Paul Hastings has advised property giant China Vanke Co. Ltd. on a $1.33 billion acquisition of shopping malls from Singaporean developer CapitaLand Ltd.

Shenzhen-based Vanke, through its shopping mall operating arm SCPG Holdings Co., teamed up with Chinese private equity firm HOPU Investment and bought 20 shopping malls, a combined area of 950,000 square meters across 19 Chinese cities, mostly third- and fourth-tier cities.