Real Estate | Asia-Pacific

Baker McKenzie has an extensive real estate bench with significant local and international capabilities. The team especially acts for leading Thai and international property developers on significant projects, including acquisitions and financings of hotels, office buildings, retail developments and data centres. The firm also advises on hotel management agreements and licences, land law issues, and REITs and infrastructure funds. The team works alongside Baker McKenzie's insurance, M&A, tax, dispute resolution and finance teams to provide a full real estate offering. Clients include GIC, HKR International and Summit Seoyon Business Development (Thailand).

Blumenthal Richter & Sumet is especially active in advising clients on the acquisition and development of hotels and resorts in Thailand, as well as retail properties. The team receives frequent instructions from developers, private equity investors and property owners, as well as high net worth individuals. The firm often represents international clients on inbound projects, advising on sale and purchase agreements, construction contracts, leasing deals, land due diligence and restructuring.

Siam Premier International Law Office has a solid corporate real estate offering, which is regularly mandated by investors and property developers on acquisitions and leasing agreements, including for office, residential and retail developments. The firm is especially instructed by international hoteliers on due diligence and zoning regulations for land acquisitions. The team is regularly mandated by foreign corporates in Thailand, as well as individual clients. Nippon Steel, Azelis and ESR New Investment are clients.

Tilleke & Gibbins is entrusted by Thai and international property developers and investors on condominium and office developments, manufacturing facilities and hotel management agreements. The team assists clients with lease and sub-lease agreements and construction matters. It is also well placed to handle related disputes, alongside tax issues.

Chandler MHM has a respected real estate department with a strong focus on REIT transactions, including fund establishment and investments, acting both for REIT managers and for financial institutions. The team also regularly advises Thai and Japanese clients, including developers, on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and financings involving residential, hotel and industrial developments. The firm additionally leverages its association with Mori Hamada & Matsumoto to service Japan-related property deals.

DFDL's real estate team offers extensive assistance to individual and corporate developers, with considerable experience advising on luxury hotel and residential developments. The team holds experience in advising clients on hotel management agreements, as well as general corporate, tax structuring, financing, land and contentious matters associated with real estate projects across Thailand. The firm acts for both Thai and international developers, including several Chinese clients. DFDL has offices in both Bangkok and Ko Samui.

DLA Piper possesses a broad real estate offering covering acquisitions and disposals, planning and land use, and financing. The real estate team regularly advises foreign entrants into Thailand on commercial lease agreements. The department is particularly well placed to advise on retail, hotel and residential developments as well as real estate litigation. Additional advice provided by the team is often on the land and construction law aspects of infrastructure project development. It assists both domestic and international clients with projects in Thailand and regionally. John Swire & Sons Hong Kong and Anschutz Entertainment are key clients of the real estate practice.

IAS Advisory is a law firm in Bangkok that regularly advises Thai property developers, as well as high net worth individuals and foreign private equity funds, on real estate transactions. The firm is active on deals across Thailand, including in relation to hotels and residential properties, educational and medical facilities, and land for the development of energy projects. Clients include Chai Wattana Green Power and Sathitpathum Demonstration School.

SCL Nishimura & Asahi's real estate team is experienced in land acquisitions, property developments and regulatory matters, including in the retail, residential and hotel spaces. The real estate team often assists with lease agreements and related negotiations and is knowledgeable on development of factories and industrial estates.

Weerawong C&P regularly advises prominent Thai real estate developers and financial institutions across a range of mandates. The team is adept in handling the acquisition and financing of hotel, residential, office, retail and mixed-use developments. The real estate offering is mandated on local and international matters, especially on real estate litigation as well as capital markets transactions in the real estate sector. It combines the strength of its corporate, financing and disputes teams to handle a full range of real estate matters.