June Lee

Special Counsel

June is an experienced property lawyer who specialises in real estate capital transactions across a broad range of asset classes and subsectors, including private, commercial, industrial, retail, rural, retirement, and hospitality.

June acts on market-leading real estate acquisitions and disposals as well as on major leasing, joint ventures, project delivery, collective sale and strata renewals, and other real estate projects.

Memberships, Accreditation and Activities

  • Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (University of New South Wales)
  • Juris Doctor (University of New South Wales)
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law)
  • Admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.

Expertise

June’s expertise includes:

  • Disposals, acquisitions, and across diverse real estate asset classes, from commercial and industrial properties to residential developments
  • Real estate development projects including joint ventures, project delivery agreements, development management agreements, option agreements and other structures
  • Real estate investment and development transactions, and advising on real estate aspects of corporate deals
  • Major leasing arrangements (retail, commercial, industrial), including development leasing through agreements for lease and leases for purpose-built premises, and specialised licencing
  • Bespoke document preparation spanning contracts for the sale of land, development management agreements, project development agreements, joint venture agreements, and comprehensive deed preparation covering options, easements, incentives, fit out, exclusivity, cooperation, surrenders, assignments, escrow, confidentiality, and security arrangements.

Recent Matters

  • Acting on numerous disposals and acquisitions of commercial and residential sites. These include transactions such as the acquisition of childcare centres, sale of historical Sydney theatre site, sale of generational freehold island sites in Surry Hills, and the acquisition of a hospital
  • Acting on the acquisition of a multi lot development site with accompanying project and development management agreements
  • Overseeing development leasing portfolios for sites in Hillsdale (retail and commercial), Rozelle (industrial), Box Hill (commercial and recreational), Warwick Farm (retail), and Horsley Park (industrial), including major redevelopment projects
  • Overseeing stream retail and commercial leasing work for outlet centres – approximately 35,000sqm of retail amenity with ongoing expansion through new development and leasing projects
  • Overseeing other large retail, commercial and industrial leasing projects for sites in Macquarie Park, Rozelle, Pennant Hills, North Sydney, and Sydney CBD
  • Acting on major multi-lot acquisitions, including recent 81-lot site acquisition with possible strata renewal in North Sydney.

Memberships, Accreditation & Activities

  • Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (University of New South Wales)
  • Juris Doctor (University of New South Wales)
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law)
  • Admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.