Dauwood Malik > Clifford Chance > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Clifford Chance LLP combines the regional real estate team with the gaming and lodging team, enabling it to advise on high-end real estate conveyancing, real estate-related M&A, finance, and joint ventures. The team also uses its varied expertise to assist with real estate funds formation work and IPOs. Clients include real estate investors, international banks, and private equity investors. Amy Ho heads up the practice and works across Hong Kong and China on corporate real estate transactions, while Sydney-based Mark Currell leads the real estate group and focuses on transformational real estate matters. Matthias Feldmann and Dauwood Malik are also noted.

‘Right up to date with the latest legal and regulatory developments in the PRC and Greater China‘, Clifford Chance‘s sizeable banking and finance team acts for international and domestic investment banks, private equity sponsors, credit funds and corporations on a range of cross-border financing transactions. Maggie Lo, who works across the Beijing and Hong Kong offices, has a strong track record of advising Chinese state-owned enterprises and Chinese financial institutions, and Mainland China-based Jiahua Ni specialises in PRC-related cross‑border financings. In Hong Kong, Anthony Wang, who has extensive experience in acquisition and syndicated loan financings in Asia, heads the Asia-Pacific finance group; Matthew Truman is an expert in acquisition finance, general banking and restructuring; and Dauwood Malik‘s practice covers debt finance, including corporate credit, infrastructure financings, and real estate development and investment financing. Other highly rated Hong Kong partners are Edith Leung and Vicky Ma.

Clifford Chance’s ‘deep knowledge on the banking and finance law’ makes it a premier choice for all manner of investment banks, private equity sponsors, credit funds, and corporates, who turn to the team for its capabilities in high-profile matters, including complex majority stake acquisitions and loan facilities agreements. Practice chair and ‘clients’ guiding light‘, Anthony Wang is widely regarded as a market leader for his capabilities in leveraged and acquisition finance. Dauwood Malik is noted for his extensive experience in debt finance; in a notable pathfinder mandate, he led the first-of-its-kind standard loan documentation advice to the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA). Other senior names include Matthew Truman, general banking and restructuring expert; Maggie Lo, who routinely acts for Chinese state-owned enterprises and financial institutions; and Vicky Ma, project finance expert. The group also leans on Beijing and Shanghai-based Jiahua Ni, and Edith Leung, whose practice is dedicated to leveraged and acquisition finance.

Often in collaboration with its robust M&A and banking and finance teams, Clifford Chance‘s real estate team stands as a key choice for a diverse range of vendors, purchasers, developers, and other market participants, primarily focusing on commercial property deals. In tandem with Mark Currell, who co-heads the group from Sydney, Amy Ho leads the team, specialising in advising on real estate M&A deals and the retail sector in Hong Kong. Other key standouts include syndicated finance specialist Dauwood Malik and Michael Pallaras, who has extensive experience advising commercial lenders on real estate projects across the Asia Pacific region.