Drew & Napier - Partners' Profiles

David is a Director in the Corporate and Finance Department and is the head of the China Desk. He joined Drew & Napier in 1985 and became a partner in 1992. He has been a director since Drew & Napier LLC corporatised on 1 May 2001. For 8 consecutive years, David has been named by Asia Pacific Legal 500, an international legal publication, as a leading Real Estate lawyer.

Acted for:

Banks and financial institutions, individual clients and property development companies
Purchasers/sellers of JTC industrial property
The developer of CHIJMES, a conservation/restoration development featuring commercial and retail outlets and a monument
Sellers in numerous collective “en-bloc” sales including the first such transaction in Singapore and largest (of its time), both in terms of the number of sellers and the value of the land
Foreign property developers in sales of overseas properties to Singapore buyers

Representation of developer of mixed development:

Handling legal work relating to combined commercial and residential development, including applications for approvals, subdivision and separate titles and preparation of sale and purchase agreements and leases

Representation of local developers:

Handling residential development projects comprising condominium, semi-detached and detached houses

HDB Shoplease Financing Scheme when it was first launched
Preparation and registration of Memoranda of Mortgage and drafting standard Terms and Conditions governing secured loans for financial institutions
Statutory Vesting of various parcels of lands in Singapore
Representation of statutory boards
Acquisition of industrial properties (including Jurong Town Corporation (“JTC”) properties) and handling “change of use” applications and negotiations