Michael Qu is the senior partner of Law View Partners based in Shanghai, China, where his legal practices cover the areas of real estate, foreign investment and mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience as a lawyer for over 15 years. In his practice, Michael has successfully represented investors in the real estate, retail and hospitality sectors, senior housing and asset management in dealing with commercial transactions and disputes. Michael’s practice also includes representing foreign investors, start-ups and high-growth companies in their equity finance, joint venture and cooperation, employee incentive plan, M&A, assets transaction, etc.

Michael is active in the foreign-invested real estate industry. He is a frequent speaker in the hospitality, senior housing and real estate seminars, such as Alternative Ownership Conference Asia-Pacific (AOCAP), Singapore, 2012 to 2017; International Association for Housing and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA), Shanghai, November 2013; and ULI Mainland China Winter Meeting 2014. He is also a lecturer of China’s Legal Training Center, frequently delivering speeches on the topic of the practice on development and operation of commercial real estate.

Being a legal professional that has involved in many deals and transactions for years, clients Michael has represented include world renowned brand such as Accor Hotels, Marriott Vacations, ORPEA, Merrill Gardens, METRO, Ping An, Future Land, etc. Michael can provide counsel regarding product structuring, company and capital formation, project development and acquisitions, regulatory issues on operation, corporate finance, etc.

Michael obtained his LLM from China Renmin University and has started his legal practice as of 2002. Prior to co-found Law View Partners, he has a wide variety of working experiences as in-house counsel in multinational group and private law practice in both domestic and international law offices.

Working language: English and Chinese.