Real Estate (International Firms) - China
What the team is known for
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has an expanding real estate team working in close connection with the firm's international offices. It acts on both local and multi-jurisdictional transactional real estate work, including acquisitions, sale and leaseback matters and joint ventures. The firm counts Asian investors, REITs and government entities among its clients. It also has significant expertise in the hospitality and leisure sectors. The team is well placed to advise clients on project development issues in the real estate sphere. Its key clients include HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Asia) and crXsspark.
Strengths
"BCLP have been a great adviser on our deal. They are able to turn around quickly and are very accurate."
"The BCLP team were very responsive, efficient and easy to deal with."
Work highlights
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) assisted HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Asia) as the trustee of Link REIT in relation to Link REIT's acquisition of three warehouse developments located in Jiaxing, Changshu North Economic Development Zone and Changshu South Economic Development Zone in Mainland China.
Notable practitioners
Wayne Ma is well versed in property sales and acquisitions and is also able to advise on secured financing and fund formation. He frequently assists joint ventures and fund managers with their complex investment strategies within the real estate sector. "I would recommend Wayne Ma to anyone looking for advice on cross-border financing deals on real estate transactions."
Andrew MacGeoch has longstanding experience in real estate, with particular expertise in handling large-scale transactions in the leisure and hospitality spheres. "Andrew is great to work with. He provides sound advice to us, and demonstrates great commercial and legal sense." "Andrew is very professional and highly respected in the hotel industry."
Clara Tang handles an array of real estate transactions, including investment acquisitions, financing, sales and leasing in the commercial and residential sectors. Her notable clientele features public bodies and developers. "We have been consistently impressed by the responsiveness and quality of work of Clara. She is our go-to for commercial real estate matters in Hong Kong." "Clara is very experienced and has good commercial sense."
