The real estate team at Baker McKenzie uses their expertise to advise Chinese real estate enterprises and MNCs on a slew of real estate matters. Pre-transaction corporate, legal and tax structuring, land acquisition, construction and development, and equity financing for project development all fall within the scope of the practice. The team has been increasingly involved in acquisition of properties for logistics, warehousing, and self-storage facilities. Co-leading the team are Rico Chan and Edmond Chan. The former specialises in cross-border China real estate transactions, while the latter has key strength in the Hong Kong market. Alexander Gong sits in joint venture firm FenXun Partners, and is the head of the real estate team in Shanghai.

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Key clients

  • Angelo Gordon
  • Ares SSG
  • ESR
  • Hyatt
  • LaSalle Investment Management
  • Lineage Logistics
  • PAG
  • Spring REIT
  • Storhub
  • UBS AG

Work highlights

  • Advising Spring REIT on the proposed acquisition of 68% interest in Huamao Place, a shopping mall in the central business district of Huizhou, for approximately RMB 1.637 million.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rico Chan, Edmond Chan

Other key lawyers

Alexander Gong, Jeremy Ong, May Lau, Mandy Lan