At Fangda Partners, the team stands out for both its offshore and onshore transactional expertise in the real estate space, assisting many private investors with regulatory and transactional issues. The group handles both real estate and construction matters. The practice heads are Yingying Wang and Stephen Lin; the former brings experience working in the UK and US on real estate matters, and is well placed to handle cross-border real estate transactions, which the firm often takes on. Lin specialises in outbound investment in real estate and, like Wang, works on multi-jurisdictional real estate transactions. Elsewhere in the team, Frank Fan, Tony Xiang and Amber Wang are key names to note.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team's business features are professionalism, reliability, and they are very good at solving legal problems faced by clients and can provide innovative and practical solutions and suggestions from the perspective of clients.'

  • ‘Stephen Lin is first of all a man of rich professional knowledge and experience, and the legal advice he provides is professional and practical; secondly, he is efficient and can meet the clients' tight time requirements; finally, Lin's team has a strong sense of customer service, and can not only solve clients' legal problems, but also make communication and cooperation with clients very pleasant.'

  • ‘Stephen Lin's team of lawyers has outstanding professional strength and extensive practical experience in the fields of real estate acquisition, disposal and leasing, infrastructure investment and financing. They have unique insights in the legal planning and structural design of acquisition, disposal and leasing transactions.'

  • ‘Stephen Lin has profound professional knowledge, keen market insight and efficient transaction processing capabilities. Lin has a deep understanding of the operating mechanism, laws and regulations and the latest trends of the real estate market. He can provide accurate legal guidance to clients, accurately identify and assess potential risks in transactions, and provide clients with effective risk management and control solutions.'

Key clients

  • Ant Group
  • Tishman Speyer
  • CapitaLand
  • China Ping An Life Insurance Joint Stock Company Limited
  • SC Capital Partners
  • Warburg Pincus
  • Macquarie
  • GIC
  • DNE Group
  • Brookfield
  • China Red Star / Aegean Group

Work highlights

  • Advising PAG on its restructuring and control stake acquisition in Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group.
  • Advising Novartis on its joint development of a life science park in Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park, Shanghai, with ESR.
  • Advised GIC on its acquisition of two logistics properties in Lingang, Shanghai and an advanced manufacturing park in Shunyi, Beijing.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Yingying Wang, Stephen Lin

Other key lawyers

Frank Fan, Tony Xiang, Amber Wang