Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
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Band 3

Real Estate

Singapore

2 Years Ranked

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Provided by Sok Hiang Lau

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Sok Hiang is a Director and the Co-Head of the Real Estate and Corporate Real Estate Practice Group.

Her primary areas of practice include all aspects of real estate work, and banking and finance transactions. She has extensive real estate and real estate financing experience.

She has advised major institutional clients, including listed real estate developers, real estate investment trusts (REITS), multi-national corporations (including multinational technology corporations), major investment and property development groups with operations in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, property funds and asset managers, and high net worth individuals, on major real estate and real estate financing transactions, including the disposal (including collective sales), acquisition, leasing and financing of large local plant projects, data centres, large residential and industrial developments, prime commercial real estate, hotels and integrated resorts.

Sok Hiang is experienced in the structuring of real estate transactions, loans and other financial transactions. She has advised extensively on complex land issues, including issues relating to properties owned by the various statutory boards, such as SLA, JTC and HDB (including advising on the policies relating thereto, which could involve other statutory boards such as the URA and EDB) in relation to a myriad of transactions such as sale and purchase transactions (relating to property or shares), financing transactions, commercial and industrial leasing transactions, and other real estate-related transactions.

She advises major local as well as offshore banks and lending syndicates, finance companies and insurance companies on loan and other debt-related financing, including bilateral and syndicated loans and acquisition financings.

Career

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (1995) ; Admitted to the Singapore Bar (1996)

Professional Memberships

Member, Valuation Review Board ; Member, Law Society of Singapore ; Member, Singapore Academy of Law

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Real Estate - Singapore

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Lau Sok Hiang is active for a range of clients, including property developers and high net worth individuals, on real estate sales, acquisitions and tenancy agreements in Singapore.

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