Ruoke Liu

Partner

ruoke.liu@morganlewis.com

Washington, DC Phone +1.202.739.5583 Fax +1.202.739.3001

1111 Pennsylvania Ave. NW//Washington, DC 20004-2541//United States

Ruoke Liu represents institutional investors (including Chinese insurance companies, US pension funds, and endowments), private equity funds, and hedge funds. She represented China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. in its $940 million investment in a platform managed by Starwood Capital and formed to acquire a portfolio of 280 select-service hotels in the United States. Ruoke also has experience in mergers and acquisitions. She speaks native Mandarin and is fluent in English.

During law school, Ruoke worked with Judge Richard Posner as his research assistant. She also worked in a major international law firm’s Hong Kong office.

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Best ETF Law Firm, ETF Express US Awards (2021, 2022)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Asset Management, Law360 (2017)

Member, Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Boston Bar Association

Admissions

District of Columbia
Massachusetts
New York

Education

Peking University Law School, 2007, Master of Laws
Renmin University of China Law School, 2005, Bachelor of Laws
The University of Chicago Law School, 2011, Juris Doctor
The University of Chicago Law School, 2008, Master of Laws

Sectors

Services

Regions

Events

11/1/2022 - International Landscape

10/26/2022 - 2022 Annual Private Fund Investors Roundtable – Webinar Series

5/10/2022 - Track 1: Operations

2022 Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices Conference

3/9/2022 - Fund Structuring

3/9/2022 - Morgan Lewis Hedge Fund University™ – Everything You Need To Know To Launch A Hedge Fund – Webinar Series

News

10/1/2021 - Morgan Lewis Promotes 39 Partners

11/9/2016 - Morgan Lewis Represents China Life in $940M Investment in Platform to Acquire Hotel Portfolio

Publications

2021 - Fund Management 2021, Getting The Deal Through

7/19/2013 - SEC Bars “Bad Actors” From Relying on Key Private Placement Exemption

4/12/2013 - China Issues Final Rule on Asset Securitization

3/11/2013 - China Issues Draft Regulation to Expand its Asset-Backed Securities Program

12/4/2012 - Recommended Annual Review for Hedge Fund and Other Private Fund Advisers

8/17/2012 - China Adopts Final Rule to Ease Regulation on QFIIs

6/25/2012 - China to Ease Regulation on QFII

3/14/2012 - U.S. Congress Passes Legislation Aimed at Preserving Application of Countervailing Duties Against Imports from “Non-Market Economy” Countries, Including China

1/12/2012 - Court Strikes Down Countervailing Duties on Imports From China

12/20/2011 - China Expands Yuan Internationalization Efforts With RQFII Pilot Program