Sharon Tay

About Sharon

Sharon Tay is a Senior Partner and Deputy Head of our Real Estate & Property Department.

After graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (2nd Class Upper Division), Sharon joined Lee & Lee and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1996. In 2002, she was made a Partner and subsequently Senior Partner, rising to Deputy Head in 2022.

Having been in the profession for almost 30 years, Sharon has gradually expanded her practice to encompass all types of real estate and financing transactions. She represents clients both large and small alike with diverse interests, including individuals, private and public listed companies, property developers, banks, societies and clan associations, charities, high net-worth individuals, management corporations and governmental authorities.

She is especially well-versed in the collective sale and purchase of residential, industrial and commercial developments, sale of housing accommodation and commercial property by developers, structuring of private trust arrangements, management corporation work, and provision of legal due diligence for merger and acquisition transactions.

She is well-liked by clients due to her knowledge and expertise and the personal touch by her when acting for clients. She often gets new matters arising from word-of-mouth recommendation from clients.

Sharon has also helped train new lawyers, having served as a part-time tutor for several years for the Conveyancing module of the Practical Law Course (now called the Part B Course) for applicants to the Singapore Bar, as well as taking in interns and trainees at work under her wings.

Case Highlights

• Acting for government agencies in real estate work, including the sale of land belonging to the Minister for Finance (“MOF”) to the lessees of the development “Normanton Park”.

• Representing the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office (“IPTO”) on matters relating to the collective sale of Henley Industrial Building.

• Acting for Morganite Pte Ltd, a joint venture between CapitaLand Residential Limited (35%), Hotel Properties Limited (22.5%), Morgan Stanley Capital (Real Estate) Pte Ltd (22.5%) and Wachovia Development Company (20%), in the purchase of the development known as “Farrer Court” at a record price of S$1.3388 billion.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “Leedon Heights” in a collective sale whose price was S$835 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “The Grangeford” in a collective sale whose price was S$625 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “UIC Building” in a collective sale whose price was S$600 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “Anderson 18” in a collective sale whose price was S$477.7 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “Char Yong Gardens” in a collective sale whose price was S$420 million.

• Acting for the owners of the HUDC development known as “Waterfront View” in a collective sale whose price was S$385 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “Himiko Court” in a collective sale whose price was S$336 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “Henry Park Apartments” in a collective sale whose price was S$175.888 million.

• Acting for the owners of the development known as “Gillman Heights Condominium” in a collective sale whose price was S$548 million.

• Acting for the owners in the collective sale of several residential developments including Sun Rosier (78 units, S$271 million), Florence Regency (336 units, S$629 million), Kemaman Point (89 units, S$143.88 million), and Dunearn Gardens (114 units, S$468 million).

• Acting for the owners in the collective sale of several mixed-use developments including Pearlbank Apartments (288 units, sold for S$728 million).

• Acting for the purchasers in the collective purchase of several residential developments including Rio Casa (286 units, S$575 million) and Serangoon Ville (244 units, S$499 million).

• Acting for HY-MCC (Bernam) Pte. Ltd. in the government land sale of Bernam Street for $440,900,000.00 and its development.

• Acting for the owners in the collective sale of the mixed-use development known as Peace Centre / Peace Mansion (318 units, $650 million).

• Acting for Lian Beng (Harrison) Pte. Ltd in the purchase of the Food Empire Building from Future Enterprises Pte. Ltd. for $49.25 million.

• Acting for the purchasers in the collective purchase of the residential development known as Chuan Park (446 units, $890 million).

• Acting for the owners in the collective sale of the residential development known as Meyer Park (60 units, $392.18 million).

• Acting for Kingsford Marina Development Pte. Ltd. in the government land sale of Marina Gardens Crescent for $1,034,480,000.00 and its development.

• Acting for SL Capital (8) Pte. Ltd. in the government land sale of De Souza Avenue for $278,900,000.00.

• Acting for Apex Asia (2) Pte. Ltd. in their development of Lot 14950C of Mukim 18 at 8 Sin Ming Road, Singapore and known as “Artisan 8”

• Acting for the Baliff, Sheriff, Mortgagees, Liquidators, Receivers and Management Corporations in numerous forced sale matters.

Publications

• Successful Completion of the Collective Sale of Peace Centre / Peace Mansion (link)

• Forced Sale Of A Strata Unit By The Management Corporation To Recover Arrears Of Contributions (link)

• Alternative Arrangements For Collective Sale Meetings During The COVID-19 Outbreak (link)

• New Seller’s Stamp Duty Regime as at 4 July 2025 (link)

• MCST Forced Sale of Industrial Units to Recover Arrears of Contributions (link)

• New Licensing Regimes for Large-Scale Building Projects in 2027 & 2028 (link)

Awards & Recognitions

• As an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, Sharon was placed on the Dean’s List several times.

Memberships & Directorships

• Member, Law Society of Singapore

• Member, Singapore Academy of Law

She sits on the Board of Directors as an Independent Director of a public listed entity.