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Cheng Liu is a partner at King & Wood Mallesons and is based in Beijing. He primarily specializes in antitrust and competition, M&A and general corporate, and international trade. Cheng has been recognized by many global famous legal media as one of the leading competition lawyers in China, such as IFLR 1000 (2013-2022), Global Competition Review and Asialaw Profiles. He has been ranked as one of the highly recommended lawyers in both of Antitrust and Competition, and WTO/International Trade in China by The Legal 500 in its 2016 Asia Pacific rankings. Cheng has also been ranked as a "Leading Individual" by Chambers and Partners. Cheng has more than 15 years experience in antitrust and competition law since 2005. He regularly advises clients on Chinese antitrust and competition matters and has represented numerous multinational companies and Chinese companies in their merger filings at Chinese authority, including a number of high profile transactions. He also provides advice on antitrust compliance for the clients' business model, and delivered antitrust trainings. He also advises clients in dealing with antitrust investigations by the authorities. His experiences cover industries including internet, automobile, machinery, dairy, foods, chemical, energy, real estate, IT, trade, etc.