Mills Oakley Lawyers

James Price
Partner
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James Price is the team leader of Mills Oakley’s Property team.

Experience    

James has 15 years experience advising clients in various areas of property law, with particular expertise in commercial development contracts, leasing and sales and purchases.

James:

• has a strong commercial focus with proven ability to work with key external and internal managers to achieve commercial objectives
• is efficient, accurate and comfortable with complexity
• supervises teams of lawyers on very complex transactions
• provides practical and precise legal advice to some of Australia’s largest companies

James provides advice relating to;

• contracts of sale, property development agreements and purchase and sale of private and public assets and businesses
• comprehensive legal due diligence of real property matters
• retail and commercial leases and associated documents
• advising on commercial property developments and transactions
• property issues for major infrastructure projects

Specific appointments   

Construction and Development and Leasing:

• Acting for Industry Superannuation Property Trust in relation to the development and leasing of 740 Bourke Street, Docklands, 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth, and 447 Collins Street, Melbourne
• Acting for the proposed developer of the new Transport Accident Commission head office in Geelong
• Acting for the developer of City Square apartments
• Acting for Mayne Group in relation to the Dorevitch Pathology development in Heidelberg
• Acting for AMP as landlord in relation to its leasing of 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne and 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
• Acting for the Commonwealth Bank as landlord in relation to its leasing of 101 Collins Street Melbourne
• Acting for MFS Limited as landlord in relation to its leasing of 200 Queen Street, Melbourne
• Acting for GPT in relation to its leasing of 530 Collins Street, Melbourne and Melbourne Central
• Generally, acting for both tenants and landlords of many industrial, commercial and retail premises

Property Acquisitions and Sales:

• Acting for institutional investors and listed property trusts in the purchase of major office buildings including 565 and 569 Collins Street, 222 Exhibition Street, 200 Queen Street, 11 Exhibition Street, 436 St Kilda Road, and the Telstra Office portfolio, valued at over $570 million
• Acting for AMP in relation to the purchase of Ocean Keys Shopping Centre ( a major regional centre in WA) from Coles Myer
• Acting for Centro Properties on the purchase and subsequent development of Box Hill shopping centre
• Acting for the institutional investors and listed property trusts in the sale of buildings including 500 Collins Street, 133 Collins Street, 580 St Kilda Road
• Acting for Brambles in relation to the purchase and leasing of industrial land throughout Australia including all environmental and contamination aspects
• Acting for the vendor of City Square apartments

Projects:

• Acting for Pacific Hydro Limited in relation to the Portland Wind Farm Project and several other wind farm projects throughout Australia, including providing advice in relation to land tenure, financing agreements, acquisition of easement rights over public and private land, connection and transmission agreements.
• Acting for the financier of the Canunda Wind Farm project in South Australia
• Acting for the financiers of the Southern Cross Building, Exhibition Street, Melbourne
• Acting for the financiers of the new Melbourne Convention Centre development
• Acting for the financiers in relation to its due diligence of the Royal Showgrounds Project
• Conducting due diligence for proposed purchaser of GPU GasNet assets
• Acting for Gunns Limited and Integrated Tree Cropping Limited in relation to its woodlot managed investments
• Conducting due diligence for Development Australia Fund Management in relation to the Spencer Street Railway Station Development
• Acting for AMP in relation to property aspects of the sale of the Myer business by Coles Group Limited
• Acting for ANZ Banking Group Limited in relation to its banking facilities at Sydney airport
• Conducting property due diligence for major infrastructure projects

Professional Qualifications   

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
• Admitted to practice in April 1996