Ronnie Chan is an associate in the Real Estate practice in Tanglau's Hong Kong office. Ronnie represents developers, investment managers and other institutional investors on real estate, corporate and commercial matters. His experience includes acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.
Experience
Advised:
Blackstone and the buyer consortium formed with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (as Hong Kong legal counsel) on its A$24 billion (US$16.1 billion) acquisition of AirTrunk, the largest data center platform in the Asia Pacific Region. This acquisition marks Blackstone’s largest investment in the Asia Pacific region to date.
PAG on the formation of a joint venture with Mapletree in respect of the HK$5.6 billion acquisition of Goldin Financial Global Centre in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong.
Receivers on their en bloc disposal of Incredible Residences at No.3 San Lau Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
A private company on its HK$3.2 billion share buy-back involving complexities around distribution of trust assets.
A private investor on the acquisition of Cameron Mansions at Nos.30, 35, 36 and 38 Magazine Gap Road, The Peak, Hong Kong. The transaction is reported to be the largest residential transaction in Hong Kong over the last 3 years of COVID-19 period, and the third largest residential transaction in Hong Kong in history.
M&G Real Estate on the sale of LiFung Centre, a 487,350 square feet logistics property at 2 On Ping Street, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong for approximately HK$1.8 billion. The transaction is reported to be the largest industrial en bloc transaction in Hong Kong in 2024.
The joint venture platform between Blackstone and Storefriendly on:
its HK$558 million acquisition of an industrial building formerly known as Hale Weal Industrial Building at Nos.22/28 Tai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong; and
its HK$850 million acquisition of an investment vehicle which owns an industrial building formerly known as Novel Industrial Building at Nos.850-870 Lai Chi Kok Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The joint venture between Weave Living and Angelo, Gordon & Co on its HK$900 million acquisition of Grand City Hotel, No.338 Queen’s Road West, Hong Kong.
A consortium of investors, including CSI Properties, in respect of the acquisition of an investment vehicle which owns the property located No.24 Middle Gap Road, The Peak, Hong Kong.
CSI Properties, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, on the formation of a joint venture with, inter alia, a Canadian pension fund, for redevelopment of a non-residential site at Nos.92-96 Wellington Street, Central into a high-quality commercial building, together with the subsequent pre-sale process.
Weina Group on its HK$838 million disposal of Nos.25, 26A and 26B Lugard Road, The Peak, Hong Kong.