In July 2023, LEGALBAND released its 2023 Special Issue: China Top 15 Lawyers – Real Estate. With his outstanding performance and a wealth of experience in the real estate industry, Llinks partner Mr. Bernie Liu makes his mark on the list.
Bernie Liu, Partner
Mr. Bernie Liu boasts a two-decade practice experience, specializing providing legal services to businesses in the real estate and infrastructure industry. He has advised several multinational corporations, financial and insurance groups, real estate equity funds, real estate companies, asset management platforms on numerous cross-border and domestic M&A, and real estate projects, including: corporate M&A and reorganization, project acquisition, equity and debt financing, land leveling and development as well as urban renewals. Mr. Bernie Liu is well-versed in designing transaction structures and providing legal solutions based on clients' commercial requirements.
Mr. Bernie Liu was honored as one of '2015 Rising Star' in China by Asian Legal Business, nominated as 'Best Lawyer in Real Estate and Construction' in 2016 and 2018 by China Law and Practice, and named as one of 2017 LUJIAZUI 'Top Ten Elite Returnees' by Lujiazui Financial Center. Mr. Bernie Liu was recommended in Corporate and M&A/Construction & Real Estate by The Legal 500 and Asialaw Leading Lawyers for consecutive years.
LEGALBAND's Remark
Mr. Bernie Liu specializes in providing legal services in M&A and real estate. He has extensive experience in cross-border and domestic real estate acquisitions, M&A and restructuring of investor companies, listing of real estate companies, equity and debt financing, primary land development and real estate development and operation. Mr. Bernie Liu has outstanding business sense and communication and negotiation skills, and is able to assess the overall risk level of the transaction from both commercial and legal perspectives in real estate acquisition projects, and advise clients in communicating and selecting the best business partners and transaction options, flexibly adjusting the strategies and options in light of the actual progress of the project.
Mr. Bernie Liu's representative projects include Ping An's acquisition of various logistics and industrial park, ACR Asset Management's joint acquisition of Zhangjiang Greenland Shopping Mall, Warburg Pincus' participation in the Vlinker Qingpu project, and Shui On Land's co-operation with Wuhan Urban Construction in Wuhan WuChuan Land Project.
Client's Testimonial
"Mr. Bernie Liu is very reliable and professional. He has played an important role in advising us in handling cross-border transactions, especially some of the most difficult and complex large-scale projects with significant legal, tax and regulatory impact. It would have been very difficult for us to achieve transaction successful without Mr. Bernie Liu.'s professional legal advises."
