SINGAPORE Trends and Developments Contributed by: Benjamin Tay, Chou Ching, Norman Ho, Vikna Rajah, Chun Kiat and Marcus Tay, Rajah & Tann Asia
Norman Ho has 44 years of experience in corporate real estate and advises on a broad range of property transactions, including investment sales and purchases (by share or asset), collective sales and project developments. In his practice at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, he regularly acts for developers, investment funds, statutory boards, consultants, investors, family offices, financial institutions and REITs on the acquisition, development and financing of major shopping and office projects in Singapore. Consistently highly regarded, Norman advised the Singapore Parliament on the Land Titles (Strata) Act and en bloc reforms, and has served as Honorary Legal Advisor to REDAS since 2023 and as a board member of the APREA Singapore Chapter.
Chun Kiat trained in both finance and law at Wharton (finance major, MBA) and SMU (LLB), and has over a decade of experience executing complex real estate private equity transactions and cross-border M&As,
with transactions totalling over SGD20 billion across APAC. His practice at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP focuses on advising real estate PE funds in fundraising, platform deals, joint ventures, securitisations, takeovers, acquisitions and disposals, and has acted across the full-transaction life cycle for institutional investors, PE sponsors/ managers, REITs, listed companies and family offices, across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes, including industrial, data centres, logistics, storage, life sciences, build-to-rent, hospitality, retail, offices, student accommodation, co-living and residential.
Vikna Rajah is the head of the tax and private client departments at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. He advises on complex income tax, GST, stamp duty, property tax and treaty matters, and specialises in civil tax disputes,
Marcus Tay advises his clients at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP on real estate acquisitions and divestments involving office, retail and industrial buildings, including transactions structured at both the direct-asset
tax structuring and criminal tax litigation. Vikna has an established track record of resolving multimillion- dollar disputes with IRAS and is regularly instructed by multinational companies, leading law firms and Big 4 accounting firms. Vikna is also acclaimed as a leading trust and private wealth lawyer in South-East Asia and is recognised as the go-to lawyer for novel, complicated cross-border estate planning and structuring.
level and through share acquisitions of asset-holding entities. He has an active practice in data centre matters, with particular experience advising on bespoke co-location arrangements for hyperscalers. Marcus also advises on complex leasing structures, including build-to-suit projects and long-term leaseback arrangements. His clients include REITs and property funds, financial institutions, family offices, multinational occupiers and data centre hyperscalers.
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