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Philip Dowling

Thomson Geer
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Agriculture & Rural Affairs
    Commercial Law...
  • Website:
    http://www.tglaw.com.au
  • E-mail:
    pdowling@tglaw.com.au
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    Level 28, Waterfront Place
    1 Eagle Street
    Brisbane, AU QLD 4000
Philip has over 30 years' experience practicing in business, commercial, and corporate law.
 
Philip's range of industry experience includes agribusiness (private sector and public sector), mining services, large commercial and residential property development projects, acquisitions and sales, manufacturing, food service, medical practices, wills, and estates.
 
Philip's areas of expertise are:
  • Corporate acquisitions - company and business acquisitions, mergers, buy outs, and joint ventures.
  • Corporate governance - legal compliance, directors' duties, statutory interpretation, governance, and best practices.
  • Commercial - wide range of general commercial legal services to businesses as a principal legal adviser to several large business enterprises, including commercial property transactions.  
  • Restructuring and privatisation -  corporatisation of statutory bodies and co-operatives to public and private companies, as well as restructuring/conversion of private sector companies and businesses.
  • Primary industries - acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, trade sales, co-operation, and alliance agreements. As well as a wide variety of commercial agreements/transactions ranging from grain and commodity storage and handling, shipping, export and supply agreements, share-farming, crop damage, defective/contaminated crops, and sales and purchases of large rural properties.
  • Wills & estates – drafting wills (codicils, memorandum of wishes, and POA's), acting as executor in a large number of estates, completing administration of substantial and complex estates (including probate, letters of administration, and intestacies), and acting in estate litigation.

 

Recent experience includes:

  • Acted as principle legal adviser for Austin Engineering Ltd (ASX:ANG) with work including acquisition of major US mining and engineering services business, acquisition of several substantial mining services businesses in WA, QLD, and NSW, and providing general corporate advice.
  • Acting in multiple business acquisitions (by assets purchase and share purchase) of food services businesses, subsequent divestment to multi-national food services conglomerate.
  • Acting in the restructuring and privatisation of several primary industry sectors and peak industry bodies including the grain, fruit and vegetable, pork, dairy and sugar cane industries.
  • Advising a large developer in the acquisition and proposed 'South Park Development' comprising in 188ha site at Redland Bay for a major residential, commercial and retail development/precinct. Philip also acted for the developer of Port Hinchinbrook Resort.
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Lawyer Bio

Philip has over 30 years' experience practicing in business, commercial, and corporate law.
 
Philip's range of industry experience includes agribusiness (private sector and public sector), mining services, large commercial and residential property development projects, acquisitions and sales, manufacturing, food service, medical practices, wills, and estates.
 
Philip's areas of expertise are:
  • Corporate acquisitions - company and business acquisitions, mergers, buy outs, and joint ventures.
  • Corporate governance - legal compliance, directors' duties, statutory interpretation, governance, and best practices.
  • Commercial - wide range of general commercial legal services to businesses as a principal legal adviser to several large business enterprises, including commercial property transactions.  
  • Restructuring and privatisation -  corporatisation of statutory bodies and co-operatives to public and private companies, as well as restructuring/conversion of private sector companies and businesses.
  • Primary industries - acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, trade sales, co-operation, and alliance agreements. As well as a wide variety of commercial agreements/transactions ranging from grain and commodity storage and handling, shipping, export and supply agreements, share-farming, crop damage, defective/contaminated crops, and sales and purchases of large rural properties.
  • Wills & estates – drafting wills (codicils, memorandum of wishes, and POA's), acting as executor in a large number of estates, completing administration of substantial and complex estates (including probate, letters of administration, and intestacies), and acting in estate litigation.

 

Recent experience includes:

  • Acted as principle legal adviser for Austin Engineering Ltd (ASX:ANG) with work including acquisition of major US mining and engineering services business, acquisition of several substantial mining services businesses in WA, QLD, and NSW, and providing general corporate advice.
  • Acting in multiple business acquisitions (by assets purchase and share purchase) of food services businesses, subsequent divestment to multi-national food services conglomerate.
  • Acting in the restructuring and privatisation of several primary industry sectors and peak industry bodies including the grain, fruit and vegetable, pork, dairy and sugar cane industries.
  • Advising a large developer in the acquisition and proposed 'South Park Development' comprising in 188ha site at Redland Bay for a major residential, commercial and retail development/precinct. Philip also acted for the developer of Port Hinchinbrook Resort.
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  • Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Australia for work in:

  • Agriculture & Rural Affairs
  • Commercial Law
  • Government Practice
 

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Firm Details

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Thomson Geer
http://www.tglaw.com.au
 
Headquarters
Level 25
1 O'Connell Street
Sydney, AU NSW 2000
61 2 8248 5800
5 Office Locations
in 1 Country

Australia

Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Level 7

19 Gouger Street

Adelaide SA 5000

Australia

61 8 8236 1300

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Brisbane, Australia

Level 28, Waterfront Place

1 Eagle Street

Brisbane QLD 4000

Australia

61 7 3338 7500

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Melbourne, Australia

Level 39, Rialto South Tower

525 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC 3000

Australia

61 3 8080 3500

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Perth, Australia

Level 27, Exchange Tower

2 The Esplanade

Perth 6000

Australia

61 8 9404 9100

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