Career Bography

Ding Yifeng (Allen Ding) graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law and currently serves as Senior Legal Director for ESR (Ease Commercial Group) China.

Mr. Ding has extensive experience in the establishment, investment, management, and exit of both USD and RMB funds. He has more than 15 years of expertise in foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, and investments in new-economy sectors such as logistics and industrial real estate, data centres, and healthcare.

During his tenure at ESR, Mr. Ding has assisted the company in partnering with several international pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and USD investment funds to establish multiple USD development funds in China. He has also helped structure several stable-return RMB funds in cooperation with various domestic insurance institutions. Most recently, he supported the creation of a RMB 10 billion stable-return fund jointly established by ESR and Taikang Insurance.

Mr. Ding also brings deep experience in fund exits. During his time at ESR, he has assisted numerous domestic and international investors in completing a series of asset-exit transactions. The most recent example involved supporting PGGM’s exit from its onshore China asset portfolio, with a total asset value exceeding RMB 6 billion.

In addition, Mr. Ding played a key role in ESR’s successful issuance of the AVIC–ESR-FREDA Infrastructure Investment Fund, with a value of more than RMB 2.1 billion. This project was recognised as an Outstanding Project of the Year at the 11th China Asset Securitization Annual Conference (2025) and involved securing PN15 approval for a spin-off listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

He also contributed to ESR’s 2019 IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the second-largest Hong Kong IPO of that year) as well as the company’s privatisation and delisting in 2025.