Paul Guan

Mr. Paul Guan is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis and he leads the Asia private equity real estate practice. Mr. Guan focuses on cross-border real estate transactions and has significant experiences advising international and regional private equity investors and financial institutions on a variety of transactions involving real estate in Asia, including acquisition and disposition of various types of real property, formation of joint venture at both asset and platform levels, asset and property management, and senior and mezzanine financing; he also regularly advises Chinese institutional investors on outbound real estate investments in the United States, the United Kingdom and "Belt & Road" jurisdictions.

Mr. Guan is recognized as a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers Greater China and as a Highly Regarded lawyer by IFLR 1000. He was also selected as one of the “A-List China’s Elite Lawyers” for 2021-2022 and as an “A-List Growth Driver” for 2023-2026 by China Business Law Journal. He is triple qualified in the PRC (non-practicing), Hong Kong SAR and New York, the USA.