Zhiwei Liu

Soochow University Master of Laws

Lawyer Liu Zhiwei has the senior title of grade-1 lawyer. Started practicing in 1994, he has over 20 years of work experience as a lawyer, during which time he has handled a large number of criminal, civil and commercial cases of national concern, with abundant legal service experiences. Besides, he has long been devoted to legal research and dispute settlement on international commercial arbitration, corporate securities, maritime law and criminal defense. Apart from China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Committee, China Maritime Arbitration Commission and Shanghai International Arbitration Center, he also acted as an arbitrator in over 50 arbitration institutions located in Suzhou, Nanjing, Changsha, Wuhan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Chongqing, Mianyang, Nantong, Langfang and etc.

Lawyer Liu Zhiweiis especially good at handling cases of high-end business fields like maritime affairs, international arbitration, corporate trust securities (commenting as invited by The Paper on topics like campus naked loans and etc.), and at the same time enthusiastic about public welfare cases and legal aids. With a solid theoretical foundation, he can both apply the civil law system freely and skillfully make a combination with the common law. He is experienced in practice and can deal with different types of difficult and complicated cases. Lawyer Liu pays attention to social hot issues and provides professional opinions for media in time. For example, his opinions on Philippines v. China arbitration case upon the South China Sea caught the attention of Xinhua News Agency and policy-makers.

Successfully handling a foreign-related arbitration case of a shipping contract dispute

Selected as one of the National “Top 100” Excellent Legal Aid Cases by the Ministry of JusticeRepresenting the “case of stabbing with a knife by the son of the vice commissar of Jingjiang Public Security Bureau” of national concern

Defending the case of listed sales of poisonous and harmful food by a department

An arbitrator of over 50 domestic arbitration institutions

A researcher of Center for Judicial Studies, Fudan University

A master supervisor of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

A member of Maritime and Commercial Affairs Professional Committee, China National Lawyers Association

A member of WTO Research Association of China Law Society

A member of Commercial Law Research Association of China Law Society