Jackie Liu

Jackie engages in a general corporate and transactional practice, with special emphasis on corporate counseling of public companies, mergers and acquisitions, and the China practice. 

She has more than 20 years of experience in advising public companies on corporate governance matters, including director and officer fiduciary duties, board “best practices,” disagreements between board and management, succession planning, investor relations, and advises boards and special committees in connection with conflicts of interest matters, proxy contests and other corporate control efforts. Jackie is outside general counsel to a number of public companies with whom she has worked for over 20 years and provides big‑picture, critical value-adding strategic advice. She also counsels public companies on disclosure matters and associated liability considerations. Jackie is a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel. She has lectured at seminars and conferences and written articles on various corporate governance and securities law matters.

Jackie also represents public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, from small asset acquisitions and divestitures, founder-driven sales and talent acquisitions to complex multibillion-dollar transactions. In addition, she has been involved in a number of complex cross-border transactions in Asia, Australia and Europe. Her knowledge of U.S. SEC-reporting requirements is a valuable addition to counseling on public-company M&A transactions. She additionally works with well-established Chinese companies in setting up U.S. subsidiaries and counseling them on strategic matters relating to their U.S. operations.

Jackie formerly served as co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Corporate Department of over 400 lawyers. She is currently a member of our global ESG + Sustainability steering committee. 

In 2018, Jackie received the Client Choice Award from International Law Office/Lexology for excellent client care and quality of service in the practice of corporate law. She was named the 2013 Legal Advisor of the Year by M&A Advisor. She was also recommended as a leading attorney in the field of M&A by Legal 500 USA 2014 and, in 2018, recommended for M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Large Deals ($1bn+).

Born in Shanghai, China, she is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Jackie is a member of the California State Bar and the Bar Association of San Francisco. She is a board member of the Foundation of City College of San Francisco.

During her tenure at Harvard Law School, she served as the co-editor of the Harvard Law Record.

Rankings

Recommended for M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Legal 500 US 2019