TAN Teck Howe is the Deputy Head of the Corporate Real Estate Practice and is a Partner in the Myanmar Practice.

Teck Howe graduated from Mansfield College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence, and is admitted to the Singapore Bar. His main practice areas are property-related work including sales and purchases, property regulatory and advisory work, property investment and management, property development, leases and property-related commercial contracts. 

His clients include property developers and investors, property funds, private equity funds, REITs, hospitality companies, business space providers, multinationals, government authorities, and academic institutions.

Teck Howe is recognised as a leading real estate practitioner by Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific's Leading Lawyers for Business and has been recognised by The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Guide to Asia's Commercial Law Firms. He is also recognised as a Distinguished Practitioner in asialaw – The definitive guide to Asia's Leading Law Firms and Lawyers. He was awarded “Lawyer of the Year” for his expertise in Real Estate by Best Lawyers in 2023.

Chambers Asia-Pacific has praised him as "a steady pair of hands when it comes to real estate matters". Clients have vouched that he is “a very detailed lawyer who is able to come up with a solution that is commercially viable for all parties involved". He has been lauded in The Legal 500 as being "very astute, strong in negotiations and able to explain complex concepts in an accessible manner". asialaw Profiles has also lauded Teck Howe as having a "high level of professionalism and knowledge in his field" and for his "strong grasp of legal concepts and his ability to 'think out of the box' and remain composed during negotiations". 
 

 

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

  • Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Project Jewel - a project for the development, construction, lease and management of the iconic aviation related mixed-use complex at Changi Airport, Singapore, and in the joint venture with CMA Singapore Investment (6) Pte. Ltd. for the project.
  • CapitaLand Limited in its acquisition of the Ascendas-Singbridge group of companies from Ascendas-Singbridge Pte. Ltd. The deal is valued at S$11 billion and makes CapitaLand the largest diversified real estate group in Asia, with assets under management of S$123.4 billion.
  • Resorts World Sentosa and Genting Singapore's expansion of the Integrated Resort on Sentosa island, Singapore, with the addition of two new themed attractions and two new hotels.
  • Blackstone in the sale by Blackstone and Soilbuild of a $1.6 billion portfolio of Singapore industrial assets to the joint venture platform owned by Warburg Pincus and Lendlease.
  • Deka Singapore Raffles Place LP, a partnership comprising Deka Immobilien Investment GMBH, a unit of Germany's Deka Group) and Deka Singapore A Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deka Immobilien, in the sale of Chevron House, a 32-storey commercial development located in the central business district of Singapore, for S$660 million to Oxley Beryl Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxley Holdings Limited.
  • EZA Hill Property Management ("EZA Hill") and JD Property Hong Kong Corporation Limited ("JDP") in their joint venture and acquisition of five logistics properties from ESR-LOGOS REIT, at a total consideration of approximately $350m including land premium. This is the first acquisition for both JDP and EZA Hill in Singapore, representing a significant milestone for both parties in its entry into Singapore's industrial market. This deal displays our firm's expertise and familiarity with executing sizeable and complex corporate transactions. The matter spanned across several practice groups (Corporate Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management & Funds and Banking & Finance) in our firm, demonstrating our firm's strength as a full service law firm to provide comprehensive and seamless legal advice throughout the acquisition and financing processes.
  • DHL Supply Chain Singapore Pte. Ltd., part of the Deutsche Post DHL, in the development and lease of a built-to-suit warehouse, located at Greenwich Drive, Tampines LogisPark, Singapore.

Related Practices

  • Corporate Real Estate
  • Myanmar
  • Chambers and Partners: An Introduction to Singapore’s Real Estate Sector 2021
  • Getting The Deal Through - Real Estate - Singapore Chapter 2012 and 2013 editions
  • Real Estate Finance & Investment Review 2014/15

Chambers Asia-Pacific

  • Real Estate –  Band 2

“Teck Howe is a very detailed lawyer who is able to come up with a solution that is commercially viable for all parties involved.”

"Teck has a strong regulatory experience and is rare in the market.”

The Legal 500

  • Real Estate: Local Firms –  Recognised

"Tan Teck Howe – strong regulatory background.”

"Very astute, strong in negotiations and able to explain complex concepts in an accessible manner".

asialaw

  • Real Estate – Distinguished Practitioner

"High level of professionalism and knowledge in his field."

“Strong grasp of legal concepts and his ability to 'think out of the box' and remain composed during negotiations."

Best Lawyers

  • Recognised in Real Estate Law
  • Lawyer of the Year 2023 in Real Estate Law

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Qualifications

Mansfield College, Oxford (BA in Jurisprudence)

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