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Yifeng LAI

Partner
Locations:Shenzhen
Title:Managing Partner
Tel:+86 755 8828 4035 / +86 755 8828 6488
Fax:+86 755 8828 6499
Email:laiyf@dehenglaw.com
Working Language: Chinese/ English
Mr. Lai has been in legal practice for over 17 years, specializing in real estate (urban renewal) development, real estate investment, mergers and acquisitions, finance (financial leasing, funds, asset management, trust), construction projects and the aforementioned related litigation and arbitration.
Representative Matters
  • Real Estate Development
  • Advised Vanke Real Estate on its Shenzhen Nanshan Nanyuan New Village Urban Renewal Project
  • Advised Vanke Real Estate on its Shenzhen Metro Group's Mangrove Bay Urban Complex commissioned operation project
  • Advised China Resources Land on its demolition project in Shuijiantou Village, Nancheng, Dongguan City
  • Advised China Resources Land Limited on its research of legal tools related to the urban renewal projects in the Greater Bay Area (including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Dongguan City)
  • Advised Yanlord Land on its Ailian Shihuo Village Urban Renewal Project at Longgang
  • Acted as the legal counsel for urban renewal projects of the Henggang Liuyue Central Area, the Shenkeng Area and other areas led by Shenzhen Liuyue Co., Ltd.
  • Acted as the legal counsel for the establishment of the commercial property asset management company of Shenzhen Metro Group and the special project of commercial property investment promotion
  • Advised Shenzhen Airport Co., Ltd. on its projects of Shenzhen Airport T3 terminal building, transportation operation center complex, and second runway construction
  • Real Estate Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Advised Vanke Real Estate on its acquisition of a commercial real estate acquisition project in Yuelu District, Changsha
  • Advised China Overseas Land & Investment on its acquisition of Liaoning Shengrong Wanheng Real Estate Co., Ltd
  • Advised Shenzhen Property Group on its acquisition of an urban renewal project in Guanlan, Longhua, Shenzhen
  • Advised Shenzhen Investment Holding Company on its acquisition of land and real estate properties in Xili of ZTE Corporation and the plant and property project for Phuket's proposed urban renewal and transformation
  • Advised Guangdong Land on its acquisition of urban renewal project in Jiangmen City, urban renewal project in Huizhou City, and urban renewal project in a leather factory in Foshan City
  • Advised Yanlord Land on its acquisition of the Dongguan Yitai Xiyue Garden project as the subsidiary of Xincheng Holdings, and the urban renewal project of Shijie Town, Dongguan New Intercity
  • Advised AVIC Real Estate on its overall mergers and acquisitions of several real estate development projects under construction in Wuhan Putianjin Real Estate Company, and the overall mergers and acquisitions of Shenzhen SDIC Commercial Real Estate Company and 18 commercial real estate projects under its name
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Advised China Finance Management on its implementation of non-performing asset acquisition and financing (substantial reorganization) projects for a well-known developer Shenzhen Nanshan XN Urban Renewal Project and Longgang JX Urban Renewal Project
  • Advised China Resources Asset Management on its the Longhua BL Urban Renewal Project Fund + Trust Financing Project
  • Advised Xinji Fund/XL Limited Partnership on the real estate financing project under construction of Foshan TF
  • Advised Zhongrong Trust on its collective capital trust plan project of property income rights in an industrial park in Longgang, Shenzhen
  • Advised China Resources Leasing on its first phase of poverty alleviation asset-backed bills (epidemic prevention and control debt) project in 2020, the first phase of green asset-backed bills project in 2020, the issuance of the first and second phases of targeted debt financing tools (epidemic prevention and control) Debt) project in 2020, the first phase of the 2020 mid-term notes project
  • Advised Yanlord Land on its third phase of the urban renewal unit in Ailian Shihuo District, Longcheng Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen in issuing the first phase of debt financing plan in 2021
  • Advised Hunan Chinese Town Cultural Tourism on its the non-public issuance of corporate bonds to qualified investors in 2019
  • Litigation and Arbitration
  • Represented Logan Real Estate for the collective pre-sale contract and decoration contract disputes concerning the Shenzhen Logan Nine Dragon Terrace project
  • Represented Great Wall Xinsheng Trust Co., Ltd. in the real estate trust financing dispute against a Lanzhou real development company
  • Represented China Overseas Land & Investment in the construction project related cooperation and construction contract disputes against a Shenzhen IT company.
  • Represented SHUM YIP Group in the general construction contract disputes of a real estate development project against an Anhui construction engineering company in an arbitration case
  • Represented Chongqing Zhongneng Investment Holding Company, Hainan Wanning Longgunhe Investment Company concerning the cooperative development dispute and equity transfer dispute (litigation and arbitration) of the 520 mu (Chinese unit of area) land real estate project in Shanqin Bay, Hainan Province, against several Hainan companies
  • Represented Shenfa Gongyi Hongmu Company in a dispute over the development rights and relocation compensation and resettlement agreement of an urban renewal project in Longhua Guanlan,Shenzhen against a Shenzhen real estate company
  • Represented Shenzhen Mingju Real Estate Co., Ltd. in land-use rights transfer contract disputes against a Shenzhen company
  • Represented China Guangdong Nuclear Power Leasing Company in arbitration of disputes over gas project financing lease contracts against a Henan company
Education Background
  • Master of Law, Peking University, Beijing (2008)
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang (1992)
Professional Qualifications
  • Bar admission in P.R. China
  • Fund practice qualification
  • Independent director qualification
Recognitions and Affiliations
  • Legal expert of Shenzhen Construction Industry Association
  • Legal expert of Shenzhen Housing and Construction Bureau
  • Mediator of the Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone People's Court
  • Arbitrator of Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration
  • Senior consultant of Shenzhen Urban Renewal and Development Enterprise Chamber of Commerce
  • Executive member of DeHeng Financial Professional Committee
Selected Publications
  • Deputy editor, Legal Tool Library of Urban Renewal Project-Policies, Cases, and Processes (co-authored by DeHeng Law Offices (Shenzhen) and China Resources Land Limited), Law Press China, March, 2021
  • Co-author, Urban Renewal Legal Practices-Operational Guidelines for Demolition and Reconstruction of Urban Renewal Projects, Peking University Press, March, 2020.
  • Director of Editorial Department, DeHeng (Shenzhen) Collections, December, 2019
  • Deputy editor, Urban Renewal legal Practices, Law Press China,March, 2014
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