Corporate Real Estate
— Chambers Asia Pacific 2026“Shook Lin & Bok has a practical mindset and thinks outside the box to get a workable solution or plan for clients.”
— Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026“The practice has both the depth and breadth of experience in handling a range of matters from general corporate matters to mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, banking and finance, real estate and dispute resolution. As such, potential issues are identified and resolved early and in an efficient manner.”
— Chambers Asia Pacific 2026“Shook Lin & Bok provides clear and practical solutions.”
— Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026“The practice is able to provide end-to-end service and support to clients as their dispute resolution practice is able to provide quick and practical support if any potential disputes arise on a matter handled by their corporate practice.”
— Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026“The team is competent and able to deliver in a timely manner.”
— Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025“Shook Lin & Bok has a strong reputation as real estate firm.”
Real Estate has always been and remains one of the most dynamic and closely watched sectors in Singapore and across Asia. As investment deal structures, target assets and property needs become increasingly more sophisticated, clients must navigate shifting regulations driven by policy changes, evolving market conditions and trends, and rising expectations around sustainability, efficiency and long-term value creation across the different property classes.
Our Corporate Real Estate Practice advises across the commercial, industrial and residential property asset classes. We cover the full range of transactional and advisory matters and also coordinate disputes advice, including the following:
- Direct Asset Acquisitions, Disposals and Sale and Leaseback
- Real Estate Financing
- Commercial Leasing
- Property Developments
- Collective Sales and Purchases
- Indirect real estate investments including joint venture investments, and transactions involving property holding entities and investment fund structures
- REIT transactions
- Property disputes
- Private client real estate
Our clients include developers, property investment funds, asset managers, REITs, major building owners as well as banks and financial institutions, private credit lenders, family offices and high net worth individuals. As an independent Singapore law firm, we are frequently instructed by international lead counsels on the Singapore real estate aspects of major headline cross border and global transactions in the market.
Our practice also brings together experts as required from across the firm’s Corporate, Banking and Finance, Funds, Regulatory and Disputes practices to provide holistic, end-to-end one-stop support throughout every stage of multi-faceted transactions, to effectively manage risk and execute sensitive transactions for our clients to achieve their commercial goals.
Our team has significant experience in niche real estate sectors including hotels, hospitality and leisure assets, self-storage, data centres, co-living and co-working spaces, worker’s dormitories, JTC-leased properties., conservation shophouse assets, petrochemical assets, project finance and built-to-suit projects.
