Zhirong (Archie) Liu, Esq.


Partner
Business Immigration, Intellectual Property, Business & Corp. Law

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Email: zliu@junwanglaw.com

Mr. Liu is a Partner with the Firm and concentrates his practice in corporate and business law, business immigration, and IP areas. Mr. Liu has extensive experience and knowledge in counseling multinational corporations and their foreign national employees on related business immigration processes to ensure compliance with U.S. immigration law. In addition, Mr. Liu also provides legal consultation on trademark application and commercial lease review, start-up company formation, agreement issues, and other general corporate legal compliance matters. Mr. Liu has been selected for New York Super Lawyers-Rising Stars List since 2022.

Business/Immigration Representative Matters

• Exclusive representation for a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in the Cayman Islands. The wholly-owned US subsidiary is listed on Nasdaq. Continuous representation since 2016.
• Exclusive representative for a fast-growing Chinese restaurant chain in New York. Assess and prepare visa applications for all senior managers and their employees—continuous representation since 2017.
• Exclusive representative for hundreds of start-up companies located all over the U.S., such as financial service firms, education consulting companies, and private tutoring schools. L-1A/H-1B/PERM visa preparation for critical members of the companies.
• Expert in challenging L-1A/H-1B/I-140 cases. Successfully argued for a candidate with a degree in Anthropology to be a PR specialist/a candidate with a degree in Detention Guidance and Control Technology to be a Computer Programmer/a candidate with a degree in Architecture to be a Financial Analyst. Successfully refiled H-1B/L-1A/PERM petitions and got approval records, which were denied by USCIS before.
• US exclusive representation for one of China’s largest hotpot restaurant chains with over 800 outlets in China. The client has been strategically moving into the US market since 2018. Responsible for overall US structuring and formation of US wholly-owned subsidiary and JV company. Continues to handle all seniors and executives’ visa applications.
• Representation on commercial lease review negotiation for multiple companies, including start-up firms, multinational companies, and local clients. The aggregate amount for leases is over 5 million.

Bar Admission
New York State Bar

Education
LL.B South China Agricultural University
LL.M Michigan State University College of Law
J.D. Michigan State University College of Law

Membership
New York State Bar Association