Hong Kong

hpa (previously known as Ho & Partners Architects Engineers & Development Consultants Limited) was founded in 1980 and became one of the Band 1 architectural consultants in Hong Kong in 1992. hpa was accredited as the first wholly owned foreign company issued with a Class-A Architectural License in China in 2014. Among many other accolades, the company was listed 47 in the UK published World Architecture magazine’s "World’s Top 200 Architectural Practices", and its projects have received a multitude of international awards, including the China Property Awards, MIPIM Awards (France), Asia Pacific Property Awards as well as BCI Asia Top 10 Architects Awards.

hpa has a 1 billion square feet of design project footprint in more than 60 cities across 12 countries. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, hpa expanded its strong presence across Southeast Asia, with ongoing projects in multiple countries along with the New Silk Road, as well as reaching further afield globally to UK and USA. In 2017, hpa was invited as a Strategic Partner of HKTDC’s Belt and Road-related promotions to champion Hong Kong’s role in realising new economic and development opportunities.

Founded in Hong Kong in 1874, Leigh & Orange (L&O) is a well-established international architectural design practice operating throughout China, Hong Kong and the Middle East, and has continued to thrive as a significant force in the markets it has served for nearly a century and a half by providing its clients with a consistent focus on quality.  With an unsurpassed depth of experience, the firm prides itself on balancing knowledge and innovation based on every client’s needs. 

The firm’s broad oeuvre includes commercial and retail developments, theme parks, recreational and hospitality facilities, medical, laboratory and health services buildings, business parks, data and technology centres, sports, equestrian and veterinary facilities, private clubs and residences, transportation facilities and infrastructure, education buildings, interiors and masterplanning schemes. 

L&O’s passion for design has continued to drive us for creating exciting outcomes for projects across Asia. Hospitality projects and the new Tharabar Gate in Bagan celebrate different strands of the history and Myanmar’s culture.  Our proposals for the LetsRun Park international competition proposed a uniquely South Korean fusion of entertainment by linking a theme park with thoroughbred racing.   

We are proud that such projects are recognised for their excellence by our peers. In the Middle East, the iconic Al Shaqab Equestrian Complex is considered as one of the finest equestrian facilities. Also in Qatar the Multipurpose Administration Complex at Ras Laffan Industrial City has received recognition as Best City Development at the Arab Investment Summit. 

L&O continues to develop its expertise and scope – as demonstrated by the recent opening of our Greater Bay Region office in Qianhai, Shenzhen – and the firm embraces burgeoning opportunities offered by the Belt and Road Initiative. 

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Cybertecture provides acclaimed leading edge design in architecture, interior design, master planning, consulting, technology & industrial design, artwork production and design & build services for private, corporate and institutional clients around the world. Completed projects of wide range of types and complexity are located internationally including Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Abidjan and Beijing. By adopting an innovation approach in all projects we undertake whether architecture, interior design, design & build, art sculpture, technology & industrial design or consulting, we aim to bring originality and X-Factor. James Law Cybertecture is a Registered Architecture Practice of Royal Institute of Architects and Hong Kong Institute of Architects. Internationally acclaimed projects include the world’s first Apple iPod Building, The Pad in Dubai; concrete water pipe affordable housing, OPod Housing in Hong Kong; and the Hyerploop project in several international locations. Cybertecture is the design of all things for a more intelligent world through new pieces of architecture, interior space, artwork, technology, and strategy. We see humanity undergoing a new renaissance of rapid change on this planet, so we believe that every project we design, and build should contribute to a sustainable and better world for all people. We believe our work can alleviate suffering for all segments of society. We work only on projects we feel we can add value, and that the project will have a positive impact for the world through designing into them an X-Factor of creativity, original thinking and technology. We believe in a close working collaboration with clients, partners and stakeholders to achieve together a successful outcome.

White & Case is an international law firm that serves companies, governments and financial institutions. Established in 1901, our long history as a global firm means we are able to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they are.

With 39 offices across 26 countries we are uniquely positioned to guide our clients through the complex and varied legal landscapes along the Belt and the Road. Our global practices, including offices along the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, stand ready to assist on projects of various complexity, sizes and nature. In particular, our Project Finance, Infrastructure, M&A and Finance practices are market leaders in many of the jurisdictions in which they operate across the Silk Road and beyond. Clients turn to us for our deep experience in the development of precedent-setting infrastructure projects in frontier and emerging markets.

With close to 100 Chinese speaking legal practitioners, three Greater China offices and China deals in Europe, Africa, North and South America, we are ideally positioned to advise clients involved in developments and investments along these important trade routes.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with 51,000 employees in approximately 400 offices and 70 countries. Across Greater China, there are 21 offices servicing the local market. The company won four of the top awards in the Euromoney Survey 2017 & 2018 in the categories of Overall, Agency Letting/Sales, Valuation and Research in China. In 2018, the firm had revenue of $8.2 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, advisory and other services. To learn more, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.hk or follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/cushman-&-wakefield-greater-china)

RLB is a global independent construction, property and management consultancy with 120 offices and 4500 employees across 36 countries.

In North Asia, RLB's headquarters is strategically located in Hong Kong, supported by branch offices in all major cities in Mainland China, Macau, and South Korea. Our North Asia team consists of over 1,550 dedicated professionals who specialize in delivering comprehensive cost consultancy and quantity surveying services tailored to the property and construction sectors.

Our achievements have been recognized with the prestigious title of ‘The QS Team of the Year’ at the RICS Hong Kong Awards for four consecutive years since 2021. Furthermore, in 2021, our Hong Kong office became the first quantity surveying consultancy in the region to achieve compliance with ISO 19650-2:2018, underscoring our commitment to the digitization of information.

Leveraging Hong Kong's advantages as the “super-connector” in Belt and Road Initiative, RLB has assisted many Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong companies in their overseas projects, providing full quantity surveying and cost consultancy services.

SMBC is the world's 19th largest bank in terms of tier one capital and 19th largest bank in assets. (Source: The Banker 2015 edition) SMBC Hong Kong Branch opened in 1962. It has very strong product delivery, with loan syndication team, project finance team and a leveraged finance team based in Hong Kong with a proven successful track record in origination, underwriting and loan distribution.

SMBC is one of the most active project finance banks especially in the regions of South East Asia, Middle East and Europe.

SMBC has been actively supporting infrastructure developments in those regions through project finance scheme.

Mourant is a leading offshore law firm with expertise in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Jersey and Guernsey law.  

Our clients include many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices. We routinely work in partnership with the most prestigious international legal and accountancy firms. 

As one of the world's leading offshore law firms, our business is intrinsically connected to the global economy and the capital flows that support it. But our global perspective is far more than that. It's at the heart of what we do: the way we think, the way we organise ourselves and the way we deliver our services. 

We operate as one borderless firm, bringing our collective insights to each of our clients wherever in the world they have a presence. And we build trusted relationships with our clients and their advisers, underpinned by a set of client service principles that we call The Mourant Way.  

Our 'one firm, one team' approach means that we are uniquely positioned to leverage the skills and experience of a broader team, across Asia, US and European time zones to support the projects across the Belt and Road Initiative.