Ms. Cathy Liu graduated from University of International Business and Economics and had her LLM degree in Northwestern University, School of Law in Chicago, USA. She has Chinese Bar as well as New York bar. After years of practice, she has quite successful experiences including but not limited to negotiation and drafting of billion-dollar contracts, providing legal supports for corporate M&As and establishments of Greenfield Projects, winning multiple multi-million USD international arbitration and litigation cases, protecting corporate IPR rights both domestically and globally After COFCO’s recent acquisition of Noble Agri and Nidera, she has been also responsible for COFCO’s Group-wide integration of legal, compliance and policy-related issues, especially from international perspective. She is also the sole representative of COFCO Group for IGTC (International Grain Trade Coalition) and she is also an active member of the “Global Trade Policy Committee” of Gafta.

Being an arbitrator of Gafta, SIAC, CIETAC, and BIAC Ms. Cathy Liu in recent years has participated in over 50arbitration cases as arbitrator and she acts as sole arbitrator or presiding arbitrator in most of the cases. She has been a frequent speaker in international symposiums held by different arbitrational institutions and her professionalism and her contribution as an arbitrator have always been well received and acknowledged.