Susheela Rivers

Susheela’s experience includes advising:

• BlackRock on the formation of a Singapore-based joint venture with Weave Living and Lian Beng Group to acquire 12 On Shan, a premium 180-unit serviced apartment complex at 12 Shan Road of Singapore.
• Dubai World Trade Centre on the strategic joint venture with Informa Group Limited to operate exhibitions and events out of the Middle East – South Asia – Africa regions.
• Jingdong on its retail flagship store lease in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
• Weave Living in its joint venture partnership with KKR, where KKR purchased a majority shareholding interest in a company already established by Weave Living holding multiple assets in Japan.
• PGIM on:
  • – its partnership with DigiSPACE for the joint acquisition and development of data centres across Asia Pacific;
  • – acquisition and financing aspects of its joint venture investment with Dash, a co-living space developer, in connection with the acquisition and re-development of The Sheungwan, Central;
  • – its lease of Dash Living on Queen's in Central;
  • – its acquisition of the Travelodge hotel located in Central, Hong Kong, a joint venture with Dash Co-living and HKD450+ million financing with United Overseas Bank; and
  • – its joint venture with a co-living operator regarding an enbloc hotel located in Kowloon.
• JD Property on its acquisition of the LiFung Centre, the 487,350 square foot logistics property located in Shatin, Hong Kong.
• Trio Capital on the acquisition of the Hilton Garden Inn Phuket Bang Tao in Thailand.
• Allianz Real Estate on its co-investment into a fund (with co-investors Gaw Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and Great Wall) that has acquired 16 properties in Hong Kong.
• Nuveen Singapore for their Silk Road Fund on a major joint venture platform (via Malta and Singapore structure) to invest in outlet malls in Asia and China.
• AirTrunk on a hyperscale data centre development in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, and a potential lease in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong for data centre use.
• Gaw Capital Partners on the acquisition of half of a grade A office block in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the subsequent acquisition of the rest of the building, from two separate sellers through the onshore acquisition of holding entities.
• Allianz Real Estate on the acquisition of a portfolio of five modern logistics assets in China that are owned by a Gaw Capital managed fund, and a 31,426 sqm grade-A office asset located in Zhongguancun, a sought-after hub for IT and technology companies in Beijing.
• Crane Capital on its joint venture investment into the acquisition of a portfolio of industrial buildings in Shanghai and the onshore/offshore financing thereof.
• Crane Capital on its acquisition of a Hong Kong serviced apartment complex from Hanison Construction Holdings for HKD420 million, negotiating its subsequent property management agreement and conducting its internal corporate restructure.
• A property development company on a proposed security token offering to raise capital to acquire real estate in Hong Kong and using our DLA Piper tokenisation engine to create tokens for the security token offering.

• Hall of Fame, Real Estate, Hong Kong, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2021
• Band 1 lawyer, Real Estate, Hong Kong, Chambers Greater China Region 2026
• Real Estate practice group ranked Band 1 in Hong Kong, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026
• Acknowledged as a Leading Lawyer in Real Estate by The Lexology Index2025 (formerly Who’s Who Legal)
• Finalist, Real Estate sector, Women in Business Law Asia Awards 2021
• Best in Real Estate, Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2014 and 2019