We recognise to be a successful real estate practice, we need to have an interest in and understanding of you and your business. With a problem-solving, practical approach, and a highly engaged and collaborative team, supported by the most advanced and appropriate technology. We cover the gamut of property and leasing services required to effectively carry out large-scale transactions, and complex property projects and developments as well as support you in your day-to-day needs.
Our team
Experience
We have experience in providing transaction and advisory services to property owners, investors, landlords, developers, and tenants throughout Australia. We are sought out by leading land developers as well as government agencies for our expertise. We work with our clients to develop, negotiate, and document deals.
We believe early involvement and understanding your needs minimise unexpected complications which can delay transactions. Based on our extensive industry experience, we offer you a full range of services and practical advice at a local and national level.
Our experience includes:
Includes major retail and commercial projects, acquisitions, and disposals including sale and leaseback, property ownership structures, complex subdivisions, and portfolio rationalisation. We can also assist with property portfolio due diligence, project structuring, joint ventures, and syndicates, documentation, and mixed-use developments including stratum and community title advice.
We have extensive leasing experience (retail, commercial, and industrial) covering strategies, negotiation of documentation, due diligence advice and reports, lease incentives, and rent review disputes. We also have extensive knowledge of national retail legislation.
Expertise
- Advice on shares and units in structures owning property assets
- Advice on complex property ownership structures
- Due diligence on property portfolios
- Drafting property joint ventures or partnerships
- Negotiating property joint ventures or partnerships
- Off-the-plan conveyancing
- Sale and purchase of rent rolls
- Sale and purchase of real estate businesses
- Disposal / Acquisition of residential & commercial property
- Disposal / Acquisition of mixed-use property
- Disposal / Acquisition of Hotel or Hospitality/Licensed premises
- Disposal / Acquisition of rural and industrial property
- Disposal / Acquisition of vacant land for development
- Multi-residential – property development
- Multi-residential – sale or acquisition
- Land sub-divisions
- Easements
- Leasing – Commercial, industrial, retail & franchise property
- Prepare strata titles for developments
- Prepare community titles for development
- Rent Rolls
- Real Estate Regulatory and compliance
- Commission claims
Useful Links
Publications
One Development, Two Towers and Two Occupation Certificates (one Interim and one Final). When Does the Home Building Act Statutory Warranty Period Commence?
The NSW Supreme Court has clarified when statutory warranty periods start for staged developments under the Home Building Act 198…
Restraints and Real Estate – what is enforceable
What do post-employment restraints in real estate really mean for agents and employers? In the property industry, employment agreements often…
Reforming Retail Leases? Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2025 (NSW)
What does the Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2025 mean for landlords and tenants in NSW?On 14 October 2025, the Minister…
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