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Yufei Liao

Yufei Liao

Partner

Partner
Yufei Liao

Yufei Liao specialises in corporate M&A, private equity, and capital markets work, with a focus on the tech sector.

Yufei regularly advises Chinese privately-owned and state-owned enterprises and investment funds on their cross-border acquisitions and investments, as well as public market transactions. He also represents international financial investors on their investments in China (including growth capital/venture capital, pre-IPO, cornerstone and PIPE) as international counsel. He has extensive experience in a wide range of industry sectors including TMT, real estate, financial services, and consumer goods & retail.

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Career and qualifications

  • Peking University (LLB) 2007
  • Obtained PRC legal professional qualification certificate (non-practising) 2007
  • Tsinghua University (LLM) 2009
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2009
  • Harvard Law School (LLM) 2013
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2014
  • Partner since 2021

Awards and citations

  • Next Generation Partners
    Legal 500 – TMT: foreign firms – 2024
  • Next Generation Partners
    Legal 500 – China Private equity: foreign firms – 2024
  • Next Generation Partner in Private Equity: Foreign Firms in China
    Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
  • Next Generation Partner in TMT: Foreign Firms in China
    Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024