Echo Liu /Partner
T: 86 21 2312 2018 F : 86 21 2312 2000
liuqian@grandwaylaw.com
Shanghai
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Education background
Dalian Maritime University
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Areas of expertise
Fund Investment and Dispute Resolution
Foreign Investment and Cross-Border M&A
Cybersecurity and Data Compliance
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Honors & Awards
Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025：China Leading Lawyer - Investment Funds (PRC Firms)
LEGALBAND: China Leading Lawyer - Investment Funds
Stellar Accolade 2024: PE/VC
LegalOne Merits 2024: Remarkable
China Business Law Journal 2023/24: Deals of
the Year
asialaw Profiles 2024&2023/24: Leading Lawyer -Investment funds (Distinguished practitioner)
IFLR1000 2025&2024&2023&2022&2021 Asia-Pacific: Highly Regarded Lawyer (Investment
funds)
IFLR1000 China 2025&2024&2023&2022&202154：Shanghai - M&A - Highly Regarded Lawyer
China Law & Practice - Deals of the Year (Finance, 2022)
Nomination of Chinese Lawyer of the Year of IFLR1000 Awards for 2021 (M&A)
Members of the First 'Dingxin Legal Talent Pool' Lawyer Group of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice
Listed in the Client’s Guide to Chinese Lawyers for Foreign Related Matters
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Membership
Arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission
Member of the Fund Research Committee of Shanghai Bar Association
Practice Tutor of law faculty of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Deputy Director
Member of Shanghai Arbitration Association
Member of the Research Committee on Cross - border Insolvency Business of the Shanghai Insolvency Practitioners Association
Director of the Women's Federation of Financial Bund
Member of the Shanghai Women Entrepreneurs Association
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Working Language
Chinese, English
Echo has specialized/is specializing in private investment funds, Fund Investment and Dispute Resolution,foreign investment and cross-border M&A, Cybersecurity and Data Compliance, etc., which make her accumulative rich cases experience and be widely acclaimed by clients. Echo is committed to legal research on laws and regulations, self-regulatory rules, and policy trends in the fields of law practice to provide clients with professional, efficient and high-quality legal services.
Echo has represented/is representing Greystar, Millburn, AZ Capital, KPCB, Dun & Bradstreet International, PGIM, ASUS, Lasalle, Funlive, Shanghai Guosheng Group Co., Ltd, SMG, SUCG Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., ZhongAn Insurance, Jianyuan Capital and Yuansheng Finance Leasing (STEC 600820), Shanghai Lingang Technology Innovation Center Co., Ltd., Changcun (Wuhan) Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., GP Capital Co., Ltd., Shanghai Guoxin Venture Investment Co., Ltd., China Insurance Investment Corporation, Shanghai Fortera Capital Co., Ltd., Orient Investment and Orient Jiafu (Zhejiang Orient Financial Holding Group 600120), Guosen Securities, Huangpu Fund (the government fund), Haifu Fund, Shanghai Healthcare Capital, Guotai Haitong Securities Co., Ltd., Xingzheng Capital Management Co., Ltd., Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences Group Co., Ltd. (STEC 301115), Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd., Shangqi Capital, Seazen Holdings, Powerlong Real Estate Holding Limited, Dothink Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Asset Management Co., Ltd., Wuxi Xinshang Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai World Expo Land Holding, Shanghai Trust, Shanghai State-owned Assets Management, Archosaur Games Inc. (9990.HK), Ningbo Cixing Co., Ltd. (STEC 300307), GSUM Fund Management, Go High Capital, CITIC Pacific Property, Orient-SVB Fund, China Asset Management, Yuanta Holding, BEA Union, BEA, Hangzhou Financial Investment, DBS, Solus, Gottex, Itaú BBA, Chaos & Daoran Asset Management, Harbinger, Conning, Old Mutual Global, Dymon, GAM, Fullerton, New Margin, New Berger Berman, Pine River, Snow Lake Capital, SHKF, Fidelity, Oyster Bay, Samson, Vanguard, Yifang Investment Co.,Ltd. Dingfeng Asset Management Co.,Ltd, Sunvision Capital, etc.
Echo is qualified as an independent director of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, a securities practitioner, a fund practitioner and a carbon trader.