Polly Chu > Withers > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Withers Offices
30/F United Centre
95 Queensway
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Polly Chu
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
She has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate-related transactions including conveyancing, project conveyancing, development and redevelopment, financing and re-financing, mergers and acquisitions, property joint ventures, disposals and tenancy matters in respect of commercial, residential and industrial properties. She has advised a number of international renowned corporations in their retail leases for flagship stores, branches, shops-in-shops and outlets in Hong Kong, Macau, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Polly’s experience also covers commercial and corporate transactions, including company secretarial, acquisitions and disposals of companies, corporate restructuring, joint venture, mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments and other general corporate governance, employment, and daily operational issues.
Polly also has wide experience on will drafting and advises clients on testate and intestate succession including estate duty clearance, obtaining grant of probate, letters of administration and other special types of grants, resealing of foreign grant and administration and distribution of local and foreign estates covering different jurisdictions.
Languages
Hong Kong, Cantonese, Mandarin
Memberships
The Hong Kong Conveyancing & Property Law Association Limited; Law Society of Hong Kong; Civil Celebrant of Marriage of Hong Kong
Education
University of Hong Kong, LL.B; University of Hong Kong, PCLL; City University of Hong Kong, LL.M
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Real estate
Withers‘s ‘flexible and dynamic‘ real estate team often works on real estate transactions across the residential, industrial, commercial and retail sectors in Hong Kong and throughout the PRC. Practice head Polly Chu is active in the self-storage landscape, with the group described by clients as ‘the ‘go-to’ law firm for the self-storage industry in Asia‘. Experienced real estate practitioner Mabel Lui is highly proficient in advising multinational corporations and state-owned companies on development and implementation. Lui concentrates on real estate transactions for corporates and financial institutions, which form the varied client base of the wider group.