Professional and Social Positions
• Carl Liu is an Executive Partner at Guantao Law Firm Beijing Office. He serves as Deputy Director of the Financial Insurance and Derivative Business Committee, leads the Trust Business, and heads the trust business line at the Family Wealth Management Research Center.
• In the lawyers' association, he's a member of the Beijing Lawyers Association's Wealth Management Committee and Xicheng District Lawyers Association's Financial and Securities Research Association. He's also in the Beijing Lawyers Association's Foreign - related Lawyers Talent Pool. Additionally, he's an arbitrator in Dezhou Arbitration Commission, Lianyungang Arbitration Commission, and Zibo Arbitration Commission.
Practice Experience
• Carl Liu began his legal practice in 2004 and joined Guantao in 2019. Throughout his career, he has focused on financial and wealth management services, including trusts, funds, corporate investment and financing, and high-net-worth individuals. Previously, he worked at well-known law firms such as Beijing DeHeng, JunZeJun, and ZhuCheng.
• In addition to his experience in law firms, Carl Liu has many years of practical experience in the financial and wealth management industry. He has served as head of the legal and risk control department at asset management institutions or wealth management organizations, such as fund companies and trust companies, providing comprehensive and multi-dimensional financial legal services to various institutions. He is familiar with China's capital market and has directly or indirectly participated in major restructuring cases of several listed companies. Carl Liu is skilled in utilizing various financial and legal tools to provide systematic wealth management and inheritance solutions for high-net-worth individuals and their families, with a particular focus on cross-border asset allocation legal affairs.
Awards
• In 2022, as the lead lawyer of reporting cases, Mr. Liu helped Guantao win the "Law Firm of the Year Award" (Asset Management) from China Business Law Journal.
• From 2022 - 2024, Mr. Liu was highly recommended in the Banking and Finance field in the Asia - Pacific by The Legal 500 for three consecutive years.
• In 2025, Mr. Liu was rated as one of the Top 100 Outstanding Partners with Special Recommendation in 2024 by Legal Vision.
• In 2025, Mr. Liu was rated as one of the "Top 15 in Private Wealth Management" among the Lawyers Trusted by Clients (Blue Ribbon) of Legal One.