Mr. Liu Ping is a Partner of Guantao Law Firm in Shenzhen Office. He specializes in criminal defense and compliance investigation, and has accomplished outstanding achievements in these areas. He concentrates his practices in all areas of criminal defense with particular focus on crimes in finance, internet and TMT industry.
Mr. Liu has focused on criminal defense since commencing legal practice. He has extensive practical criminal defense experiences in duty crimes, financial crimes, securities and futures crimes, and internet crimes. He has created his unique defense style and is well known for his professionalism and diligence.
Mr. Liu has won unanimous recognition from public security authority, people's procuratorate and people's courts for his strong theoretical foundation of criminal law, excellent defense skills, caring characters when meeting with criminal suspects, comprehensive and meticulous attitude when reviewing case files, rigorous and careful analysis of evidence and excellent defense opinions. He aims at maximizing interests of the clients and insists on the principle of “opinion exchanges without collusion, communication without trade”, and adheres to professionality and effective defense. He pays attention to evidence analysis, dissects case files, and analyzes the case completely, carefully and deeply, in order to spot the breakthrough, identify the case facts, and apply the law accurately.
Mr. Liu has dealt with many cases with significant influences, such as the redress of Fujian Miao Xinhua's intentional murder case (which was rated as one of the top ten innocent cases by the People's Supreme Court), the appealing case of Huang ping's crime of organizing, leading or participating organization of a gangland nature, Guangming landslide case in Shenzhen, a case of duty crime committed by a deputy departmental official in Chongqing, the charge of accepting bribes committed by the chairman of a real estate developer in Jiangmen (which successfully ruled out illegal evidence and was finally acquitted), the charge of accepting bribes and illegally transfer or scalp land-use right committed by the chairman of a real estate company in Sanya City and the charge of accepting bribes, helping criminals escape punishment, illegally transfer or scalp land-use right and picking quarrels and provoking troubles committed by the director of public security bureau of Jinan city, Jiangxi province , all of which achieved good defense results.
Mr. Liu has won the 'Top Ten Most Concerned People in China's Lawyer Industry in 2017' issued by the Ministry of Justice, the '2017 Criminal Defense Outstanding Achievement Award' and the 'Top Ten Innocent Defense Classic Cases in 2017' co-issued by the Case Law Research Association of China and the Criminal Defense Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, and the 'Top Ten Effective Defense Cases in 2019' awarded by the Legal Media Bridge.
In recent years, Mr. Liu has begun to expand his practice to the field of listed company compliance, financial securities legal business and other fields. He accumulated rich experiences in providing legal services in finance and Internet industries.
Practice Areas：
Criminal Defense, Criminal Compliance, Securities Law
Representative Matters and Cases:
Duty crimes :
l Charges of corruption, accepting bribes and abusing power committed by a deputy departmental official in Chongqing
l Charges of accepting bribes and abusing power committed by a district party secretary in Shenzhen
l Charge of accepting bribes committed by a deputy director of a district in Shenzhen
l Charges of accepting bribes, helping criminals escape punishment, illegally transfer or scalp land-use right and picking quarrels and provoking troubles committed by the director of public security bureau of Jinan city,
l Charges of offering bribes and forging special invoices for value-added tax committed by a chairman of a real estate developer in Jiangmen City, involved 12 million yuan. (acquitted)
l Charge of offering bribes and illegally transferring or scalping land-use right committed by the chairman of a real estate company in Sanya City, involved 200 million yuan
l Charge of accepting bribes by non-state functionary committed by a Huawei employee
l Case of Guangming landslide in Shenzhen (client is a shareholder and found not guilty)
Organization of a gangland nature crimes:
l A redress case of Fujian Miao Xinhua's intentional murder
l Charge of organizing and leading organization of a gangland nature committed by Huang ping's in Shanwei city
l Charge of “deceptive lending” committed by a company located in Nanjing (supervised by central government)
l Charge of organizing organization of a gangland nature in Shenzhen
l Charge of “deceptive lending” in auto loan committed by a company located in Hengyang
l Charge of “deceptive lending” in mortgage loan committed by a company in Shenzhen
l Charge of “deceptive lending” committed by Meili financial company
l Charge of “deceptive lending” in auto loan committed by a company located in Hefei
l Charge of intentional injury causing death committed by Mr. Jin, 5 years sentencing (the court ruled in favor of the defendant on the ground of justifiable defense, known as Shenzhen version of Yuhuan case)
Financial crimes:
l Charge of fraud committed by a private equity company located in Shanghai, involving 20 million yuan
l Charge of fraud committed by a new third board company in Guangzhou, involving 20 million yuan, successfully getting rid of the fraud charge
l Charge of insider trading committed by Mr. Ma in Shenzhen
l Charge of fraud in futures trading committed by one of the nine agents of Guangdong Stock Exchange, which is the largest futures fraud case in Shenzhen, involving 1 billion yuan
l Charge of fraud involving the Southern Stock Exchange of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province， involving 200 million yuan
l Charge of internet fraud committed by the chairman of Zhongjin Wulian Tea Spot Trading Platform, involving 200 million yuan
l Charge of illegal acts in business operation committed by the controller of the stock financing company in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, involving more than 40 million yuan
l Charge of fraud in raising funds committed by Mr. Chen, who is a Hong Kong citizen, involving 3 billion yuan
l Charge of illegally taking deposits from the general public committed by a Grain Company in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, involving 200 million yuan
l Charge of illegally taking deposits from the general public committed by an auto loan company in Futian District, Shenzhen, involving 50 million yuan
l Charge of fraud in futures trading committed by the chairman of Shenzhen Shengli Investment Management Co., Ltd., involving 500 million yuan (successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in futures trading committed by the chairman of an investment company in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, involving about 200 million yuan
l Charge of fraud in futures trading committed by Mr. Yan, who is the chairman of Shanghai Newcastle Financial Group, involving more than 60 defendants (successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in overseas futures trading committed by Mr. Luo in Tonghua City, Jilin Province
l Charge of fraud in operating spot trading platform committed by Mr. Lin in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in illegally operating the Hang Seng Index trading platform committed by Mr. Weng in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, , involving 30 million yuan
l Charge of financial fraud in futures trading committed by Mr. Nie in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, successfully getting rid of the fraud charge, and more than 20 people were released on bail after being locked up for 8 months
l Charge of fraud in representing Hong Kong gold futures trading platform in the name of Hong Kong Dingzhan using Jinniu Yifu Software committed by a company in Shenzhen(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in futures trading by representing Hong Kong People's Futures and Yuanda Futures using Trust Manager Futures Trading Platform, involving 120 million yuan (successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in overseas futures trading in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in overseas futures trading committed by Mr. Wu in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in futures trading by representing Yifu software in Xinzheng city, Henan province (successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in futures trading by representing an overseas futures platform in Xinyang City, Henan Province(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in raising funds by operating a P2P platform in Baoan District, Shenzhen, involving 100 million yuan (acquitted)
l Charge of fraud in raising funds by operating virtual cat blockchain platform(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in issuing virtual currency in a blockchain platform in Shenzhen, involving 20 million yuan(successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of fraud in issuing virtual currency in a blockchain platform in Longgang District, Shenzhen (successfully getting rid of the fraud charge)
l Charge of illegally engaging in capital payment and settlement business committed by Mr. Wu in Futian District, Shenzhen, involving 25 million yuan
l Charge of illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business committed by Mr. Wu in Futian district in Shenzhen, involving 25 million.
l Charge of illegally engaging in fund settlement business committed by Mr. Luo in Haikou city, Hainan province, involving 450 milion.
Drug-related Crimes
l Charge of drug- trafficking for more than 500 grams of methylaniline committed by Mr. Luo in Heilongjiang province (a light sentence of two and a half years)
l Charge of drug- trafficking for 11 kilograms of heroin committed by a Hong Kong citizen
l Charge of drug-trafficking for 1 kg methylaniline committed by Mr. Cao in Hunan Province
l Charge of drug-trafficking and robbery committed by Mr. Cao in Hubei Province (getting rid of the robbery charge in the appellant court)
l Charge of drug-trafficking committed by Mr. Tao in Henan Province, getting rid of 5 kilograms of drugs in the process
l Charge of drug-trafficking for 5 kilograms committed by Mr. Li in Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province
l Charge of drug-trafficking in Shenzhen, found not guilty after excluding illegally obtained evidence and secret service lure
Other Representative Cases
l Charge of harboring criminals committed by an Indian citizen (acquitted)
l Charge of sabotaging computer information system in Shenzhen Evergrande Real Estate Company
l Charge of forging seals of a company committed by the chairman of a textile factory in Xinjiang, involving 200 million yuan
l Charge of defrauding export tax rebate committed by a company in Linyi City, Shandong Province, involving about 120 million yuan
l Charge of falsely issuing special invoices for value-added tax in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, involving 500 million yuan
l Charge of fraud in APP pornography committed by Mr. Li in an Internet company in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, involving 670 million yuan
l The head of the lawyer Group presenting defendants in the 419 Extraordinary Cyber Fraud case in Hongshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, involving a total amount of 1 billion yuan
l A fraud case listed as 'Anwang No.6' project by Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department's, involving 600 million yuan
l The head of the lawyer group of Huang's online fraud case in Hainan Province
l The 'Guangmingfa' Taobao operation case in Shenzhen, involving 240 million yuan
l Charge of smuggling ordinary goods by a high-tech company preparing IPO in Shenzhen
l Charge of smuggling ordinary goods committed by Mr. Li in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, involving 100 million yuan
l Charge of sabotaging electrical telecommunication facilities committed by Mr. Zhang in Hunan province
l Charge of theft gang committed by Vietnamese citizens in Shenzhen
l Charge of smuggling and transporting 30 simulated guns in Hong Kong committed by Mr. Yuan from Chongqing
l Charge of assisting criminal activities through information network committed by a Company's in Shenzhen
l Charge of embezzlement committed by Mr. Zhang in Shenzhen
l A case of Ping 'an Huayang Card Empty Case in Shenzhen
Honors and Rankings
l Awarded for 'Top Ten Most Concerned People in China's Lawyer Industry in 2017' by The Ministry of Justice
l Awarded for “2017 Outstanding Achievement Award for Criminal Defense” by the Case Law Research Association of China and Criminal Defense Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law
l Awarded for “Top Ten Innocent Defense Classic Cases in 2017” by the Case Law Research Association of China and Criminal Defense Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law
l Awarded for “Top ten effective defense cases in 2019” by the Legal Media Bridge
Memberships
Member of Shenzhen Criminal Procedure Professional Committee
Professional Experience
l Guantao Law Firm, Partner (since 2020)
l Shangquan Law Firm, senior associate (since 2013)
Education
l FMBA, Tsinghua university & The Chinese University of Hong Kong
l LL. M, Economic Law
Languages
l Chinese Mandarin, native
l English