Xuelian Liu
Senior Partner
Areas of expertise: Civil and commercial law, contracts, marriage law, corporate legal compliance, international legal affairs, non-litigation services
Education background:
December 2012 – December 2013: Visiting scholar at Michigan State University, USA
September 2009 – September 2012: Ph.D. in Law from Nanjing University
September 1999 – September 2002: Master of Laws from Northwest University of Political Science and Law
Work experience:
January 2016 – Present: Lawyer at Yingke (Urumqi) Law Firm, Beijing
March 1995 – August 2006: Judge and Chief of Civil Court One at Nongqi Intermediate Court
September 1989 – March 1995: Legal Advisor at Xinjiang Corps Transportation Company
Research achievements: Ph.D. thesis on “Legal Issues of International Environmental Conventions and their Protocols”
Legal practice areas: Legal affairs related to international engineering projects in photovoltaic power stations, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, financing, and EPC contracts
Representative cases: Since 2014, serving as an international legal affairs consultant for Xinjiang Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co., Ltd., involved in over 30 international engineering projects in more than ten countries. Representative projects include a 14MW photovoltaic project in Chile, a 100MW photovoltaic project in Pakistan, photovoltaic projects in Egypt and Thailand, subcontracting contracts for a 50MW wind power project in Mongolia, and investment and acquisition projects for Karamay Petroleum Company in Kazakhstan.
Participation in domestic and international professional organizations and academic events: Attended the 2016 Risk Conference for Chinese Companies Going Global and the Belt and Road Risk Management Forum; participated in the 2016 Belt and Road Legal Protection Forum.