Albert Lui, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Alibaba Group | CLO, Alibaba International
Albert Liu is the Vice President of Legal at Alibaba Group and the Chief Legal Officer for Alibaba’s international business operations.
Mr. Liu joined Alibaba in 2017 and is passionate about executing Alibaba’s globalization efforts and its core mission to make it easy to do business anywhere. He has overall responsibility for Alibaba’s legal and compliance affairs outside of China. Mr. Liu is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and has worked in China, Hong Kong, New York and Silicon Valley.
Previously, Mr. Liu served as the general counsel and chief compliance officer of three U.S. publicly listed technology companies, as well as head of corporate development, marketing, human resources and business unit general manager in past roles. He started his legal career with the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. Prior to entering the legal profession, Mr. Liu was a software engineer with Tandem Computers.
Mr. Liu holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Political Science from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is a member of the State Bar of California.