Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati recently announced that Jennifer Liu (刘夏菲) has officially joined its Hong Kong office as a China Partner. Ms. Liu previously served as an Executive Director and Legal Counsel at the international investment bank Morgan Stanley. Her arrival will further enrich the partner roster of the firm in the capital markets alongside equity and debt financing practices across both Hong Kong and the United States.
Specializing in securities issuance and capital markets Ms. Liu has extensive experience advising corporate issuers and global investment banking clients on a broad range of corporate matters including Hong Kong and US initial public offerings and follow-on equity and debt offerings. Her practice spans multiple industries with a strong focus on healthcare, life sciences, technology, consumer products, and financial services. Highlighting her outstanding market track record she has advised on numerous high-profile capital markets transactions for leading innovation-driven enterprises including Zai Lab, HUTCHMED, I-Mab, New Horizon Health, CARsgen Therapeutics, and Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical.
Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini Ms. Liu served in the Investment Banking and Global Capital Markets divisions at Morgan Stanley as an Executive Director and Legal Counsel gaining profound familiarity with investment banking underwriting processes, underwriting risk control, and cross-jurisdictional compliance reviews. Before her in-house tenure she practiced at the Hong Kong office of Davis Polk & Wardwell for 13 years serving as a counsel.
Ms. Liu graduated from the Law School of Peking University with an LL.B. and later obtained an LL.M. from Columbia Law School where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She is admitted to practice as a Solicitor in the Hong Kong SAR and is a member of the State Bar of New York.
Weiheng Chen (陈炜恒), Senior Partner and Head of Greater China Practice at Wilson Sonsini, stated that Ms. Liu has accumulated a profound transactional reputation and client network across multinational investment banks and top-tier international law firms earning deep trust from issuers and investment banking clients. Mr. Chen emphasized that her arrival reflects the long-term commitment of the firm to deepening its presence in the Greater China and Asia-Pacific markets and will provide crucial synergy for business expansion across the Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
