Yiming Liu

Partner in Charge - Shanghai at Cooley LLP

Advisor

Yiming Liu is partner in charge of Cooley's Shanghai office. He advises life sciences, healthcare and technology companies in strategic transactions, including IPOs in Hong Kong and the US, cross-border M&A, venture capital financings, joint ventures, and licensing and collaboration agreements. Yiming has an academic background in life sciences and healthcare, and has practiced corporate law in New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

For each of 2024 and 2025, Yiming was recognized as one of the "Dealmakers of Asia" by Thomson Reuters, Asian Legal Business (ALB), and was shortlisted as “Dealmaker of the Year” (International Firm) by ALB’s China Law Awards. For each of 2024-2026, he was named a “Growth Driver” by China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) and included in “The A-List” elite lawyers in China. In the life sciences sector in particular, Yiming has been ranked as a “Leading Partner” for Life Sciences and Healthcare in China (Foreign Firm) in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific rankings for 2025-2026 and was shortlisted as "Life Sciences and Healthcare Lawyer of the Year" (Foreign Firm) by The Legal 500 China Awards in 2024 and 2025. In addition, he has also been ranked as a "Highly Regarded” lawyer for Capital Markets, M&A, and Private Equity practices in China (Foreign Firm) in the International Financial Law Review (IFLR1000) 2024 and 2025 Asia Pacific rankings.