Victoria Leong

PARTNER

Victoria’s areas of practice are real estate investment trusts (REITs), business trusts, and investment funds.

Victoria advises REITs, business trusts, real estate funds and fund managers on a range of international and domestic transactions. These include initial public offerings, rights issues, preferential offerings, private placements, as well as acquisitions and divestments. She also advises REITs, business trusts and real estate funds on their compliance requirements under the Singapore regulatory and listing regime.

Victoria joined the Firm in 2016. During her time at the Firm, she was seconded to the Hong Kong office of a magic circle law firm. Before joining the Firm, she represented Singapore at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Victoria has written articles on corporate matters including corporate governance and special purpose acquisition companies. She has also advised charities on a pro bono basis.

Work Highlights

  • Advised OUE Limited on its joint venture with Tokyo Century Corporation for the development of a new hotel at Terminal 2 of Changi Airport.
  • Advised the Warburg Pincus-Lendlease joint venture platform in its acquisition of an approximately S$1.6 billion portfolio of industrial assets in Singapore from entities associated with Blackstone and Mr Lim Chap Huat.
  • Advised Mapletree Logistics Trust on its approximately S$200 million private placement together with its acquisition of 8 logistics assets in Japan, Australia and South Korea for over S$900 million.
  • Advised CapitaLand Mall Trust on its approximately S$8.2 billion merger with CapitaLand Commercial Trust to form CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust. The transaction was awarded “Megatrend Deal of the Year – Property” at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2020.
  • Advised CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (formerly known as Ascendas Reit) on its approximately S$1.3 billion rights issue together with its approximately S$1.7 billion acquisition of 30 business park properties in the US and Singapore.

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