Yi Liu

Practice Areas

Atty. Liu Yi specializes in liquidation and restructuring, providing sophisticated legal solutions for complex domestic and cross-border debt crises. Leading a multidisciplinary team comprised of legal experts and financial professionals, he offers comprehensive services that integrate legal counsel with strategic business management.

In the realm of cross-border insolvency, Atty. Liu possesses extensive experience in managing parallel proceedings across jurisdictions. He frequently represents foreign liquidators in asset recovery, claims verification, and derivative litigation within Mainland China, while also assisting Chinese entities in navigating offshore winding-up petitions and debt restructuring. His practice includes applying for the recognition and assistance of foreign insolvency proceedings in Chinese courts and seeking judicial recognition for domestic administrators in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong.

Domestically, Atty. Liu is adept at handling out-of-court workouts, pre-reorganization, and bankruptcy liquidation, particularly for distressed real estate enterprises and large corporate groups. Additionally, he represents clients in bankruptcy-related dispute resolution and the enforcement of arbitral awards, striving to maximize asset value and balance stakeholder interests throughout the insolvency process.

刘毅律师专注于破产清算与重组领域，在处理复杂的境内外债务危机及企业救助方面拥有深厚的专业造诣。他领导着一支由法律专家、前任审计师及企业管理顾问组成的复合型团队，能够为客户提供超越传统法律服务的综合性解决方案。

在跨境破产领域，刘律师具备处理多法域平行程序的丰富经验，常年代表境外清算人及管理人处理中国境内的资产调查、债权确认及衍生诉讼，并协助中国企业应对境外的清盘呈请及债务重组。其业务实践涵盖了向中国法院申请承认与协助境外破产程序，以及协助境内管理人在香港等地寻求司法认可。

在境内业务方面，刘律师擅长庭外重组、预重整及破产清算程序，尤其在房地产企业及大型企业集团的困境资产处置中，能够设计切实可行的债务化解方案。此外，他还代理各类破产衍生诉讼及重大商事仲裁的承认与执行，致力于通过法律手段在清算与重组程序中最大化维护债权人与债务人的合法权益。

Professional Memberships

Director (理事), Shanghai Bankruptcy Administrators Association (SBA, 上海市破产管理人协会)

Director (主任), Cross-Border Insolvency Committee of SBA (上海市破产管理人协会跨境破产专业委员会)

Director & Deputy Director (理事兼副主任), North Bund Corporate Restructuring Center (北外滩企业庭外重组中心)

Arbitrator (仲裁员), Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC, 上海仲裁委员会)

Expert (专家), Beijing United Property Exchange (北京产权交易所)

Member (委员), Financial Instruments Committee of Shanghai Bar Association (上海市律师协会金融工具委)

Mediator (调解员), Shanghai North Bund Diversified Commercial Mediation Center (上海北外滩多元商事调解中心)

Member, First Batch of "Dingxin" Rule of Law Talent Pool of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice (上海市司法局首届“鼎新”法治人才库).

Publications

Books

Editor-in-Chief: Practical Guide for Bankruptcy Administrators 《破产管理人实务指引》, Peking University Press, 2024.

Author: Research on the Protection of Shareholders' Rights 《股东权利保护研究》, Peking University Press, 2016.

Co-Author: Interpretation of Compliance Legal Practice and Frontier Issues of Futures and Derivatives 《期货和衍生品合规法律实务与前沿问题解读》, Law Press, 2024.

Translator: Property Management Law of Major Contemporary Countries 《当代主要国家物业管理法》, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2014.

Selected Articles & Papers

"Theoretical Review and Empirical Analysis of Cross-border Bankruptcy Cooperation between Shanghai and Hong Kong" 《涉港跨境破产协作之理论检视与实例分析》) Awarded 2nd Prize at the 20th East China Lawyer Forum (2024).

"Keepwell Agreements and Domestic Bankruptcy Practice: New Perspectives and Challenges" 《维好协议与境内破产实务》 - Awarded 3rd Prize at the 19th East China Lawyer Forum.

"Exploration of Procedural Consolidation of Personal and Corporate Bankruptcy" 《论我国个人破产与企业破产制度的程序合并模式探索》 - Awarded 2nd Prize at the 9th Central Plains Bankruptcy Law Forum.

Clients

FTI CONSULTING

KROLL

PWC(HK)

EY(HK)

RED & ORANGE COMPANY

华润医药(CR PHARMA)

怡亚通（EA）

柏联集团

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Offshore Jurisdictions (BVI / Cayman Islands)

Work Highlights

Liquidation and restructuring (cross-border) of BORRELLI WALSH projects in China mainland, such as GOLDEN HANS, SOUTH BEAUTY and CICC Regenerated Resources;

Bankruptcy liquidation case of the “Century City” project in Zhejiang;

Liquidation case of a subsidiary affiliated to a central enterprise;

The heritage liquidation case involving the actual controller of a group in Yunnan (the heritage case ever accepted by Yunnan Higher Court with the largest subject amount);

Suing in China mainland for a global known investment institution against one of the big four accounting firms for issuing untrue audit report;

A series of financing trade dispute cases of a central enterprise (accumulated subject amount over 1 billion yuan);

A series of dispute cases of e-commerce platform of a US stock listed company (the first case in China to compensate at ten time for selling fake product, one of the typical Internet judicial cases of China published the first time by the Supreme People’s Court in 2019);

Case of company resolution dispute (validity review of a Board of Shareholders resolution for oriented capital reduction, one of the excellent case examples of the national court system in 2019).

Affairs related to the bankruptcy liquidation and restructuring of FTI Consulting in China mainland (cross-border)

Education