William Liu joins Silkroad after 16 years at CBRE
SilkRoad Property Partners raised $445 million a few months ago, and now the Singapore-based private equity firm is hoping some fresh talent will help it deploy some of that cash in Hong Kong and mainland China.
SilkRoad has hired William Liu as Executive Director of its Hong Kong branch, hoping to put the veteran broker’s 25 years of experience in Hong Kong and mainland China to work sourcing deals.
Liu spent the past 16 years at CBRE where he most recently served as the Senior Director of Institutional Investment Properties. During his time there, Liu reportedly managed multi-party investment transactions worth more than $2 billion in Hong Kong, as well as mainland China, while working with developers, multi-national corporations and institutional investors.
The private equity real estate firm made the final close of its oversubscribed real estate fund, SilkRoad Asia Value Partners in June at $445.5 million, exceeding the target of $350 million. The fund targets real estate assets in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing among other destinations.
“We are very pleased to welcome William on board. His proven track record in acquisitions and divestments of property assets adds another dimension to our expertise in Hong Kong,” Peter Wittendorp, Managing Partner of SilkRoad Property Partners, said. “This will be a game changer for us as we continue the expansion of our business in the region, and we are very excited to work with him.”
Liu currently serves as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. Additionally, he’s certified as a Registered Professional Surveyor (GP) of the Surveyors Registration Board of Hong Kong.
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