As one of Australia’s largest property teams, we provide property groups with comprehensive legal services, handling significant acquisitions and disposals, leasing portfolios and diverse development projects, informed by industry knowledge and focusing on solutions.
We act on many of the most significant sales and acquisitions in the market. We act on a range of cross-jurisdictional leasing portfolios for major landlords and tenants. We advise on the full range of developments including mixed-use, commercial, industrial, retail and residential projects.
With the increased need to provide clients with a wide range of property legal services, our team has a particular focus on being solution-focussed and ensuring that legal services are provided at agreed and consistent levels, whether for a complicated transaction or when managing a client’s portfolio.
Our expertise include:
Property development
Acquisitions and disposals
Leasing
Forced sales by mortgagee in possession, receivers and managers or liquidators
Subdivisions, community title and strata schemes including establishment of titles, body corporate management, and sale of management rights
Tax advice including CGT, land tax, GST and stamp duty.
We also advise on broad-acre subdivisions including contract negotiations, put and call options, easements and settlements.
We advise on infrastructure projects including transport, water, gas and electricity, and renewable energy. We provide advice in relation to listed and unlisted funds management and property trusts, syndication, funds management and securitisation. We also advise on Joint Ventures including incorporated and unincorporated developments, and structuring advice.
Acting for Investa on the Acquisition of 220 London Circuit, Canberra City. This property is 22,300sqm and forms part of Constitution Place, a two-building mixed use complex
AFIAA Swiss Foundation for Real Estate Investments (AFIAA)Acquisition of 100% of the units in the landowner trust and 100% of the units in the corporate trustee holding 36 Carrington Street Sydney
LOGOS on acquiring various properties in Craigieburn in Victoria, comprising some 80 hectares. The transactions required negotiations with various landowners and the complexity of combining the sites. The acquisition of the consolidated site provides the opportunity for LOGOS to develop a major Industrial and Logistics Estate, with leading logistics occupiers
GIC (through ESR Australia) in the investment of $400 million to ESR’s development at Kemps Creek where Sydney’s second airport is under construction and due to open in 2026
Oxley Holdings on the sale of a development site at Walker and Hampden Streets in North Sydney to Cbus and Galileo. This was one of the largest residential development site sales of that year
Blackstone Real Estate on the sale at 38 Sydney Avenue, Forrest Canberra to Irongate was significant as it was 55% leased to the Australian National Audit Office with 13 years remaining on the lease term.