Areas of Practice
Mr. Liu Zhigang is a partner, specializing in banking, international finance, derivative products and investment practice.
Mr. Liu advises various domestic and foreign banks in extensive banking business, including general banking business, credit facility transactions, trade finance, compliance system and standard documentation, etc.
Mr. Liu has rich experience in the international finance area. He has involved in a lot of financing transactions covering the export credit loan, commercial loan, syndication loan, bond issuance and M&A finance. In the project finance area, Mr. Liu has represented either the lender or the borrower in various projects covering the infrastructure, energy, mine, oil and gas and other resources, etc.
Mr. Liu has participated in various projects of investment by the foreign investors in Chinese commercial banks and conversion of bank institutions, and the legal services include: commenting on the transaction and providing proposal, assisting in improvement of corporate governance mechanism, drafting relevant documents and participating in negotiation, implementing due diligence and issuing legal opinion.
Mr. Liu has considerable experience in the derivative instrument area. He has reviewed several dozens of agreements and documents in relation to the derivative products transaction for different banks and corporations and issued opinions on the legal issues with respect to such transactions.
Work Experience
Mr. Liu joined King & Wood in 2003. Before joining King & Wood, he worked in International Business Department and Treasury Department of China Construction Bank, H.O for many years , focusing on international finance, international settlement, derivative instruments and treasury business.
Mr. Liu gained his LLM from the International Economic Laws Institute, Nan Kai University. He was admitted as Chinese lawyer in 1996. Mr. Liu is proficient in Chinese and English.