China may emerge as one of the few markets offering strong returns in the midst of the global real estate meltdown. Learn how to navigate this challenging market and create a toolkit for making investments there.

This program—led by an exceptional faculty of senior Harvard professors, leading China and Western lawyers, and top Chinese and Western real estate development and investment professionals—will help you to determine whether China should be your next investment destination, and, if so, will teach you how to find high-return projects and invest in them successfully.

 

Program Format

One-Day or Three-Day Program
To meet the needs and schedules of participants, you may elect to attend:

• Day One only: The Fundamentals, or
• The comprehensive three-day program

Program Topics Include

Day One—The Fundamentals

• How to Do Business in China
• How to Find the Best Cities and Assets to Invest in
• How to Successfully Complete Development Projects in China
• How to Structure and Protect the Investments—Bring the Profits Home
• How to Invest: A Step-by-Step Guide to Key Considerations
• Followed by a reception for faculty and participants at the Harvard Faculty Club

Day Two—Opportunities and Strategy

• How China Became the China of Today
• How China Fits into an Asian Investment Strategy
• How Pension Funds and Other Fund Investors View the Market
• How Urban Development is Creating New Investment Opportunities
• How REITs, IPOs, and Securitized Real Estate are Creating New Opportunities

Day Three—Doing the Deal

• How to Conduct Meaningful Due Diligence for Development Projects
• How to Identify and Work with Chinese Partners--and What the Chinese Want Westerners to Know About Investing in Them
• How to Finance Investments in China
• How to Work with the Chinese Government as it Regulates Foreign Real Estate Investment
• How to Negotiate to Close an Investment Project

Instructors

• David Hand, managing director, Jones Lang LaSalle, Beijing, China 
• Brad Markoff, partner, Real Estate Capital Markets; co-chair, Global REIT Practice, DLA Piper US LLP, Hong Kong
• Michael McCook, advisor, Arch Capital; former senior investment officer for global real estate, CalPERS
• John C. Portman III, chief executive officer, John Portman & Associates, Atlanta, GA, and Shanghai, China
• Malcolm Riddell (Academic Leader), president, RiddellTseng; associate in research, Harvard Fairbank Center for China Studies; Asia fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• Joel Rothstein, partner, Real Estate and Structured Finance, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Beijing, China
• Xiaoping Zheng, principal, BAZO Investments (Asia) Ltd., Shanghai, China
• Additional instructors TBA
• Instructor biographies (pdf)

Agenda (subject to change)

• Agenda (pdf)

Tuition

• One-Day Option: $1,200 per person (Includes all educational materials, continental breakfast daily, one reception.  Not included in the tuition are accommodations, travel, and transportation costs)
• Three-Day Option: $3,000 per person (Includes all educational materials, continental breakfast daily, one reception.  Not included in the tuition are accommodations, travel, and transportation costs)

AIA credits

• One-Day Option: 8 learning units
• Three-Day Option: 24 learning units

Registration

• On-line Registration
• Registration form (pdf)
• Registration deadline: March 23, 2009
• Enrollment is limited.

Registration Deadline / Confirmation / Cancellation / Refunds

Tuition is due upon registration.  A nonrefundable processing fee must accompany registration.  This fee is not part of the tuition.  Registrations received after March 23, 2009 will incur an additional late fee of $75.

Enrollment confirmation and information on the time and place of the first class meeting are sent by email immediately upon registration.

Notice of cancellation must be submitted in writing. Cancellations received 14 to 30 days before the program start date will incur a charge of 10% of the program tuition.  Cancellations received within 14 days of the program start date will incur a charge of 30% of the program tuition.  Cancellation for all programs is subject to a minimum $75 charge.  No refunds will be given on or after the first day of the program.

The Office of Executive Education reserves the right to cancel a program due to insufficient enrollment two weeks before the first session. In the event of a program cancellation, all tuition and fees will be refunded. The Office of Executive Education cannot be responsible for participants' non-refundable travel expenses.

Program Materials

Prerequisite reading materials will be forwarded approximately one month before the program begins.  The reading material and associated questions must be completed before beginning the program.  A program binder with additional readings will be provided at Program Registration.

Location / Lodging

Location and campus maps as well as local hotel options with discount codes are available at the Executive Education web site under General Information.

More Information 

Please direct any questions to Malcolm Riddell, Academic Leader for the program, malcolm.riddell at riddell-tseng.com or at 1.941.330.9998.