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May specialises in a broad range of real estate work and has advised extensively on all types of commercial, industrial and residential property transactions including direct and indirect acquisitions and disposals of commercial and industrial buildings, including sale and leasebacks, built-to-suit developments, and commercial and industrial leasing.
Her practice also includes advising on property-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. Her clients include real estate investment trusts (both managers and trustees), multinational corporations, banks and other financial institutions, property owners and tenants of industrial and commercial buildings.
- Acted for the vendor in the sale of 160 Havelock Road Singapore, being the former Hotel Miramar, for approximately S$160 million;
- Acted for a leading FMCG distributor in the purchase of an industrial warehouse with a cold storage;
- Acted as local counsel in the acquisition of the property holding company of 12 Shan Road (a serviced apartment).
- Acted for the vendor in the sale of 30 Bideford Road, a mixed-use building, for approximately S$515 million;
- Acted for the manager of Capitaland Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with Capitaland Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust’s acquisition and leaseback of the Philips APAC Centre in Singapore;
- Acted for Snakepit-BP LLP, a joint venture firm between Boustead Projects Limited, Snakepit Holdings Pte Ltd and other investors, as landlord in the lease of land from JTC Corporation and development of a built-to-suit facility in One-North for Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte Ltd;
- Acted for Sabana Real Estate Investment Management Pte Ltd, the manager of Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in the sale of a data centre building located at 9 Tai Seng Drive Singapore for S$99.6 million, to Perpetual (Asia) Limited in its capacity as trustee of ADC Singapore Trust (part of the Ascendas-Singbridge Group);
- Acted for a leading property developer in the purchase of a $166 million hotel;
- Acted as local counsel to DHI Holdings on its acquisition of Oakwood Premier OUE;
- Acted for a listed real estate investment trust on a project to develop and carry out asset enhancement initiatives on industrial land in accordance with the detailed specifications prescribed by the incoming tenant (i.e. a build to suit transaction);
- Acted for a prominent global engineering company in the disposal of an industrial property for S$50 million;
- Acted for a leading property developer in a lease of part of a three-story light industrial building to an eminent MNC;
- Acted for a real estate investment trust to preparing its suite of leasing documents for a development undergoing asset enhancement works for white use;
- Acted for a leading property developer in the lease of a significant portion of the building located in One-North to a well-known shared working space operator;
- Acted for a listed real estate investment trust in the amalgamation of two plots of land;
- Acted for liquidators in sale of commercial properties and industrial properties;
- Acted for a real estate investment trust in its master lease to an Indian listed pharma company;
- Acted for a life science company in the acquisition of an industrial property at the Upper Changi district in Singapore; and
- Acted for banks in sale of industrial and commercial properties by way of auction, tender or private treaty.
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- “bright, really knows her stuff and has done outstanding work for us.”
- “highly recommended”; “passionate about her job and helping clients to solve the issue”; “outstanding in her ability to explain issues and legal clauses to clients in a clear and concise manner.”
Asialaw Profiles
- “client-focused and comes up with creative solutions to break a deadlock”, “responsive and hard-working” and “calm under pressure.”