ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ degree wins high recognition
Zhenyu Liu, of Guangzhou, southern China.
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Friday, 13 April 2007
Chinese lawyer Zhenyu Liu will use his newly-acquired from the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ to help his company smoothly negotiate changes in domestic law reform.
Mr Liu, who works for the law firm Andao Yonghua in southern China, said his year-long study program at the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ in 2006 had updated his knowledge in the areas of insolvency, company and competition law - all crucial to his firm's success.
"Andao Yonghua is a rapidly growing law firm in Guangzhou and the partners give high recognition for overseas study and the development of company law from an international perspective," Mr Liu said.
The 25-year-old began working for Andao Yonghua in 2005 after graduating with a law degree from the in the .
"My father worked for a big, government-owned company and his job involved handling legal cases, so he was probably my biggest influence. My dream of becoming a lawyer, and eventually a judge, goes back to my high school days."
Mr Liu chose the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ for two reasons: the Masters program offered company law subjects directly related to this work, and the lifestyle appealed.
"My hometown Guangzhou is a crowded metropolis of 12 million people and I was looking for something different - a beautiful, small city in which to live and study.
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