Catherine Song is a partner of Global Law Office and based in the firm’s Shanghai office. Ms. Song practices primarily in the areas of real estate, cross border acquisitions, foreign direct investment and banking and finance. Industries in which she has been involved include real estate, logistics and warehousing, commercial retail and banking, etc.

Ms. Song specializes in the real estate industry and logistics and warehousing industry with solid experiences in providing a full range of legal services on acquisition and disposal of real estate projects, logistics and warehousing projects, land expatriation and reservation by the PRC local governments and corporate real estate. She has closed more than 100 cross border M&A real estate and logistics and warehousing transactions by way of equity transfer, asset transfer or joint ventures. Her clients include Angelo Gordon, Arch Capital, Tomson Group, METRO, Everview Capital, Kailong REI, CapitaLand and other offshore funds and multinational entities. Ms. Song also provides legal services for Taubman and Disney in their PRC leasing matters. 

In the area of banking and finance, Ms. Song has acted for Hong Kong Bank of China Group and its member banks on their financing transactions in connection with various projects in China.

• Catherine Song joined Global Law Office as a partner in July 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Song worked with the following law firms in the areas of real estate, merger and acquisition, banking and finance, foreign direct investment and general corporate matters:
• 2017 - 2020 Fenxun Partners, Shanghai
                      Baker & McKenzie FenXun (FTZ) Joint Operation Office
• 2006 - 2017 Baker & McKenzie, Shanghai Office
• 1999 - 2006 Paul Hastings LLP, Hong Kong Office
• 1997 - 1999 Ng & Shum, Hong Kong
• 1989 - 1997 Jointide (Jinan) Law Firm, Jinan.

Admitted in the PRC

Bachelor of Laws, East China University of Political Science and Law

Bachelor of Arts, Xiamen University