My prac­tice includes acqui­si­tions and dis­pos­als of busi­ness, finance, and prop­er­ty trans­ac­tions and pro­vid­ing gen­er­al com­mer­cial advice. 

The expe­ri­ence I draw from those prac­tice areas helps me to dri­ve com­mer­cial­ly sen­si­ble results for my clients. I enjoy the chal­lenges and results that trans­ac­tion­al work brings.

Exper­tise

  • Com­mer­cial
  • Com­mer­cial Finance
  • Cor­po­rate
  • Cyber
  • Prop­er­ty

Sec­tors

  • Health­care & Allied Health
  • Hotels & Hospitality
  • Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
  • Real Estate & Construction

Expe­ri­ence

  • Acqui­si­tions and dis­pos­als for a wide vari­ety of busi­ness types
  • Cor­po­rate and trust struc­tur­ing, draft­ing of com­pa­ny doc­u­ments and pro­vi­sion of gen­er­al com­mer­cial advice
  • Act­ing for indi­vid­u­als, com­pa­nies and SMS­Fs in con­veyanc­ing trans­ac­tions (rur­al, res­i­den­tial and commercial)
  • Retail and com­mer­cial leas­ing and liquor licensing
  • Doc­u­ment­ing finance and secu­ri­ty trans­ac­tions for lenders
  • Advis­ing borrowers/​guarantors in finance matters
  • Per­son­al prop­er­ty secu­ri­ties doc­u­men­ta­tion and advice
  • Wills, trust and pro­bate matters

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

  • Bach­e­lor of Laws and Bach­e­lor of Cre­ative Indus­tries (major­ing in cre­ative and pro­fes­sion­al writ­ing), Queens­land Uni­ver­si­ty of Technology
  • Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma in Legal Prac­tice, The Col­lege of Law
  • Mem­ber, Queens­land Law Society
  • Mem­ber, Law Soci­ety of New South Wales

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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…

In the News

Press Release | New Senior Pro­mo­tions for Swaab

“It is tru­ly reward­ing to be able to recog­nise the fol­low­ing home grown tal­ent with well-deserved promotions: James Skel­ton appoint­ed to…

Madeleine Urmoneit pre­sent­ed Con­veyanc­ing Essen­tials for Sup­port Staff | Law Soci­ety of NSW

Prop­er­ty lawyer, Madeleine Urmoneit con­duct­ed inter­ac­tive online work­shops, on Con­veyanc­ing Essen­tials for Sup­port Staff for the Law Soci­ety of NSW…

Con­grat­u­la­tions Swaab’s Prop­er­ty team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Lead­ing Prop­er­ty Real Estate Firm, NSW 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions Swaab’s Prop­er­ty team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Lead­ing Prop­er­ty Real Estate Firm, NSW 2022 | 5 years running…

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