I am a pragmatic and commercial practitioner with accredited specialisations in property law and as a smart collaboration accelerator coach. Motivated to deliver solutions and add value for my clients, service delivery and lateral thinking is core to my offering. My practice includes the development of torrens title and community title subdivisions and multi-titled projects with a focus on hospitals, medical hubs, town centres and new business and residential communities. I enjoy working closely with clients to structure joint venture arrangements, develop, document and deliver innovative real estate projects, negotiate complex commercial and retail leasing deals and manage a broad range of property related issues which arise in the investment and development of real estate assets.
I am passionate about advocating for the wellbeing of the people I encounter in my life, particularly my colleagues in the legal profession and my clients.
Expertise
- Property, Planning & Projects
- Property investment
- Property development
- Leasing
- Strata
- Franchising
Practice & Industry Sectors
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Real Estate & Construction
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
Experience
With over 20 years' as a practicing property lawyer and prior experience in the real estate industry, I have deep experience in a broad range of property matters.
- Acting for property trusts, large listed and unlisted corporations, private hospitals, small to medium enterprises, private developers, investors and franchisors
- Due diligence, disposal and acquisition of mixed-use, commercial, retail and industrial property portfolios, stand-alone properties, shares and units in structures owning
property assets - Drafting and negotiating property joint ventures, partnership and development agreements for small and large scale developments
- Acting in large-scale long-term property projects involving multiple stages creating torrens, community and strata title precincts
- Drafting development documents required in complex stratum, strata and community title developments
- Drafting and negotiating commercial, industrial and retail leasing transactions throughout Australia
- Assisting in the management and resolution of leasing disputes
- Acting for franchisor landlords in franchised leasing arrangements
Roles, memberships and education
- Managing Partner of Swaab
- Property & Projects Practice Group Leader
- Accredited Smart Collaboration Accelerator Coach
- Graduate Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2016
- Accredited Specialist Property Law, 2007
- Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University Technology Sydney, 2000
- Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice, University Technology Sydney, 2001
- Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, 2001
- Advance Diploma in Conveyancing (Distinction), Sydney Institute of Technology, 1997
- Director of Minds Count (formerly Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation)
- Director of Cameron Brae Pty Ltd
- Advisory Member of Iggy Gets Out
- Former chair of Meritas ANZ Regional Management Board
- Member of the Property Council of Australia
- Member of the Law Society of New South Wales