Find Lawyers in Australia for Real Property Law
Darren specialises in the following areas within the property industry: large scale property and business transactions comprising due diligence, acquisitions, disposals and financing of those transactions in commercial property, tourism and health and aged care sectors commercial and retail leasing structured community title development including mixed use development liquor licensing and gaming rural acquisitions and disposals. In particular, Darren has extensive experience in large-scale pr...
Jane has been a practising solicitor for over 20 years specialising in Real Estate law with a focus on leasing in the commercial, retail, industrial, education and government sectors in all Australian jurisdictions. Jane has a focus on corporate occupier work, acting for commercial tenants in major lease transactions including head office relocations, purpose built industrial premises, distribution centres and data centres. Jane has also managed high volume lease portfolios for retail tenants...
Natalie has close to 20 years’ experience in property, planning and environment law and has been recognised as a leading Australian lawyer in this area in Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. She has also been recognised in the The Best Lawyers in Australia in Real Property Law every year since 2017 and was a Finalist at the 2016 Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards in real estate and for Partner of the Year at the 2014 Australian Law Awards . Natalie acts primarily fo...
Peter is an Accredited Specialist in Property Law. He combines unparalleled technical knowledge of NSW property law with practical experience across the diverse spectrum of property transactions occurring in business and in government. One of Peter’s main areas of practice is acting for state-owned corporations and local government authorities on compulsory acquisitions of freehold land and easements. Peter brings to this work a deep understanding of the complex legislative and procedur...
Don is one of the senior partners in HopgoodGanim Lawyers' property practice and leads our work across residential and mixed-use developments including community title projects and other commercial property transactions. Don’s experience includes acting for property developers, banks and managers such as Aria Property Group, Gurner, Sunland Group, St George Bank and Balmain Asset Management in acquiring development sites, establishing community title schemes and selling proposed lots. D...
David’s practice includes all areas of property, infrastructure, and contract law. He has significant experience in the negotiation and documentation of property acquisitions and disposals, and associated due diligence processes. David has significant experience acting for property developers, purchasers, vendors, government agencies, financiers, leading corporates, landlords, and tenants with respect to development projects, sales and purchases, leasing, building contracts, land divisi...
Rob Bradley is a property lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience in the solving specific, unusual and complex property related matters such as covenant and easement removals, as well as a more traditional property and business law advice. In fact, he is Aitken Partners go-to man on the unusual. He sits on the Property Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Property and Environmental Law section. Rob’s commercial property experience includes working on industrial, c...
About Steven Steven has extensive experience in all aspects of property law and specialises in development work involving complicated community titling and body corporate structuring and documenting those transactions.Steven has been consistently listed in the Doyle’s Guide of leading lawyers in the areas of “Property & Real Estate Lawyers”, “Leasing Lawyers” and “Retirement Living & Aged Care Lawyers”. What he does Steven has acted for owners...
Lisa has over 22 years’ experience across all types of property developments and transactions including acquisitions, disposals and legal due diligence. She acts for various Victorian Government departments and statutory authorities, listed and unlisted corporations and superannuation funds, and is also well-versed in transacting Crown land through her work with the Victorian Government. Lisa has extensive experience in residential, mixed use and commercial developments, including acqui...
Jennifer is a real estate partner with extensive experience in all aspects of commercial property law. In particular, she acts for clients in the government, financial services, transport and infrastructure sectors. Jennifer provides advice on a diverse range of issues including title and development issues relating to infrastructure projects and other government developments, rail corridor access, property management outsourcing, acquisitions and disposals (including in relation to compulsor...
Victor is a Sladen Legal principal and heads the property and development team. Victor works closely with Sladen Legal’s many property and investment clients. When assisting clients on technical and complex negotiations with other parties, Victor brings a problem solving and outcome-driven approach to the table. His dedication to providing a highly personalised level of service and to achieving strong commercial outcomes, has seen him establish trusted and long lasting commercial relati...
Penny’s practice is characterised by her pragmatic approach and her significant level of experience across the property law landscape.Penny has expertise in the preparation and negotiation of specialist lease documentation for owners and tenants of major industrial and warehouse estates in greater Sydney and commercial office buildings in the Sydney CBD and metropolitan area. She also prepares agreements for lease of buildings in the course of construction and licences, incentive deeds,...
Over the last 40 years Lou has advised various large property development companies, government bodies and overseas investors in relation to all facets of property law. Such advice has encompassed sales, acquisition, structuring, subdivision, titling, planning and development, GST, stamp duty and financing. Lou’s practice has a significant focus on all aspects of ‘off the plan’ sales and the preparation of related contracts. Throughout his career Lou has been involved in and...
About Tim Tim is a Consultant in the Corporate & Commercial team. He has a long-standing practice in property law substantially in commercial property and increasingly in all facets of agribusiness. Tim has a natural and consistent commitment to strong relationships with his clients. What he does Tim advises clients on all aspects of commercial property, including large scale acquisitions and sales and commercial and retail leasing for landlords and tenants. That core focus has been consi...
Laura has been practising in commercial property law for over 15 years, with a focus on industrial and retail leasing. Laura’s expertise includes the preparation and negotiation of specialist lease documentation (including ancillary agreements) for owners and tenants of major industrial and warehouse estates in greater Sydney, and commercial office buildings in the Sydney CBD and metropolitan area. She also acts on behalf of clients in large scale property acquisitions and disposals, as...
Melinda is a specialist corporate real estate lawyer. She has substantial experience in the property industry and advises on significant property acquisitions and disposals, mixed use and residential development projects, corporate real estate and leasing for property companies and many corporations whose core business is not property. Coming from a corporate and banking background Melinda is able to add significant value to real estate aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including property ...
About John John is a senior construction and infrastructure lawyer, with over 20 years’ experience advising clients on construction and infrastructure projects. He has particular expertise in infrastructure agreements including engineering procurement and construction, design and construct, operation and maintenance and facilities management contracts and development agreements. He drafts and negotiates all manner of construction and construction related agreements including EPC, D&...
About Andrew Andrew is a lawyer with over 25 years of experience in commercial law, property law and estate planning. Areas of specialisation include business sales and purchases, commercial leasing, finance, partnership agreements, joint ventures, shareholders agreements, trust deeds, property development and complex wills. What he does Andrew has considerable experience in all facets of property law, from entering into and enforcement of securities, to real estate subdivisions and general c...
Phillip Leaman is a versatile commercial and property lawyer with excellent drafting and negotiating skills. Possessing a sound understanding of the business issues facing his clients, he is committed to providing commercially focused legal advice and high level service. Phillip knows that his clients want to get the deal done and start making money, and takes a strategic approach to ensure an effective and expeditious outcome. He provides easy to read, straight forward commercial documents. ...
Eu Ming has over 20 years' experience practicing property and development law in Melbourne. Eu Ming’s primary focus is commercial property, with particular expertise and experience in a variety of property and property related matters. Transactions in significant property assets include due diligence, commercial leasing and various land use agreements, acquisition, structuring, planning, construction and sale of ‘off the plan’ developments for commercial and residential deve...
Emma is a member of the Thomson Geer Property Group. Over the past twenty years in practice she has acquired substantial property experience. Emma has been involved in reviewing and drafting documentation for numerous landlords and tenants in large commercial leasing and property transactions. She has also been involved in substantial property due diligence for both buyers and sellers of properties and in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Recent experience includes: Acting for GeelongPort i...
Julie Maxfield is the team leader of Aitken Partners Property and Business Law Teams. She has many years’ experience advising clients in these areas and is highly experienced in complex real property, planning and development issues. She also has considerable expertise in Health & Aged Care where her advice encompasses everything from regulatory and compliance advice, to transactional, development and structuring advice and documentation.
With more than 35 years’ experience in property law, Richard has advised on matters from major CBD property acquisition and Commonwealth property interests to large scale community title residential development and joint venture property developments. He has extensive experience in advising Commonwealth, state and local government in commercial property related matters and has acted for multiple Councils in property sales and developments. He is also the Honorary Solicitor for the South...
About Helen Helen is an experienced property and development lawyer and is a NSW Law Society Accredited Specialisation in Property Law. Her many years' experience practising in the complementary areas of property, development and leasing enable Helen to provide timely and astute advice to her Hunter-based clients within the public and private sector. What she does Helen has practised in Newcastle for more than 25 years and her commitment to the region and her wide property practice means she ...
Clive is a very pragmatic lawyer and makes sure he is accessible to his clients. He has a deep understanding of the retail sector and through industry experience, has built long-term relationships with developer clients and investors. Clive has a well-earned reputation as an expert in the field of shopping centre leasing and management. In addition, he is an experienced general property lawyer and has acted in the sale and purchase of some of Queensland’s major shopping centres. He has ...
Peter has broad experience in all aspects of property practice and acts, and has acted for many of Australia’s largest private and public property developers and investors. He specialises in major property sales and purchases (and associated due diligence and sale preparation), development and joint venture agreements for retail, commercial, residential and industrial projects, infrastructure agreements, structuring master-planned developments, body corporate law and management rights, ...
About Paul Paul has more than 25 years' experience in all aspects of property, town planning and environment law—acting for developers, government and statutory authorities, landlords, fund managers and investors. He has a wealth of experience in major mixed use and community strata title projects.Paul has acted for some of Australia's largest developers in landmark Queensland projects. He advises on all aspects of a project, from due diligence, site acquisition, to development, titling...
Amy is a partner in Mahoneys' property group. With over 20 years’ experience, she has handled an extensive range of property and business transactions – developing a particular expertise in management rights, motels and leasing. Amy focuses on providing pragmatic commercial advice to her clients. She prides herself on taking the time to get to know each client’s individual needs in order to manage their expectations and achieve the best possible outcomes. Amy is an active me...
Julian is a Partner in our Commercial team and has close to 30 years’ experience specialising in all aspects of real estate law acting for state and federal government and their agencies and private and listed clients. With particular government expertise, Julian handles complex real estate transactions providing legal advice for all aspects of whole-of-portfolio management; commercial property development and joint ventures; and office, industrial, retail and agricultural disposals, ac...
Chris has 25 years’ experience acting in all aspects of real estate investment and development. His expertise includes commercial, retail, residential, and industrial developments. Chris acts for ASX listed companies, private and institutional developers and investors, state government instrumentalities, banks and financial institutions, and consultants to the real estate industry. Chris has acted on numerous high profile hotel and tourism asset transactions including Royals Pines Resor...
Kirsten Pike practises in property law with a particular focus on the acquisition, disposal and leasing of residential, commercial, retail and industrial properties and assets. Kirsten’s clients include listed property trusts, not for profit organisations, high net worth individuals, banks and financial institutions, receivers, mortgagees, liquidators and trustees.
Kathleen is the Director of RH Law, a boutique law firm in Brisbane, Queensland. Kathleen has a deep interest in all aspects of property development, and practises in all areas of property law, from drafting novel transaction documents to the construction and sale of large commercial and residential sites. She regularly appears in the Planning and Environment Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal (Qld) and Land Court matters on behalf of clients. Kathleen’s experience invo...
Matthew Rollason has more than 25 years’ experience as a property, commercial and corporate lawyer, with extensive experience in the areas of property, banking and finance, insolvency and commercial law. Matthew has advised generally in relation to operational and land management matters and complex development arrangements and structures and has acted generally in relation to all aspects of real estate transactions including acquisitions, disposals and leasing. He has a keen interest i...
About Leon Leon is a senior property partner who primarily advises on major development projects where his skills in structuring joint ventures and negotiating finance facilities are highly valued by clients ranging from developers to government entities. What he does Leon's skills in property and finance along with his commercial acumen, negotiating skills and affable style make him a valued team player on project teams responsible for completing complex development projects within time and ...
Dr Michelle Sharpe is a barrister, and a member of the Victorian Bar and New South Wales Bar, practicing primarily in the area of general commercial and regulatory law specialising in contract and consumer protection law. She has appeared both for and against regulators and businesses both large and small. She regularly appears in all jurisdictions in Victoria and in the Federal Court and New South Wales Supreme Court. In 2021 Michelle was elected as the Convenor of the Women Barristers Assoc...
Vicki has over 20 years’ experience in the property field and assists her clients to manage their property portfolios. Her broad client base includes major corporates as owners, developers, tenants and landlords. Vicki’s areas of expertise include acquisition and disposal of property, commercial, industrial and retail leasing, corporate real estate, property development, property advice to the transport industry, subdivision and body corporate advice and property related merger an...
Cameron is an experienced property and real estate lawyer with a particular focus on sales and acquisitions, development, titling and strata and community scheme projects. He can advise on the entire property process – from due diligence, to acquisition, development, titling and ultimate disposal. Cameron's experience encompasses works for property developers, real estate investment trusts, government agencies and superannuation funds. In particular, his expertise include: advising gove...
Julius Skinner is one of Western Australia’s leading planning and environment lawyers, advising clients throughout all stages of the planning and environmental approval processes. He has acted for clients across all industry sectors in respect of planning & subdivision approvals, environmental permits, Works Approvals & Licences, land acquisition & compensation, heritage, contaminated sites and all forms of regulatory compliance. He has conducted numerous State Administrativ...
Jonathan Tisher is well regarded within the Victorian property legal industry. He acts for some of the largest property developers in Victoria and has carried out the legal work on a number of significant landmark buildings within the State. Renowned for his expertise, Jonathan sits on numerous committees and regularly presents to various legal and professional bodies. Jonathan practices in property, leasing, town planning and commercial law. He oversees a variety of property matters (off the...
Catherine is a Partner with more than 20 years’ experience in commercial practice, with a focus on property, banking and finance and local government. Catherine's experience includes acting for major corporate and government clients in relation to property acquisitions and disposals, property development, project structuring, joint ventures, commercial, retail and residential leasing and leasing of vested land, property due diligence, complex conveyancing and land tenure. Catherine also...
Real Property Law Definition
Real Property Law in Australia typically refers to practice in all areas involving the rules governing the acquisition, transfer and holding of land. These rules have been developed under both common law and by federal and state legislation.
Property matters of a transactional nature involve the acquisition or disposition of land. This may range from a residential conveyancing matter to the sale or purchase of a major asset such as a shopping centre or commercial office building. In more complex acquisitions property practitioners may undertake extensive legal due diligence of the property that their client is considering acquiring. Large scale transactions may also require the practitioner to provide advice in relation to strategy and structuring, difficult title and planning issues and taxation laws at federal, state, and local level.
Property practitioners frequently act for landlords or tenants in preparing, advising and negotiating leases including retail, commercial and industrial leases. As the retail leasing sector is now highly regulated in all Australian jurisdictions, property practitioners must have a sound knowledge of the relevant legislation when acting on leasing matters. Practitioners acting for landlords frequently assist their clients in matters of compliance with retail legislation. Leasing practitioners frequently work directly with property managers in relation to legal issues impacting on the management of landowner’s assets.
Specialist property lawyers in Australia act for commercial clients, large institutional investors, individuals, governments, and government departments.
In addition to their core practice areas, property lawyers are also regularly called upon to advise in relation to property development. In this respect, and given Australia’s recent period of sustained significant urban development, their practice often crosses into other practice areas such as planning and environment law, construction law, and finance law. Accordingly, Property law practitioners can often assist with:
formulating land development applications;
providing guidance as to permitted property use and zoning;
assisting to obtaining relevant use permits (such as specific trading or industrial use permits, liquor licenses, or parking licenses);
general compliance with state regulatory requirements such as submissions in respect of applicable land transfer duty (commonly referred to as stamp duty) and land (holding) tax; and
assistance with development financing, development joint-ventures agreements, and partnerships.
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