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

Beware Retail Lease Dis­close Statements

Before a retail lease is entered into, the Retail Leas­es Act 1994 (NSW) (the RL Act) requires a land­lord to give a signed Lessor’s…

Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) reforms and oblig­a­tions of land­lords — effec­tive from 19 May 2025

Intro­duc­tionThe Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) (the Act) and the Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Reg­u­la­tion 2019 (NSW) (the Reg­u­la­tions) have under­gone some sig­nif­i­cant…

Fail­ing to Reg­is­ter a PPSR Secu­ri­ty Inter­est on Time – Legal Risks and Options

Intro­duc­tionTime­ly reg­is­tra­tion of secu­ri­ty inter­ests under the Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) is essen­tial for secured cred­i­tors to…

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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