Yan Liu, General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department
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- Published: October 8, 2024
Role and responsibilities
- General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund.
- Advises the IMF’s Executive Board, management, staff, and country membership on all legal aspects of the Fund’s operations, including its lending, surveillance, capacity development, regulatory and advisory functions.
Career highlights and policy work
- Led the Legal Department’s work on a range of policy, country, and strategic issues.
- Reformed IMF policies on lending.
- Helped strengthen central banking and financial sector legal frameworks in response to technological changes.
- Led work on corporate and household insolvency, and public debt management.
- Contributed to the development of international standards for financial regulation.
Sovereign debt expertise
- Well-recognized expert in sovereign debt; sets the Fund’s policies in this field.
- Supports the Common Framework and the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable.
- Provided advice on the Fund’s role in facilitating orderly restructurings in several member countries.
Publications and academic background
- Widely published on private debt, sovereign debt restructuring, and good governance.
- Received Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois.
- Received a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.
- Prior to joining the Fund, practiced corporate and securities law in the United States.
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- Last updated: October 8, 2024
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