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Norman Ho

+65 6232 0514 norman.ho@rajahtann.com

Work Department

Corporate Real Estate

Position

Senior Partner

Career

Norman Ho, who has over 40 years of experience in corporate real estate work, has advised on a wide spectrum of property-related transactions, including investment sales and purchase (by way of share or asset sales), collective sales and project development transactions. He regularly advises property developers, investment funds, statutory boards, property consultants, investors, financial institutions and purchasers in corporate real estate matters.

Norman has been consistently ranked as a leading real estate lawyer by independent legal directories. He has been ranked a Band 1 Leading Individual in the Real Estate – Singapore Practice by Chambers Asia Pacific 2023 and recognised as an Elite Practitioner in Real Estate by Asialaw Profiles 2023. He has also been ranked as an Expert in Real Estate by Expert Guides 2022, included in Best Lawyers 2024 for Real Estate, and recognised as a Leading Individual by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023, where he is quoted to be “one of the most experienced real estate specialists in the market”. Norman is also recognised in the Asia Business Law Journal’s The A-List 2023 as one of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers.

Norman has acted for owners and investors in commercial, retail, residential and resort developments both within and outside Singapore (including United Kingdom, China, Indonesia and Australia). His projects include the development and financing of major shopping and office projects and the acquisition of large commercial buildings in Singapore’s Central Business District (“CBD”). He has acted for major developers in large residential projects, such as the CBD Marina Bay Residence.

He has also acted in the acquisition, sale and leaseback of industrial developments, involving the Housing Development Board and Jurong Town Corporation.

A leader in collective sale transactions, Norman was involved in one of the earliest collective sales, as well as one of the largest of such sales (Farrer Court with 618 units) in Singapore. To date, he has been instructed to act for owners of over 200 developments and has successfully completed more than 120 of such transactions.

Memberships

• Honorary Legal Advisor, Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (2001 – present)
• Board Member of Asia-Pacific Real Estate Association (Singapore Chapter) (2020 – present)
• Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths (1996 – 2008)
• Legal Advisor and Member, Bone Marrow Donor Program (Registered Charity) (1993 – 2018)
• President, Bone Marrow Donor Programme (Registered Charity) (2014 –2018)
• Consultant, Singapore Academy of Law (Stakeholding Rules) (1996 – present