Wayne Ma
Wayne Ma
Wayne Ma
Foreign Legal Consultant (New York), Partner of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (US)*
Biography
Wayne Ma has experience on a wide variety of real estate transactions, including experience in acquisitions and dispositions of various types of real property, joint ventures, limited recourse and secured financings, private equity and institutional investments and funds formation.
Wayne represents multi-national and Chinese investment banks, financial institutions and private equity funds in both inbound and outbound transactions across Asia, Europe and the United States. His funds experience includes advising fund sponsors in the formation of real estate private equity funds and advising managers in their investment and operational matters.
*Licensed and admitted to practice in New York
Areas of Focus
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Logistics & Industrial
Band 2: Real Estate: International Firms in China, Chambers and Partners Greater China Region, 2024
Leading Individuals: Real Estate in Hong Kong, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024
"Wayne Ma is well versed in property sales and acquisitions and is also able to advise on secured financing and fund formation. He frequently assists joint ventures and fund managers on complex investment strategies within the real estate sector." Chambers and Partners Greater China, 2023.
Tier 1: Real Estate in Hong Kong, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024
Tier 2: Projects and Energy in Hong Kong, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024
Band 3: Real Estate: International Firms in China, Chambers and Partners Greater China Region, 2024
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Spoken Languages
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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English
Admissions
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New York
Related Practice Areas
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Real Estate Sector
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Logistics & Industrial
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Financial Institutions
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ESG & Energy Transition
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Sustainable Real Estate
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Real Estate
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M&A & Corporate Finance
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Real Estate Finance
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Commercial Real Estate
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Real Estate Private Equity, Investments & REITs
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Corporate
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Finance
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Corporate Real Estate and Funds
Experience
- Advising a consortium of international banks led by Deutsche Bank AG, as mandated lead arrangers, on a US$175 million secured term loan facility, which is directly secured by Excel Centre, a grade-A office tower with a total space of over 41,000 square meters located in Beijing’s Financial Street
- Advising a prestigious international financial institution in China on its investment in the properties commonly known as the Shanghai Knowledge and Innovation Community, an international multi-function knowledge community in Yangpu District, Shanghai
- Advising CreditEase Global Investments GP I, Ltd., a leader in China’s wealth management industry, in the formation of its real estate funds and its investment in various real estate projects and funds around the globe, marking one of the first outbound funds in China that successfully used the “fast track” outbound approval scheme in Shanghai Free Trade Zone
- Representing The Carlyle Group in its US$267 million acquisition of an office building in Shanghai called Central Plaza
- Advising Treasury China Trust on its acquisition of a retail property in Shanghai, China
- Representing Asia Pacific Land on its US$650 million acquisition and financing of The Centre, a Shanghai trophy office building
- Advising Century Holding Company Limited, a joint venture between The Carlyle Group and CLSA, on the sale of Hongjia Tower to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust
- Advising Forum Partners in a debt and equity investment in a borrower, the proceeds of which will be used for the acquisition and development of various properties in China
- Advising Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch as mandated lead arrangers, underwriters and bookrunners in connection with a US$480 million secured term loan facility and US$20 million revolving facility to RCA01, a special purpose vehicle wholly-owned by Spring Real Estate Investment Trust
- Advising Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, CITIC Bank International Limited and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as joint arrangers in onshore and offshore loan facilities for the refinancing of a warehouse project in Shanghai, China
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