Business Overview
China's real estate and infrastructure markets possess distinctive characteristics. Leveraging exceptional innovative capabilities, Llinks has earned widespread recognition in this field and maintains a leading market position. We possess deep expertise and a distinguished reputation in real estate and construction engineering, with particular proficiency in handling complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Through years of dedicated practice, our professional team has accumulated extensive experience and robust industry networks across all aspects of real estate and construction projects. We maintain close communication with governmental real estate authorities at all levels. We consistently focus on accurately understanding our clients' commercial needs. Relying on our profound insight into China's legal framework and various transaction models, along with the efficient collaboration of our cross-jurisdictional teams, we provide clients with comprehensive solutions that are innovative, systematic, and practical. We offer sustained, in-depth legal support throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Our clientele includes diverse entities such as financial institutions, insurance companies, private equity funds, domestic and foreign investors, real estate developers, project owners, construction enterprises, and design firms. The project types we handle span a wide range of formats, including integrated primary and secondary land development, shopping centers, office buildings, hotels, residential properties and villas, logistics real estate, data centers and rental housing. Our legal services cover the entire process from project joint development, operation and management, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, financing and listing, multi-level REITs (real estate investment trusts), asset securitization, to dispute resolution. By collaborating with Llinks' specialized teams in finance, asset management, capital markets, litigation, and arbitration, we assist clients of all types in effectively managing legal risks and achieving continuous commercial success.
Key Capabilities
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Real Estate Funds and Asset Securitization
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Project Investment, Restructuring, Acquisition, and Merger
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Project Joint Development
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Primary Land Development
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Project Development and Construction
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Regulatory Compliance
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Project Financing
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Multi-level REITs (including C-REITs, Private REITs, Pre-REITs)
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Project Leasing and Operation
Practice Highlights
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Represented Warburg Pincus, LaSalle, Gaw Capital, Hony Capital, GoHigh Capital, Guojin Asset Management, and EBA Investments in forming real estate private equity funds (including QFLP) and Pre-REITs investments.
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Represented Warburg Pincus, Gaw Capital, LaSalle, ARA Asset Management, and Vanke in bulk asset acquisitions, restructurings, and exits of large domestic commercial office centers and complexes.
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Represented Ping An Life, Blackstone, DNE Group, Boyu Capital, and JD Property in acquisitions and investments of dozens of logistics real estate, industrial park, and data center (IDC) asset portfolios.
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Represented Warburg Pincus, Gaw Capital, LaSalle, Greystar, and Ping An Real Estate in investments, acquisitions, conversions, and joint platform formations for long-term rental apartments and affordable rental housing.
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Represented leading developers including Shui On Land and Vanke in joint acquisitions and development of large-scale urban renewal and old city reconstruction projects.
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Represented Ping An Real Estate, Frasers Property, and Hongkong Land in joint bidding for core land parcels with top developers, and co-development of comprehensive real estate projects including residential, commercial office, and TODs.