advising GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd, the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, in its acquisition of the PRC operations and Japan property fund interests of ProLogis in a deal worth US$1.3 billion;

acting for ING Bank N.V. in a structured finance deal involving a £700 million term loan facility from Standard Chartered Bank;

advising CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust in its sale and purchase of the hotel known as Novotel Clarke Quay from Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners II L.P. and its affiliated partnerships in a deal worth S$201 million;

advising Atlas Discovery Partners LLC in a joint venture with Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd to establish a US$101 million private equity fund in Singapore;

acting in various corporate restructuring exercises involving the amalgamations or transfers of business and/or assets of various companies across industries; and

advising various private and listed companies on share buybacks mandates, employee share option schemes and other corporate transactions.