Ms Shujun Liu > Global Law Office > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile
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15 & 20F, TOWER 1, CHINA CENTRAL PLACE
NO 81 JIANGUO ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT
BEIJING 100025
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Ms Shujun Liu
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Ms. Shujun Liu is the partner of the Japanese business team of Global Law Office based in Beijing and Shanghai.
Position
In addition to providing comprehensive legal services with respect to foreign investment, mergers & acquisitions, labor, foreign exchange, international trade, dispute resolution & litigation, etc. for Japanese enterprises in China and Chinese enterprises in Japan over ten years, Ms. Shujun Liu focuses on antitrust, anti-unfair competition, government regulatory compliance and crisis management. She has served a number of clients across a wide range of industries and sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry, TMT, automobile and spare parts, finance, commercial operation, real estate, maritime transportation, chemicals, food, consumables.
Recent Representative Matters and Cases
- Represented three Japanese leading shipping companies on the Chinese merger control aspect of the integration of their container business and also provided to them legal services related to general corporate matters for the integration of their business in China.
- Represented a number of port-operating companies on the investigation by the China National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) into the abuse of dominance by port operators and provided to them compliance legal services.
- Assisted a foreign machinery manufacturer with its internal investigation into business fraud in China.
- Provided to a multinational telecommunication company legal services for its restructuring of its business in China and compliance, including equity contribution, equity transfer, increase or reduction of capital, reform to convert SOEs into stockholding corporations, listing in National Equities Exchange and Quotations, network security, user privacy protection, etc.
- Represented a Japanese shipping company in successfully defending the investigation by the NDRC, which was the first company applied to leniency in this investigation and was completely exempted from penalty.
- Provided legal services to a foreign storage battery manufacturer for its global acquisition of storage battery business from another international manufacturer, including equity acquisition, antitrust, environmental protection, labor and other legal services with respect to its daily business operation.
- Provided to a well-known semiconductor supplier legal services for the restructuring of a joint venture established with a Chinese SOE and exit from this joint venture, including equity transfer, dissolution and liquidation, land, environmental protection and labor.
- Provided to a large real estate developer legal services for its operation of office buildings in China, including Chinese merger control aspect, equity transfer, lease contract, labor.
- Provided to a Japanese trading house legal services for the restructuring of its automobile sales business in China, equity transfer of more than ten of its subsidiaries, dissolution and liquidation and development of new stores.
- Provided legal services to the largest electric appliance retailer in Japan for its store development, acquisition of real estate and business operation in China.
- Provided to a large shopping mall operator legal services for its development and operation of more than ten shopping malls in China.
- Provided the compliance-related consulting and training services on antitrust, anti-commercial bribery, and China’s latest regulatory status to multinational companies across various industries such as pharmaceutical industry, automobile, TMT, food, cosmetics and maritime transportation.
Career
Prior to joining GLO in 2018, Ms. Liu worked at Fangda Partners, King & Wood Mallesons and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Tokyo Office).
Languages
Chinese,English,Japanese
Education
Faculty of Law and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, LL.M.
School of Law, Peking University, LL.M.
School of Law, Renmin University of China, LL.B.
Lawyer Rankings
China > Antitrust and competition: PRC firms
Global Law Office’s antitrust and competition practice has notable experience in merger control filings, antitrust investigations, and managing antitrust risks. It has experience in representing clients from a wide range of industry sectors, including internet, automobile, medicine, engineering, and food. The practice is jointly led by Qing Ren, Shujun Liu, Ying Mu, and Weiwei Gu. The highly experienced Ren worked in the Ministry of Commerce of China in 2005 and has almost twenty years of experience in merger control filings, antitrust investigations, and antitrust risk management. Liu’s practice focuses on Japanese enterprises in China and Chinese enterprises in Japan. Mu is an expert in intellectual property, while Gu has extensive experience in antitrust investigations and compliance.
China > Labour and employment: PRC firms
Global Law Office is notable for its strength in employment litigation, handling a high volume of termination disputes for a stellar client base including Volkswagen, HP and Glencore. The team is led byregulatory compliance and risk control expert Weiwei Gu. Shujun Liu has expertise in several specific sectors including real estate, maritime transportation, and chemicals. The financial services focussed Angela Sui and experienced litigator Zhaogang Wang are further names to note. Former joint practice head Zhao Li departed in November 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: PRC firms
- Life sciences and healthcare: PRC firms
- Projects and energy: PRC firms
- Real estate and construction: PRC firms
- WTO/international trade: PRC firms
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: PRC firms
- Capital markets: PRC firms
- Corporate and M&A: PRC firms
- Data protection: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: PRC firms
- Fintech: PRC firms
- Investment funds: PRC firms
- Labour and employment: PRC firms
- Private equity: PRC firms
- Regulatory/compliance: PRC firms
- TMT: PRC firms
- Insurance: PRC firms
- Private wealth: PRC firms
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
- Restructuring and insolvency: PRC firms
- Shipping: PRC firms
- Intellectual property: PRC firms