Benjamin Tay > Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Offices
9 STRAITS VIEW
MARINA ONE WEST TOWER #06-07
SINGAPORE 018937
018937
Singapore
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Benjamin Tay
Work Department
Corporate Real Estate
Position
Deputy Head, Corporate Real Estate
Career
Benjamin Tay has been involved, in the last 13 years, in many significant commercial and industrial (and most of the largest) real estate transactions in Singapore.
His main areas of practice include: Commercial real estate acquisitions and divestments (with a particular focus on data centres); leasing of commercial and industrial real estate; and other real estate related advisory (including for co-working spaces) and financing work involving property-related commercial contracts and security arrangements.
He also has an active practice acting for tenants of office and industrial leases, with a focus on co-working space leases and works closely with foreign counsels in matters involving Singapore real estate. He also acts in complex industrial matters in Singapore involving transfers of infrastructure and equipment and advises on stamp duty related matters.
Benjamin has been identified by Asian Legal Business 2019 in their 40 Under 40 list for Corporate Real Estate, which highlights lawyers who have worked on some of the most significant deals in the past year and have earned accolades from their peers, superiors and clients.
Memberships
- Law Society of Singapore
- Singapore Academy of Law
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Real estate: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)The corporate real estate team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP handles the gamut of real estate matters. The group advises on all aspects of commercial, residential, and mixed developments, and is equally strong in advising on complex real estate transactions, M&A deals, leases, collective sales, and developments and redevelopments. The practice is adept at representing sellers and purchasers, as well as developers, REITs and other public and private entities. Elsa Chai specialises in conveyancing matters, and co-heads the department with Ching Chou, who has considerable expertise in divestments and acquisitions. Practice deputy head Benjamin Tay is ‘a seasoned legal adviser in the real estate domain.’ Norman Ho and Gazalle Mok are also key names in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Data protection and cyber security
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Investment funds: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- TMT: local firms
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