Johnny Liu

Johnny Liu is a senior associate in the corporate team at Shanghai Pacific Legal. He has extensive experience in corporate matters, including foreign direct investment, joint ventures and acquisitions with a particular focus in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sectors.  Johnny also regularly works with multinational companies on data privacy compliance, cross-border data flows, data breach, digitalization and technology cooperation. He was a major point of contact interfacing with various stakeholders during his time as an inhouse counsel at a leading FinTech institutions.

Johnny was recognised as a Rising Star by The Legal 500 in its Asia Pacific 2021 rankings.

Data privacy, data compliance and cybersecurity

• Advised the Chinese subsidiary of a US-headquartered medical equipment manufacturer on data export compliance.
• Advised the Chinese subsidiary of a German-American piano company on its data privacy compliance project in China.
• Provided compliance advice to a wholly foreign owned company on regulatory notifications following a cyber attack.

Corporate and M&A

• Advised a Canadian location martech company on its entry into Chinese market.
• Advised a global online property listing platform on its exclusive partnering with JD.com.
• Advised a Singapore-based cryptocurrency firm in its acquisition of an API firm in UK and white-label cooperation with a license holder in Singapore.
• Advised a listed energy company based in Thailand in its proposed purchase of certain newly issued shares of a Cayman holding company, part of a group engaged in the manufacture of energy storage facilities in China.
• Advised an African investment company on the proposed acquisition of the PRC subsidiaries of a multinational conglomerate engaged in the CRM business.
• Advised a Canadian company which designs and manufactures juvenile products on the disposal of its business in China.
• Advised a leading insurance company on its proposed purchase of certain Series C++ Preferred Shares of a Cayman holding company, part of a group engaged in online and offline medical treatment and health service in the field of general practice in China.

• Cornell University in the United States, LLM
• China University of Political Science and Law, LLB

• PRC

• Chinese
• English