Cornell CUHK Regional Real Estate Competition, Asia

The Center for Real Estate and Finance at Cornell University and the Centre for Hospitality and Real Estate Research at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) proudly present the “Cornell CUHK Regional Real Estate Competition, Asia” on 8 October 2018 at Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK.

The competition welcomes teams of university students from top real estate programmes. These teams will compete in analysing an actual transaction and present their analysis and proposal to a panel of international real estate executives. The judging panel comprises of professionals from the real estate industries, including private equity funds, investment banks, developers and real estate consulting firms. The judges include:

  • Joseph Chan, Managing Director of Investments, Gaw Capital Partners
  • Yun Choi, Senior Vice President, Director Seoul Office Portfolio & Asset Mgmt – Asia Pacific, Heitman
  • Michael Dang, President, Anpha Holdings
  • Jeffrey Green, Executive Director, Real Estate M&A, Ernst & Young
  • Daisuke Kitta, Head of Real Estate Japan, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group
  • Elizabeth Kok, Director and Senior Advisor, Swire Properties Ltd.
  • Patrick P.H. Kwok, Executive Director, Henderson Land Development Company Limited
  • Charles Lam, Managing Director of Real Estate, Baring Private Equity Asia
  • Oliver Lam, Chief Financial Officer, K. Wah International Holdings Limited
  • Lok Law, Director of Real Estate Finance, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
  • Shane Taylor, Regional Head of Strategy and Research – Asia Pacific, CBRE Global Investors
  • Justin Wai, Managing Director, The Blackstone Group

The top three teams will receive an automatic invitation and funds to support their travel to the 10th Annual Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition. The participating universities are:

  • Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing (China)
  • Konkuk University (South Korea)
  • National Chengchi University (Taiwan)
  • Renmin University of China (China)
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
  • The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • Universitas Tarumanagara (Indonesia)