Greater China Region
Practice Areas
Clients look to Ricky Yiu for advice on real estate and development projects in Hong Kong, the PRC and Macau in all stages of the real estate investment cycle, including:
Acquisition
Financing
Mergers and acquisitions
Joint ventures
Disposals
Ricky also advises hotel owners and operators internationally on the drafting and negotiation of hotel management and related agreements in the Asia Pacific region.
He speaks English, Cantonese and Putonghua.
Clients served by Ricky include Gaw Capital Partners, Schroders Capital, TPG Angelo Gordon, Wang On Properties. Limited, and National Electronics Holdings Limited.
Professional Memberships
Member, Law Society of Hong Kong
Member, Hong Kong Society of Notaries
Member, Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers
Work Highlights
Represented:
Schroders Capital, the joint venture partner of Gaw Capital, in the HK$9.845 billion acquisition of Cityplaza One, a Grade-A 21-storey office building with a gross floor area of 628,785 square feet on No. 1111 King’s Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong.
A private equity real estate fund in the HK$15 billion acquisition of 49 percent (with a view to a top-up by an additional 16%) of the equity interest of the purchaser entity, Henglilong Investments Limited, in relation to its acquisition of the office/commercial/car parking units at Cityplaza 3 and Cityplaza 4, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, from Swire Properties Limited
CIFI Holdings and Wang On Properties in the HK$1.88 billion acquisition of two commercial buildings on No. 101 and No. 111 King’s Road, North Point, Hong Kong. No. 101 King’s Road is a 26-storey commercial building previously known as Sing Pao Building acquired for HK$1.7 billion, while No. 111 King’s Road is a commercial building with an open car park acquired for HK$180 million.
Education
Manchester Metropolitan University,
LSF
Manchester Metropolitan University,
CPE
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BSocSc