Shawn Liu

Partner

  • Email

    liuxiao@zlwd.com

  • Tel

    13511054318

  • Office

    Beijing

Mr. Liu Xiao has 13 years of industry experience in corporate legal services, international business, dispute resolution, cross-border investment, financing and M&A, cross-border capital markets, private equity funds, and corporate standing legal advisor services. His representative clients include listed companies, large central and state-owned enterprises, start-ups, and large funds, among others. 

Mr. Liu has represented numerous large state-owned and private funds in domestic and cross-border investments and M&A transactions involving listed companies and start-ups. He has also assisted multiple industry-leading enterprises in listing on domestic and overseas capital markets and subsequent financing. Additionally, he has repeatedly represented national-level industrial guidance funds in completing investments in private equity funds. 

Mr. Liu has served significant clients including Sino-Ocean Capital, Cstone Capital, National Military-Civilian Integration Fund, CITIC Private Equity Funds, National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, China-Belgium Direct Equity Investment Fund, Huaneng Fund, Defu Fund, GIC Private Limited (Singaporean sovereign fund), China Life Investment, Jianlong Heavy Industry, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Liepin, Guangxi Golden Throat, Listed Company CHSR, Yonyou Network, Beijing Capital Co., Ltd, etc.


Working Experience


  • 2023–Present Partner, Zhonglun W&D Law Firm, Beijing
  • 2014–2023 Lawyer, JunHe LLP, Beijing
  • 2011–2014 Lawyer, Commerce & Finance Law Offices, Beijing


Achievements
  • Guangxi Golden Throat Lozenges Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Project
  • Liepin Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Project
  • Foxconn Cross-Border Acquisition Project
  • CICC as Fund of Funds Investment in Multiple Private Equity Funds Project
  • Sino-Ocean Capital Acquisition of Environmental Protection Enterprise Project
  • Huaneng Fund Investment in Distributed Photovoltaic Power Plants Project
  • Military-Civilian Integration Fund Investment in Military-Industrial Listed Companies Project
  • Military-Civilian Integration Fund Post-Investment Management Project
  • China Life as New Shareholder in China Eastern Airlines Group Equity Diversification Reform Project
  • Jianlong Heavy Industry Bankruptcy Reorganization of Heilongjiang’s Leading Steel Enterprise Xilin Iron and Steel Project
  • China Resources Group Special Legal Services and Standing Legal Advisor Services
  • Yonyou Network Special Legal Services and Standing Legal Advisor Services
  • Standing Legal Advisor Services for Multiple Listed Companies and Large Funds
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Education

In 2009, Lawyer Liu Xiao graduated from the Law School of University of International Business and Economics with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
In 2010, he obtained a Master of Laws degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in the United States.

Professional Qualifications

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Languages

Chinese and English