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Global Law Office

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The real estate and construction practice at Global Law Office acts for a wide range of international and domestic clientele, combining its knowledge of project development and operation, M&A, and dispute resolution to advise on all areas of real estate and construction. The team represents contractors, owners, and other entities on their construction issues, including both contentious and non-contentious matters. A standout area for the practice is commercial real estate, in particular the hospitality industry. Huawei Lin represents clients such as Blackstone and Warburg Pincus on their real estate investments and onshore platforms in China, while Zhongcheng Wang works across real estate, project construction, infrastructure, and energy projects. Yue Wang focuses on hospitality, advising on numerous hotel projects for international brands, Miller Wang takes charge of domestic corporate infrastructure projects, and Minghao Xu handles real estate M&A as well as construction projects within China. The five aforementioned lawyers all co-lead the practice. Shiping Zuo and Tim Yimin Liu are also noted.

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  • ‘Rich experience, efficient work and a strong team.’

Key clients

  • City Development & Investment Co.
  • The People’s Government of Beijing Municipality
  • Beijing BII Traffic Development Co.
  • SK Hynix System Ic Inc.
  • Finelandservice
  • Lvgem (China) Real Estate Investment Company
  • Fujian Yango Group Co.
  • China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co.
  • ESR
  • Blackstone
  • China Resources Land
  • RK Properties
  • Evergrande Group
  • China Kweichow Moutai Group
  • BBMG Investing Property Group
  • China Great Wall Motor Group
  • Otis Elevator (China) Co.
  • Siemens, China
  • Beijing New Airport Construction Headquarters
  • White Peak Real Estate
  • Warburg Pincus
  • Beijing Investment Group Co.
  • Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co.
  • Qingdao Haifa State-owned Capital Investment and Operation Group Co.
  • China Huarong
  • H World Group
  • Xi'an Vanzhong Group

Work highlights

  • Advised ESR and one global leading institutional investor on acquiring an 11-asset portfolio from US-based DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners.
  • Advised GLP Capital Partners (GCP) on fund raising from China leading insurance companies and acquisition of 9-assets portfolio, with a transaction value of around $370 million.
  • Advised Beijing Maglev Transportation Development Co. on the construction of the S1 Line in Beijing.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Huawei Lin, Zhongcheng Wang, Miller Wang, Yue Wang, Minghao Xu

Other key lawyers

Cheng Li, Shiping Zuo, Tim Yimin Liu