted for both issuer and underwriters on numerous high yield transactions. Please refer to the work highlights section of this submission for further details.

William is a leader in Debt Capital Markets recognised by IFLR1000, Chambers and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Greater China Region

Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms) - China

Band 1

Individual Editorial

William Liu of Linklaters' Hong Kong office offers clients deep expertise in investment-grade DCM mandates, with additional strengths in high-yield products.

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Capital Markets: High-Yield Products (International Firms) - China

Band 2

Individual Editorial

William Liu of Linklaters' Hong Kong office offers clients deep expertise in investment-grade DCM mandates, with additional strengths in high-yield products.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

William is a rainmaker and in demand by every single client. Despite this, he is still very approachable. Equipped with state-of-the-art industry knowledge, he will find solutions for everything.