Paul Hastings and Chinese firm Llinks Law Offices have advised Alpha Investment Partners on its joint venture with Keppel Land China to purchase mixed-use development SOHO Hongkou, which turned to King & Wood Mallesons for counsel.

Located in Shanghai’s North Sichuan Road business hub, SOHO Hongkou is a 29-storey office tower with a two-storey retail podium that offers a total leasable area of 70,042 square metres. 

Paul Hastings has advised Singapore fund manager Alpha on several transactions over the past few years, including its $517 million Shanghai mall divestment in September 2016.  

The Paul Hastings team was led by corporate partner Vivian Lam in Hong Kong.

Related Articles

Appointments

HK: Corporate lawyer returns to Wilkinson as partner

by Charlie Wu 吴卓言 |

Hong Kong law firm Wilkinson & Grist has welcomed back corporate expert Hulka Lo as a partner from U.S. firm Paul Hastings.

Appointments

PRC firm DeHeng hires another partner in Hong Kong

by Charlie Wu 吴卓言 |

The Hong Kong office of Beijing-headquartered DeHeng Law Offices has made its second partner hire in a matter of weeks after bringing on board corporate expert Samuel Ng from U.S. outfit Paul Hastings.

Deals

Cleary, Paul Hastings, Kim & Chang lead on Korea’s biggest IPO this year

by Nimitt Dixit |

U.S. law firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Paul Hastings, and South Korean law firm Kim & Chang have guided Doosan Robotics’ $317 million initial public offering on the Seoul Stock Exchange, the largest IPO in Korea this year.