CPD Category: Professional (2 CPD credits awarded)

Course Duration: 3.0 hours

Course Synopsis

Latest legal landscape relating to real estate in Singapore. Covering the latest round of cooling measures affecting real estate transactions and the implications on the various methods of transfer of ownership, if any.

Expected Learning Outcome(s):

• Latest legal landscape relating to real estate in Singapore.
• Latest government cooling measures affecting real estate transactions.
• Types of Properties for sale (Residential, Commercial or Industrial) and its implications.
• Practical considerations when selling or buying a property on behalf of the client – Granting of an Option to
Purchase and its terms and conditions.
• The different modes of transferring ownership of a property.
• By way of Sale.
• By way of Gift.
• By way of Trust.
• By way of Intestate Succession Act.
• By way of a Will.
• What are the implications for each mode?
• The importance of knowing these various modes of transfer.
• Case studies.

About the Trainer

Patrick Tan, Chief Executive Officer of Fortis Law Corporation

Mr Patrick Tan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the law firm M/s Fortis Law Corporation. He specializes in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, wealth and legacy management, and real estate. He is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Commissioner for Oaths, a Fellow with the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and an accredited Mediator, appointed by the Singapore Mediation Centre and the Primary Dispute Resolution Centre of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore.

Patrick holds a LL.B (Hons) at the University of Nottingham. He received top honours, clinching several academic prizes in land law, company law and partnership law. Whilst at Nottingham, he served as an editor on the editorial boards of the University’s law society and Malaysian and Singaporean Society.