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David Dingfa LIU is a senior counsel at Duan & Duan. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, international arbitration, tax, customs and commercial matters affecting cross-border investment. He also represents high net worth individuals in their estate and tax planning matters. Mr. Liu has over 25 years' professional experience in Greater China. Prior to joining Duan & Duan in December 2019, he was a partner of FuJae Partners for 4 years, a partner of JunHe LLP for over 8 years, the managing partner of the Shanghai office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP for over 2 years, and a senior lawyer at the Shanghai office of Sidley Austin LLP for five and a half years. From August 1983 to August 1988, Mr. Liu worked at the PRC State Administration of Taxation, serving first as a tax official and then as a Deputy Section Chief in charge of income tax policies affecting foreign investment. Mr. Liu was ranked as Band 1 Tax Practitioner for China in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and has been ranked as the Preeminent Tax Practitioner – China since 2019.