DeHeng Law Offices

Construction Engineering and Real Estate Committee

Managing Partner of Deheng (Shenzhen) Law Office

Legal director of a real estate developer in Shenzhen (Prior to practice) Lawyer, Guanghe Law Firm (May 2004-September 2007) Partner, City Development Law Firm (Shenzhen) (October 2007-March 2015) Partner, Senior Partner, Managing Partner, Deheng (Shenzhen) Law Office (From April 2015 to Present)

Chinese, English

Arbitrator, Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration Legal expert, Shenzhen Construction Industry Association Legal expert, Shenzhen Housing and Construction Bureau Mediator, People's Court of Qianhai Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen Senior Advisor, Shenzhen Urban Renewal and Development Enterprises Chamber of Commerce Member of Executive Committee of the Financial Professions Council, Deheng Law Office

Master of Laws, Peking University

Bachelor of Engineering, Northeastern University

Mr. Lai has been practicing law for nineteen years, specializing in real estate development area(including urban renewal/shanty areas renovation/benefit coordination/land preparation), investment and M&A in real estate, financing in real estate, debt restructuring in real estate, bankruptcy reorganization and insolvency liquidation of real estate enterprises, real estate finance, construction projects and the aforementioned related litigation and arbitration.

Clients that Mr. Lai has been serving include head real estate companies, financial institutions and construction companies, including CR Land, Vanke Real Estate, China Overseas Land & Investment, Country Garden, Everlight Real Estate, Yanlord Land, Shenzhen Metro Real Estate Group, Shum Yip Land Company Limited, Guangdong Land Holdings Limited, Shenzhen Anju Jianye Company, Overseas Chinese Town Group, China Huarong, China Cinda, Great Wall Xinsheng Trust, CRH Assets, China Merchants Ping An Assets, Shum Yip Capital, New Wild Grain Fund, Guohong Jiaxin Fund, China Construction Third Bureau Group, China Construction Fourth Bureau Group.

Outside of work, Mr. Lai diligently summarizes and conducts researches on real estate/urban renewal legal practices on a regular basis, and participates in the preparation and publication of many professional books:

Legal Tools Library for Urban Renewal Projects - Cases, Risks, Processes, Policies, co-authored by China Resources Land and Deheng Law Office, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Legal Press, December 2020 Anthology of Deheng (Shenzhen) Law Office, Editorial Director, December 2019 Urban Renewal Legal Practice-Operational Guidelines for Demolition and Redevelopment Type Urban Renewal, one of the main lawyers in charge of writing, Peking University Press, March 2020 A Comparative Study of Cross-Strait Real Estate Law, one of the co-authors, Taiwan Yuanzhao Publishing Co., October 2018 Legal Practice of Urban Renewal, Associate Editor, Law Press, March 2014