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Real Estate

Real estate has been our pillar practice since the firm was founded in 1993, garnering widespread recognition as a market leader. We house considerable expertise and a deep bench of professionals, with many preeminent practitioners active in practice and deeply trusted by our clients. We provide full-process, all-around, and whole-industry-chain real estate legal services to a variety of clients, including government agencies, investors, developers, builders, financial institutions, property owners, users, and real estate funds. Over the years, our real estate legal services have consistently embraced innovative concepts, while aligning closely with national policy guidelines. We continue to introduce cutting-edge services in response to market trends and demands, ensuring we remain at the forefront of the industry. Our legal services cover the four main sectors - traditional real estate, urban infrastructure, transportation, and logistics, and cultural, tourism, and hospitality, as well as 12 sub-sectors, including, among others, commercial, residential, industrial, rest home, infrastructure, logistics, cultural, tourism, and hospitality real estates. Our competitiveness is best reflected in the numerous honors we have received from many well-respected legal rating agencies. Most notably, we have been consistently recommended as Band 1 practice in real estate and awarded Real Estate Law Firm of the Year by Chambers, the Real Estate Law Firm of the Year by ALB, and Band 1 practice in real estate by The Legal 500.

Scope of Services

General Consultancy

Feasibility study into real estate projects
General consultation on real estate projects

Land Investment

Business models, legal risk assessment, and cooperation conditions for land investment
Land investment and land transaction agreements
Land expropriation as well as housing demolition and resettlement compensation
Comprehensive land development and PPP

Urban Renewal/Shantytown Renovation

Research into laws, regulations, and policies
Feasibility study
Project acquisition
Demolition and relocation
Renovation and development
Project operation

Real Estate Development

Joint development of real estate projects
Establishment and operation of real estate companies
Acquisition, grant, and transfer of state-owned land use rights
Pre-sale and sale of property
Property management
Property delivery
Merger and demerger of real estate companies or project companies

Real Estate M&As

Legal structuring for real estate M&As
Legal due diligence
Drafting and negotiation of M&A legal documents
Government approval and registration
M&A-related tax and foreign exchange matters

Affordable Housing

Research into inclusion policy for affordable housing
Acquisition of for-sale housing for affordable housing
Development and acquisition of affordable housing
Leasing and operations of affordable housing

Real Estate Investment Solicitation & Operations

Solicitation of investment in real estate
Legal and tax issues relating to operations of real estate projects
Leasing and operations of real estate projects

Real Estate Investment & Financing

General financing of real estate companies
Private equity investment in and financing for real estate projects
Trust financing or financing with insurance funds for real estate projects or project companies
Financing of real estate companies by issue of bonds
Securitization of real estate assets
Other methods of financing

IPO & Refinancing of Real Estate Companies

Onshore and offshore initial public offerings of real estate companies
M&As and restructuring of listed real estate companies
Refinancing of listed real estate companies
Establishment and listing of REITs

Dispute Resolution

Various types of arbitration involving real estate matters
Various types of litigation, including administrative litigation involving real estate matters
Disposal of non-performing assets of real estate companies
Resolution of real estate-related disputes by other methods