acted for Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) in a transaction involving (i) the sale of land to Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) for the development by AREIT to SingTel’s specification of a 150,000 square feet data centre, and (ii) the leaseback to SingTel of the completed facility, which will be one of largest data centres in Singapore, for a lease term of 20 years with an extension option;

acted for South Beach Consortium, a joint venture company established by City Developments, Dubai World and El-Ad Group in its acquisition of the Beach Road site for an acquisition value of over S$1.68 billion for development of a major commercial complex comprising hotels, office, retail mall and city residences;

acted for Singapore Exchange Limited in the sale of their properties in SGX Centre with leaseback arrangements;

acted for a CapitaLand subsidiary in structuring, negotiating and finalising various joint venture structures with Sun Hung Kai for the acquisition and development of Orchard Turn and separate ownership of retail and residential components;

acted for Credit Suisse and CLSA Capital Partners (Singapore) in the sale of 78 Shenton Way at a divestment value of over S$650 million;

acted for a CapitaLand entity and National University of Singapore in their divestment of Hitachi Tower through a sale of shares in the asset holding company with a transaction value of S$811 million for Hitachi Tower;

acted for CapitaCommercial Trust in its acquisition of a 23-storey grade A office building known as One George Street at a value of S$1.17 billion, and in the structuring, negotiations and finalising of various agreements in the acquisition of the Raffles City for a divestment value of over S$2 billion; and

acted for CapitaMall Trust in its acquisition of The Atrium at Dhoby Ghaut at an acquisition value of S$839 million.