Mr. Liu Chi’s practice areas include sports and entertainment, foreign investment, M&A and dispute resolution, and he is licensed to practice law in China and in New York State.

Peking University          LL.B.

Temple University               LL.M.

UCLA,                             LL.M. in entertainment and media law

Mr. Liu as the legal counsel represented a number of Chinese and foreign sports companies and athletes in sport events, anti-doping, commercial sponsorship, broadcasting rights, club mergers and acquisitions, event operations, transfer disputes etc.  Mr. Liu also acted as arbitrator in close to 40 sports cases at CAS, AFC, FIFA, FIBA, FIVB and CIETAC.  

• Court of Arbitration for Sports (“CAS”), arbitrator;

• Asian Football Confederation (“AFC”), Entry Control Body, Chairperson;

• International Football Federation (“FIFA”), Ethics Committee member (2013-2016);

• International Basketball Federation (“FIBA”), appeal panel member;

• International Volleyball Federation (“FIVB”), Vice Chairman of Arbitral Tribunal;

• IRONMAN Arbitration Panel, arbitrator;

• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), arbitrator;

• WIPO Mediation & Arbitration Center, arbitrator;

• Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (“HKIAC”), arbitrator;

• China Int’l Economic & Trade Arbitration Comm. (“CIETAC”), arbitrator;

• Shanghai Int’l Economic & Trade Arbitration Comm. (“SHIAC”), arbitrator;

• South China Int‘l Economic & Trade Arbitration Comm.( “SCIA”), arbitrator.