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Liyuan Du
Position: Senior Partner
E-mail:liyuan.du@dentons.cn
Office location:Beijing
Phone:010-58137272
Fax:010-58137788

Liyuan Du is a senior partner in the Beijing office focusing on litigation and arbitration, finance, corporate and real estate matters. He has extensive experience handling complicated disputes for a wide range of businesses, including security, mining, international trade, real estate and infrastructure construction, banks and insurance.

Liyuan Du has a wealth of experience representing foreign clients in international arbitration cases under CIETAC, BAC, ICC and other international arbitration organizations. His current focus is on the resolution of major management issues in large companies. He has also successfully represented clients in the processing and completion of substantial sophisticated financial transactions. He has a broad client base comprising commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, trust companies, finance companies, funds and other financial institutions and government departments. In addition, he also has considerable experience with corporate matters, including external investment, corporate restructuring and reorganization, mergers and acquisition, IPO and bankruptcy. He has served as general counsel for a number of MNCs, large state-owned-companies, state-owned banks, some foreign enterprises and governmental organizations. In addition, he has also provided legal advice on risk control, contract review and management, labor disputes, corporate investments, project negotiation, finance, loans and international construction contracting for client companies. Mr. Du is also experienced in all stages of real estate development—providing counsel to nearly one hundred real estate development projects.

Recognition

Honors and Awards

  • Best Expertise and Outstanding Debater, National Attorneys TV Debate Competition, 2000

In the Media

  • In 2002, he was invited to provide the expert review on the Updates of the Governance of Law for Beijing TV and in 2003, was invited to provide legal review by the China Xinhua News Agency. For more than 10 years, he has provided almost one hundred reviews on legal issues at various events involving society, politics and economy. He has been a guest host at the Beijing Transportation Radio Station since 2003 (the channel of 1039).

Activities and Affiliations

Memberships

  • Consumption Education Expert, Beijing Government
  • Member, Legal Work Committee, Chinese National Democratic Construction Association
  • Member, Youth Work Committee, Chinese National Democratic Construction Association

Prior and Present Employment

  • Liyuan Du is the Director of the Legal Professional Committee on Product Quality and Safety, a graduate supervisor for LL.M. students at Tsinghua University and the head of the Beijing 1039 lawyer's team.