Yan Liu is Assistant General Counsel in the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund, heading the Financial Integrity Group. She also supervises the work of the Legal Department on the development and implementation of polices on sovereign debt restructurings and leads a team of lawyers providing advice on private sector debt resolution with a focus on corporate, household and SME insolvency reform and enforcement of contractual rights. Previously, Ms. Liu was in private practice at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in the United States. A native of China, Ms. Liu received her legal education in China and the United States.