About

Gaw Capital is a uniquely positioned private equity fund management company that focuses on real estate markets in greater China and other high barrier-to-entry markets globally. Headed by chief legal counsel and chief compliance officer Tiehu Liu, the legal team consists of seven lawyers at its headquarters. The second most senior lawyer is Chris Ni who serves as senior director, head of legal department for China asset management. The team is highly praised, ‘Tiehu Liu leads a legal team that has overseen Gaw Capital’s meteoric rise to its current position as one of the most well-respected and pre-eminent brands in real estate private equity in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. In addition to sound tax planning and deal structuring advice, the team leads and manages a wide array of acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures across Gaw’s different funds’, one nominator says. The legal team has contributed substantially to a number of significant deals in the past few years. For example, in April 2019, together with Hengli Investments Holding (Group), Gaw Capital closed the acquisition of portions of Cityplaza Three and Cityplaza Four from Swire Properties through a fund under its management. The partners closed the acquisition of the two office towers for HK$15bn, amounting to an average price of around HK$19,350 per square foot.