STEPHEN LIN
Partner·Shanghai
Registered Foreign Lawyer (PRC)·Hong Kong
STEPHEN LIN
Partner·Shanghai
Registered Foreign Lawyer (PRC)·Hong Kong
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STEPHEN LIN
Partner·Shanghai Registered Foreign Lawyer (PRC)·Hong Kong
PROFILE REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES OTHER INFORMATION Further Reading
MR. LIN HEADS FANGDA’S REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
HE SPECIALIZES IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, COMMERCIAL LEASING, CONSTRUCTION; INVESTMENT IN, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES, AND CHINESE COMPANIES GOING-GLOBAL STRATEGIES. STEPHEN IS RECOGNIZED BY CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS AND ASIALAW PROFILES AS A LEADING LAWYER IN THE REAL ESTATE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION SECTORS.
Education
Fudan University, School of Law, LL.B.
BI Norwegian Business School, MBA
Professional Qualification
Admitted to practice in the PRC
Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong SAR
Professional Background
Mr. Lin joined Fangda Partners in 2004.
PROFILE
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES
- Tishman Speyer on its sale of a Chengdu retail property to a joint venture by ARA and CICC Capital, its disposal of Shanghai New Bond and Jiangwan properties and its mixed-use property joint development project in Changning, Shanghai;
- Brookfield on its acquisition and disposal of office and retail properties in China, including its acquisition of a large mixed-use project located in Huangpu, Shanghai, its acquisition of a set of five malls from joint ventures invested by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), and investment platform on multi-family project;
- Warburg Pincus in connection with its property investment projects in China;
- Kerry Properties in connection with its acquisition, disposal, development and financing of real estate projects in Shanghai and other cities of China;
- Softbank on its investment in Beike and Ziroom;
- Gaw Capital on its acquisition and disposal of commercial properties, and industrial and life science parks in Shanghai and other cities of China;
- GIC on its investment in commercial and industrial properties in China;
- PAG on its re-investment into Wanda Commercial Management Group;
- VISEEN in connection with its formation of a private fund with CPIC to acquire four industrial parks in Shanghai;
- Hongkong Land in connection with its development, acquisition, operation and management of commercial properties in Beijing and Shanghai;
- Ant Finance in connection with its joint venture with Fosun to develop a mix-use property located near the Bund, Shanghai;
- China Enterprises on forming a consortium with Shun Tak Holdings to acquire the Shanghai Suhe Bay mixed-use development project from China OCT;
- New World Development and Chow Tai Fook on development of a commercial property in Qianhai, Shenzhen and relevant asset disposition matters;
- Citirealty on its purchasing a substantial part of Citigroup Tower in Shanghai;
- Novartis on its joint venture development with ESR of a life science park in Zhangjiang, Shanghai;
- BeOne Medicines on its joint venture development with Gaoyue/Hillhouse of a life science park in Zhangjiang, Shanghai;
- CSI Group in connection with its sale of the Platinum and the International Capital Plaza in Shanghai to ARA, its acquisition of the retail podium of the Shanghai Richgate from Carlyle, and its acquisition of a villa project in Zhaoxiang, Shanghai from CapitaLand;
- Gopher Asset on its acquisition of a residential parcel in Xuhui, Shanghai;
- BM International on its acquisition of a hotel and office complex in Pudong, Shanghai, including Four Seasons Hotel and Four Seasons Place;
- Fung Group on its sale of interest in a large-scale residential project in Panyu, Guangzhou to CapitaLand;
- Sino-Ocean in connection with its acquisition of a residential project in Sanya, Hainan Province;
- JPMorgan in connection with its acquisition of interest in a green field office/commercial property development project in Shanghai, and its lease of office premises in Shanghai Centre and internet datacenter facilities;
- GuocoLand in connection with its investment in and development of the “18 Steps” complex project in Chongqing;
- Shanghai Expo Development Group on an office/retail cooperation development project located in the Urban Best Practices Area in Shanghai;
- Shui On Group in connection with its sale of the whole building of the second phase of Zhonghui Plaza in Chengdu to Ping An Insurance Group;
- Owner of The Center on the sale of the building to China Pacific Life Insurance Group;
- Blackstone on the leasing of its mixed-use property in Minhang, Shanghai;
- Nan Fung Group in connection with its lease of Nan Fung BM Tower to WPP Group entities for over 20 floors;
- Nike in connection with a built-to-suit headquarter project located in Jiang Wan New Town, Shanghai and developed by Tishman Speyer;
- Philips in connection with its built-to-suit headquarter project located in Jing’an District, Shanghai;
- Baxter on its lease of Suzhou R&D Center in Suzhou Industrial Park;
- Starbucks on its ultra-premium Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai as the first Roastery store outside of the United States;
- Shanghai Centre in leasing matters of office, retail and serviced apartments;
- Multiple investors and developers on their acquisition and disposition, set-up of investment platform, development management, asset management, construction and leasing of logistics and industrial properties throughout China;
- Investors on debt restructuring and auction deals in relation to distressed assets in various cities of China;
- Multiple clients on build-to-suit (BTS) projects for office, manufacturing, R&D, logistics and warehousing, and educational and healthcare premises.
- The first batch China Infrastructure REITs involving logistics and IDC assets;
- Multiple investors on acquisition, construction and operation of internet datacenter (IDC) and CHP energy facilities;
- Multiple investors on development, construction and operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, pipelines and related terminal use arrangement;
- Buyer side consortium on its acquisition from Jiangsu Shagang Group of Global Switch, a leading provider of large-scale, network-dense data centers in Europe and Asia-Pacific;
- Multiple Chinese EV manufacturers on their going-global projects;
- Shanghai Electric in connection with its investment in and operation of municipal infrastructure facilities and PPP projects in China and other countries;
- THi Holding Group on its greenfield industrial park investment projects in UAE and Saudi Arabia;
- Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group on establishment of joint ventures in Singapore and Indonesia to invest in and construct a ferronickel processing project as well as steam provision facilities, LNG import facilities, gas-fired power plant, and a 50,000 metric ton deep-water jetty in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia;
- Orient International Holding on investment in a fish processing plant and a surrounding industrial park in Africa;
- Covanta Energy in connection with its investment portfolio of power generation and energy-from-waste facilities in China;
- ESR in connection with its rooftop photovoltaic investment projects;
- Veolia on legal and compliance issues related to its development and operation of water supply, wastewater treatment, and energy projects in China;
- Berlinwasser in connection with its bidding for, investment in, construction and financing of various wastewater treatment projects in China;
- General Electric in connection with its investment in an offshore wind operation and development center and assembly base manufacturing facility for offshore turbines in South China;
- Électricité de France (EDF) on its wind power projects in various cities of China;
- Mingyang Group on overseas wind farms investment projects and wind turbines supply projects;
- Portuguese Sunseap Group on acquisition of solar power stations in China;
- Brookfield Renewable in connection with its acquisition of the China part of Terraform Power;
- Solvay SA on the whole process of tendering and bidding till the contract execution for a hydrogen peroxide plant in Panjin City, Liaoning Province;
- Air Products on its gas supply and relevant pipeline construction and operation projects in China;
- Chevron on its pipeline and jetty projects in China, and related EPC and construction matters;
- MBK Partners in its equity investment in Golden State Environment Group, a group engaging in wastewater treatment, tap water supply and energy-from-waste power generation business;
- Zoomlion on its construction of manufacturing bases in eastern Europe and Brazil, both are key “One Belt, One Road” projects.
- Mori Building in connection with the construction of Shanghai World Financial Center project;
- TESLA on its development and construction of Shanghai Giga 3 Factory;
- Huada Semiconductor on its EPC construction project in Lingang, Shanghai;
- Novartis in connection with its development and construction of the Campus Shanghai Project located in Zhangjiang, Shanghai;
- ByteDance in connection with its construction of an office complex project in Xiamen, Fujian Provinance;
- Merlin Entertainments in connection with renovation and fit-out of Madame Tussauds and Legoland projects in various cities of China;
- Bayer in connection with its construction projects of petrol-chemical manufacturing facilities in Shanghai and Nanjing;
- Eastman Chemical on the construction and environmental protection issues in its production facilities construction project in Nanjing;
- Decathlon in connection with the standardization of the construction-related contracts for its retain shopping mall projects;
- Kheng Leong in connection with the construction of its residential development project located in Changfeng Area, Shanghai;
- Roche in connection with the construction related contracts of an expansion project and an R&D center project, both in Zhangjiang, Shanghai;
- Boston Scientific on the construction of the Medical Device Localization Project located in Lingang, Pudong of Shanghai;
- Johnson Controls in connection with the construction of manufacturing facilities in Chongqing, Zhejiang and Shenyang;
- PepsiCo in connection with its development and construction of a new R&D center located in Pujiang High Technology Park of Shanghai;
- Hershey’s in connection with the construction and fit-out of its manufacturing retailing, and R&D facilities in China;
- Boeing in connection with the design and construction of a hanger project at Shanghai Pudong International Airport;
- Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in connection with various engineering design projects in China;
- M+W Group in connection with its contracting for Intel’s new investment in Dalian to build an advanced microchip manufacturing plant;
- Numerous foreign invested companies and domestic owners in connection with design, procurement, construction and construction management of industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, residential, office and commercial properties and facilities in different cities of China.
