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Dorothy Marie Ng

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WongPartnership LLP

WongPartnership LLP

Singapore

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Real estate: local firms

WongPartnership LLP is at the forefront of acquisitions and disposals, real estate development financing and large portfolio leasing work. It has a growing presence in private client-related investment. The large team has worked on a series of headline acquisitions and disposals, developments and financing matters, including pivotal roles in projects connected to the rejuvenation of Singapore’s central business district. The firm advises a wide range of pension funds and other investors, developers, banks and government bodies. Monica Yip is head of the corporate real estate practice and has more than 30 years’ experience in investment work, acquisitions, disposals, securitisations, and the management and leasing of commercial, industrial and residential properties, among other areas. Tan Teck Howe is deputy head of the team, which includes ‘amicable and experienced practitioner’ Dorothy Marie Ng. Serene Soh, Jerry Tan and Cornelia Fong are also key partners.
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Phone
+65 6416 2408
Email
[email protected]
Profile
wongpartnership.com

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Work Department
Corporate Real Estate; Real Estate Investment Trusts
Position

Dorothy Marie Ng is a Partner in the Corporate Real Estate Practice.

Career

Her practice spans nearly four decades of the full spectrum of property and property-related matters and transactions. Her experience encompasses a variety of acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and development of land (including residential, commercial and industrial properties), sorting out complicated titled, sales by mortgagees and management corporations and secured financing in respect thereof, and working together with other practices, she has advised banks, co-operatives, financial institutions and corporations in bilateral loans, syndicated loans, multicurrency loans, joint ventures and developments, asset and business acquisitions, restructuring and built to suit projects. Her clients include banks, private and public corporations, funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), individuals, partnerships and statutory boards.

She has been a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal appointed by the Chief Justice under the Legal Profession Act since 1995 and is a member in the Compliance Committee, Singapore Institute of Legal Education since inception in 2011. Dorothy is also a member of the Valuation Review Board appointed by the Minister for Finance in 2021, and a member of the Panel of Adjudicators of the Law Society's Expedited Adjudication Scheme.

Dorothy is recognised as leading real estate lawyer in Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia Pacific's Leading Lawyers for Business, a leading partner in Real Estate in Singapore by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – The Client's Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession, an Elite Practitioner in Real Estate in asialaw Profiles – The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Law Firms, and recognised in Best Lawyers. She is also recognised as a Global Leader for Real Estate and National Leader for Southeast Asia for Real Estate as well as Banking in Lexology Index.

Dorothy was awarded "Best in Real Estate" at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards in 2015 and 2016. She was named in Expert Guides: Best of the Best 2017 for Real Estate and was recognised as the best Real Estate lawyer in Singapore in Expert Guides: Best of the Best 2015. More recently, Dorothy is listed in Asia Business Law Journal’s Singapore Top 100 lawyers 2023, 2024 and 2025 (including foreign lawyers practising in Singapore). She is also recognised as "Lawyer of the Year" in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers for Real Estate Law.

Dorothy graduated from the National University of Singapore. She is admitted to the Singapore Bar and the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales.

Relevant Experience:

Significant transactions that Dorothy has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

  • JTC Corporation ("JTC") in its long-term lease of a building in the course of construction at Punggol Digital District (intended to be Asia’s premier smart and sustainable business district which is master planned and developed by JTC) to United Overseas Bank Limited ("UOB") for its new global technology and innovation centre to house; and JTC’s:
  • Divestment (the first by a Singapore statutory authority) of its portfolio of ready-built industrial assets (comprising flatted factories, ramp-up and stack-up factories and multi-tenanted business park buildings) for S$1.71 billion to Mapletree Industrial Trust (a joint venture between Mapletree and Arcapita); and in phase two of JTC's divestment exercise of two tranches of properties in Singapore to Soilbuild Group Holdings Ltd. and DBS Trustee Limited (as trustee of Mapletree Industrial Trust) for a total of S$688.63 million.
    • CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited (in its capacity as manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT), in its acquisition of a cold storage logistics facility in Singapore through the purchase of A3 SG ETA Pte. Ltd. from A3 Lux Alpha S.a.r.l for a purchase consideration of S$191.9 million.
    • The Purchaser, in the indirect acquisition of the shares in Tuas South Avenue Pte Ltd, the head lessee of a JTC property located at 20 Tuas South Avenue 14 Singapore comprising a high-specifications manufacturing facility 100% leased to REC Solar Pte. Ltd. and a new Green Mark Platinum certified ramp-up logistics warehouse leased to various blue-chip multi-national tenants at a total consideration of approximately $840 million.
    • Taiwan’s Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation’s subsidiary, f VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Pte. Ltd. ("VSMC"), in advising and assisting in negotiations of VSMC’s 30-year lease from JTC Corporation at Tampines Industrial Avenue 2, Tampines Wafer Fab Park, Singapore.
    • GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. in connection with the development and lease of a purpose-built building (the "Building") to be built at one-north business park, Singapore, specifically for use by Grab and its various related entities. The 30-year leasehold interest for the land was obtained by HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited (in its capacity as trustee of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust ("Ascendas REIT")) from the Jurong Town Corporation for a land premium of approximately S$84 million, and the Building will be developed and constructed by Ascendas REIT at a cost of S$181.2 million.
    • The M+S Group Companies (which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of M+S Pte. Ltd., a joint venture company 60% owned by Khazanah Nasional Berhad and 40% owned by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited) in the grant of up to S$5 billion loan facilities arranged by a syndicate of eight lenders, for the development of two integrated projects (which will include office, residential, hotel and retail components) in downtown Singapore located at Marina South and Ophir-Rochor; and the subsequent sale of the hotel (Andaz Hotel) and the office and retail components in Ophir-Rochor.

    Publications:

    • Chambers Global Practice Guides - Real Estate Singapore chapter since the 2017 – 2020 editions
    • Getting The Deal Through - Real Estate Singapore Chapter, 2012 and 2013 editions
    • Real Estate Finance & Investment Review 2014/15
    Languages
    English, Mandarin (spoken)

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    Testimonials

    Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

    • ‘Top-notch expertise and a deep bench of talent to handle complex transactions.’ ‘Dorothy Ng is an amicable and experienced practitioner who has my utmost trust in her ability and commitment to deliver exceptional advice. She consistently ensures clients’ interests are protected, underpinned by integrity and forthrightness — an increasingly rare find.’ ‘The team is well-experienced in our area of work and consistently provides strong value-add ideas to help make projects successful, while remaining thorough in execution.’ ‘Monica Yip and Dorothy Ng are well-experienced and instrumental in providing solutions that contribute to successful project outcomes.’ ‘Lee Si Min has led the team well, often solving problems through creative drafting approaches. The team also takes time to address queries and clearly explain why certain clauses are structured in specific ways.’ ‘The team’s deep sector knowledge enables them to develop solutions even for the most complex problems, supported by strong legal skills, professionalism, and sound judgment.’ ‘Tan Teck Howe has been engaged by our firm on multiple assignments over the years and has never failed to deliver. In addition to highly competent legal advice, the team is fair-minded on billing and often provides discounts on aborted transactions.’ ‘Monica Yip is very knowledgeable, and her calm disposition and experience have been invaluable across many projects and legal matters. She is highly committed and provides pragmatic and sound advice.’ ‘We have a long-standing relationship with WongPartnership’s real estate team, and the partners have a strong understanding of our business and legal risk appetite.’ ‘Overall, the team combines experience, commerciality, and reliability in a way that gives clients real confidence on complex real estate matters.’

    Key clients

    • ESR-LOGOS REIT UOL Group M + S Group CapitaLand Group/CapitaLand Commercial Trust/CapitaLand Malls Asia Trust/Ascendas REIT Perennial Group AIMS AMP – Capital Industrial REIT Resorts World Sentosa Shimizu Group Arkema Pte Ltd Lee Rubber Group NTUC Income Insurance Co-Operative Manulife Financial Corp Hong Leong Group ARA Asset Management Limited United Overseas Bank Limited Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited Mapletree Group/Mapletree Industrial Trust Hong Fok Land Lendlease IOI Group Blackstone EZA Hill Property Management Pte Ltd JD Property Hong Kong Corporation Limited