Eric Liu

Eric is a partner of Haiwen & Partners. His main practice area includes cross-border mergers & acquisitions and investments, general corporate and financial regulations.

Eric has over 24 years of legal experience. Prior to joining Haiwen, Eric was a partner with one of the Magic Circle firms, Linklaters, and was the managing partner of Zhao Sheng Law Firm, which has a joint operation with Linklaters in China. Before that, Eric worked with a well-known financial institution and a number of leading PRC law firms.

Eric is an arbitrator of the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center).

• Acted for a number of Chinese sovereign funds on various equity investments in different countries and regions.
• Acted for UBS Group on its multiple acquisitions of equity interests from other shareholders of UBS Securities.
• Acted for Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd. on the proposed establishment of a joint venture with Applied Materials in the PRC to acquire the solar businesses of Applied Materials.
• Acted for PDT Technologies Company Limited (IDG Energy) on its acquisition of China solar business from RENA Technologies GmbH.
• Acted for China Merchants Group on its acquisition and restructuring of the port assets of the Bohai Rim Region in Liaoning Province, including a number of listed companies.
• Acted for China Three Gorges on its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Energias de Portugal.
• Acted for CP Group on the HK$72.7 billion acquisition of a 15.6% stake in Ping An Insurance from HSBC.
• Acted for BP on its establishment of multiple joint ventures in China.
• Acted for UOB on its subscription of shares in Heng Feng Bank.
• Acted for China Construction Bank on its acquisition of the majority shares of Bank Windu, an Indonesian listed bank.
• Acted for China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited on its acquisition of a 10% shareholding in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank.
• Acted for Yanfeng (a subsidiary of SAIC Motor) on the establishment of the largest automotive interiors company in the world.

• M&A
• Private Equity

• LLM, University of Bristol
• LLB, Shanghai University