“Real Estate Firm Of The Year.”
- Asian Counsel Firms of the Year 2008

“Harry Elias Partnership is involved in some high-profile real estate matters and acts for a sizeable number of developers.”
- The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2008/2009)

“Harry Elias Partnership has experience in Islamic financing and real estate financing.”
- The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2008/2009)

“In banking and corporate finance at Harry Elias Partnership, practice group head Claudia Teo and key partners Pauline Lee and S Suressh have acted for several high-profile clients recently….”
- Asian In-House Handbook 2009


For more information on the Real Estate and Banking Practice Group, please contact Pauline Lee, the head of Real Estate and Banking at pauline@harryelias.com.sg.

Our Real Estate and Banking Practice Group was recently awarded as Real Estate Firm of the Year by Asian Counsel Firms of the Year 2008. It is one of the leading Practice Groups in advising real estate and related banking financial transactions for individuals and corporate clients.

Our services include advising on, structuring and drafting:

• sale, purchase or acquisition of real estate properties or interests
• joint ventures and development agreements
• leases
• mortgages, charges and assignments
• financing facility agreements and debentures
• en-bloc sales

Our clients include leading banks and other financial institutions, major developers such as Capitaland, City Developments Limited and FrasersCentrePoint Limited, mid-sized developers like Tiong Aik Group, Sustained Land Group and World Class Land Group and statutory boards like the Central Provident Fund Board.

Some of the major projects that we have been involved include:

Transactions

• Harry Elias Partnership LLP has represented CEVA Freight (Singapore) Pte Ltd in the sale and lease back of a property at 15 Changi South Street Avenue 2 in Singapore to Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT)  for  a consideration of SGD34 million.
  
  
• Acted for 3M Singapore Pte Ltd in the sale and vendor financing of its office building and warehouse at Tagore Lane for an undisclosed sum. 3M Singapore is part of the 3M Group which is a global technology company with innovative products and services which include leading brands such as 3M™, Scotch and Post-it.
  
  
• Acted for Marriot International Inc. in relation to the development and management of The Ritz-Carlton Residences Singapore Cairnhill, a 58-unit luxury residential condominium including advice on licensing, real estate and regulatory issues.
  
  
• Advised Hang Huo Enterprise Group Limited, the first foreign company from Macau, and its subsidiary Hang Huo Management (S) Pte Ltd in their investment in and on a loan facility with DBS Bank in relation to the purchase, development and construction of a Singapore boutique Hotel Link hotel at Tiong Bahru Road, an innovative conversion of two blocks of Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) flats into a new hotel.
  
  
• Advised Singapore Health Partners in its successful tender in relation to the purchase of land to build the FIRST mediplex in Singapore, comprising a hospital, hotel and medical centre.
  
  
• Advised Tiong Aik Investments Pte Ltd, a medium-sized developer on a loan facility with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in relation to the en-bloc purchases of 18 units of a residential development at Jalan Datoh for re-development into a 54-unit residential development known as The Citrine.