​Name: 
Tim Yimin LIU FPD
Location:  
China
Contact details: 
+86 17317970191
Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 

Qualifications: 
Admitted and licensed attorney-at-law in D.C., N.Y. & China; LL.M. in Corporate Laws from New York University School of Law; LL.B. of Chinese Laws from Tsinghua University School of Law; MBA in Finance from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, FCIArb; FPD

Specialisation: 
Arbitration, Civil Engineering, Building, Construction, Commercial, Contract Administration, Dispute Resolution and Avoidance, Project Management, Procurement & Planning
​
Languages:
English & Chinese (Mandarin)

Regions served: 
United Kingdom, Middle East, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, EU, USA, Africa, ASEAN, Cayman, BVI, One-Belt One Road countries and further international regions as requested
Industry Sectors:*​​​​
  • Infrastructure/EPC FIDIC
  • Digital Assets
  • Data Breach
  • Cyber Security
  • Hospitality
  • Crypto Currency
  • BPO
  • Corporate
  • Joint Venture
  • Investment Funds
  • Oil & Gas
  • Blockchain 

Practice Areas: *​​​
  • Arbitration​​
  • Arb-Med
  • Adjudication 
  • Commercial Negotiation
  • Conciliation 
  • Dispute Boards
  • Early Neutral Evaluation
  • Emergency Arbitration
  • Expert Witness
  • Expert Determination 
  • Med-Arb
  • Mediation

Publications:
  • Tim Yimin Liu, China’s Court System and its Online Adaption, which forms part of the Book Doing Business in China [expected 2021];
  • Tim Yimin Liu, Your BPO Supplier Employee will Switch to Work from Home? [expected June 2020];
  • Tim Yimin Liu, Will COVID-19 Impact Offtake Contract in Oil & Gas Industry? (in Chinese), 2020;
  • Tim Yimin Liu, US Tariffs and Export Administration Regulations – Impacts on China (in Chinese), 2019;
  • Tim Yimin Liu, You May Not Fly Your Drone as You Wish (in Chinese), 2019;
  • Tim Yimin Liu, A New Start of Sino-US Relationship: understanding Office of Foreign Assets Control of US Department of Treasury (in Chinese), 2019;
  • Tim Yimin Liu, Data: Assets More Than Compliance (in Chinese), August 2018 ;
  • Member of Clifford Chance Investment Funds team, The Internationalization of the RMB: Boosting the Prosperity of Hong Kong’s RMB Market, October 2010;
  • Member of Clifford Chance Investment Funds team, China for Hedge Fund Managers - A Regulatory and Tax Update, August 2010;
  • Member of Tsinghua Law School research assistant team for the World Bank, Developing Institutional Investors in the People’s Republic of China, the World Bank 2003 Country Report 2003.

​
Background information: 
​Tim Yimin LIU currently work as a partner with Beijing DHH Law Firm (Shanghai) Office, based in Shanghai. Before joining DHH in late 2018, Tim worked with Accenture as in-house Legal Director for complex digital and data deals, and with other leading international law firms such as Morrison & Foerster LLP, Clifford Chance, Nixon Peabody LLP, and Heller Ehrman LLP. Tim has worked in NYC, Chicago, Tokyo and Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Tim accepts appointments as an Arbitrator, Mediator, and counsel in a broad spectrum of disputes across the globe. Tim has also acted as an expert witness on Chinese law and is regularly invited as a speaker on topics related to International Arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. 

Awards/Recognitions: 
  • Candidate for Chambers and Partners, Disputes Resolution Outstanding Lawyer;
  • Outstanding Counsel from Beijing DHH Law Firm;
  • Outstanding In-House Counsel of Complex and Digital Legal Team from Accenture;
  • Outstanding Counsel from Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Detailed CV available on request from Prime Dispute. 
*Prime Dispute also provides a 'Formal Appointment Service', All our senior neutrals who are officially appointed will need to comply with our ' Formal Criteria' before nomination.
*Conflict checks would need to be undertaken prior to the neutral being formally appointed.