Clifford Chance LLP

M&A corporate

Yufei Liao specialises in corporate M&A, private equity, and capital markets work, with a focus on the tech sector.

Yufei regularly advises Chinese privately-owned and state-owned enterprises and investment funds on their cross-border acquisitions and investments, as well as public market transactions. He also represents international financial investors on their investments in China (including growth capital/venture capital, pre-IPO, cornerstone and PIPE) as international counsel. He has extensive experience in a wide range of industry sectors including TMT, real estate, financial services, and consumer goods & retail.

Joined Clifford Chance 2009

Harvard Law School (LLM) 2013

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2014

Partner since 2021

Mandarin, Cantonese and English

Peking University (LLB) 2007

Obtained PRC legal professional qualification certificate (non-practising) 2007

Tsinghua University (LLM) 2009