Dechert

Partner

Angela M. Liu is a high-stakes securities litigation partner in the firm’s litigation practice group, where she focuses on securities class actions, derivative suits, M&A litigation, investigations, and corporate governance disputes.

Ms. Liu’s legal expertise, business acumen, and easy communication with boards of directors, C-suite executives, and all levels of employees comes from her broad experience across industries. She leverages her communication style and attention to detail, whether preparing a star witness for intensive testimony or distilling highly technical legalese and nuanced stories into persuasive, winning trial and appellate arguments in courts around the country.

Over the past decade, Ms. Liu has also been on the front lines of high impact pro bono cases and has worked with the ACLU Voting Rights Project to challenge restrictive voting laws in Wisconsin, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas. She has also addressed the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva and human rights mission in the Balkans with the Advocates for Human Rights.

Ms. Liu also meaningfully contributes to the legal community as co-chair of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, implementing firmwide initiatives supporting diversity and inclusion. She has also served as co-chair of the firm’s Asian Affinity Group and serves as a member of the firmwide Innovation and Hiring Committees. She is also a founding member of the Women in Securities Litigation Network.

Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Liu clerked for the Honorable John R. Gibson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

An avid Tar Heel fan and alum, Ms. Liu serves on the UNC Law Foundation Board, the UNC Law Alumni Association Board, and as a partner to the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Foundation.