ANREV Briefing - Structuring Singapore Residential Property Investments and a MIT Compliant Pan Asian Real Estate Fund

14 Jun 2016 @ Hong Kong

ANREV BRIEFING
TUESDAY 14 June 2016
HONG KONG

 

Structuring Singapore Residential Property Investments and a MIT Compliant Pan Asian Real Estate Fund

ANREV is pleased to invite you to join an afternoon briefing on 14 June in Hong Kong.
In collaboration with Clifford Chance and PwC, this briefing session will focus on the latest trends in structuring pan-Asian real estate funds as well as investing into Singapore residential properties as an asset class.  The session will address:

 •  Potential fund structures, including the use of feeder funds and parallel structures
   for European and US investors and the associated tax implications
 •  How the Managed Investment Trust ("MIT") regime for Australian real estate 
   investments could impact the fund structure
 •  An overview of the tax considerations relating to Singapore residential property 
   investments

Details
Date : Tuesday 14 June 2016
Time : 16:30 – 18:00 (registration starts at 16:15)
Speakers : Teo Wee Hwee, Partner, PwC Singapore
    KK So, Partner – Asia Pacific Real Estate Tax Leader, PwC Hong Kong
    Anulekha Samant, Senior Manager, PwC Singapore
    Matt Feldmann, Partner, Clifford Chance Hong Kong
    Kai-Niklas Schneider, Partner, Clifford Chance Singapore
Locations : 27/F, Jardine House, One Connaught Place, Hong Kong
RSVP : Please email to [email protected]
Fees : Free of charge for members and institutional investors
    and HKD$250 for others.
   

We would like to thank Clifford Chance for hosting this event and PwC for providing refreshments.

Speakers' bio follows:

  Teo Wee Hwee
Partner – Real Estate Tax Leader
PwC Singpaore
 
Wee Hwee is PwC Singapore's Real Estate Tax Leader specialising in the area of fund structuring, REIT and tax minimisation strategies for real estate and infrastructure investments across Asia Pacific. He has been with the firm for about 19 years and has advised clients on cross-border transactions including countries such as Australia, China, India, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc. He is a frequent speaker on real estate tax-related topics and has spoken at several workshops and seminars organised by the Asia Pacific Real Estate Associations, the National University of Singapore and the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore. Wee Hwee is an Accredited Tax Advisor, the highest level of qualification issued by the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals.
 
 

KK So
Partner, Asia Pacific Real Estate Tax Leader
PwC Hong Kong


KK is PwC’s Asia Pacific Real Estate Tax Leader. In Hong Kong / China, KK leads a tax advisory group which specialises in real estate, infrastructure and construction. KK’s clients include global, regional and country specific real estate / infrastructure funds, private equity funds, pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, REITs, listed property groups, and other investors. He is a frequent speaker on real estate and asset management related subjects.

  Anulekha Samant
Senior Manager, Tax - Fund Structuring and Real Estate
PwC Singapore

Anulekha is part of the tax team at PwC specialising in structuring of funds with varied investment strategies and she focuses on real estate as an asset class. She has advised clients on cross-border real estate transactions which include countries like Australia, Japan, China, India, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea. She has been with PwC Singapore for ten years and has tax experience from her time spent in India and Switzerland.

Anulekha is an Accredited Tax Advisor with the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals and is also a Chartered Accountant from India.
 
  Matt Feldmann
Partner
Clifford Chance Hong Kong
 
Matt is a partner in the Funds and Investment Management group in Hong Kong and co-heads the Firm's Asian Real Estate Sector. He has been in Hong Kong since 1998 and is experienced in all types of private funds formation work (including hedge, private equity, real estate, mezzanine, and infrastructure funds), and advises on financial regulatory matters. Matt is fluent in English, French and German. He is a member of ANREV's Professional Standards Committee and chairs ANREV's Regulatory Sub-Committee.
 
  Kai-Niklas Schneider
Partner
Clifford Chance, Singapore
 
Kai is a partner and head of the Funds and Investment Management group in Singapore. He is a US qualified lawyer with over 15 years of specialist experience in the funds sector and advises clients on the formation of and investment in a wide variety of private funds. He regularly advises sponsors on accessing the US and EU markets as well as on regional licensing and securities laws. Kai is a member of the Advocacy Subcommittee of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA) and the Singapore Regulatory Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). He is recognised as an Up-and-Coming Partner and ranked in Chambers Global and Legal 500 since 2012.

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