Team members at Clifford Chance are often instructed by clients looking to invest in Hong Kong real estate and seeking a practice with a great deal of experience acting in Hong Kong and China-based real estate transactions. Practitioners continue to assist with precedent-setting real estate development work, and in 2024 assisted with the first beach resort to be undertaken by Wynn Resorts globally. This relies on practitioners such as Amy Ho who has a vast knowledge of the Hong Kong real estate sector and leads the team alongside Sydney-based Mark Currell. Hong Kong office managing partner Dauwood Malik is key for syndicated finance in relation to real estate, and the wider group is known for regularly acting on matters with the firm’s standout banking and finance practice.

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Key clients

  • Wynn Resorts
  • NWS Holdings Limited
  • Kai Tak Sports Park Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Wynn Resorts on the development of a multi-billion dollar integrated resort on Ras Al Khaimah’s Al Marjan Island.
  • Advised NWS Holdings Limited (NWS) on the pre-conditional voluntary cash offer by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited (CTFE) to acquire all issued shares of NWS and cancel remaining outstanding share options of NWS.
  • Assisted the liquidators with their work on the liquidation of China Evergrande Group and its subsidiaries.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Amy Ho, Mark Currell

Other key lawyers

Dauwood Malik