Michael Tree­by

Expe­ri­ence

My busi­ness law expe­ri­ence includes advis­ing on buy­ing and sell­ing com­pa­nies and/​or busi­ness assets of all sizes and com­plex­i­ties, draft­ing and nego­ti­at­ing share­hold­er and joint ven­ture arrange­ments, advis­ing on cus­tomer con­tracts includ­ing sup­ply, dis­tri­b­u­tion and exploita­tion agree­ments, and advis­ing on busi­ness suc­ces­sion structuring.

My prop­er­ty law expe­ri­ence ranges from straight for­ward home pur­chase and sale for indi­vid­ual clients to the pur­chase and sale of ful­ly and par­tial­ly ten­ant­ed high-rise office tow­ers, retail shops, agri­cul­tur­al farms and land devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties held as lease­hold, free­hold and stra­ta title. 

I also have exten­sive prop­er­ty leas­ing expe­ri­ence in the retail, com­mer­cial and indus­tri­al areas act­ing for both land­lords and ten­ants through­out Aus­tralia. I cur­rent­ly advise a num­ber of well-known nation­al and inter­na­tion­al brands in their Aus­tralian prop­er­ty portfolios. 

Busi­ness suc­ces­sion and estate plan­ning run hand in hand with my pri­vate client prac­tice and encom­pass Will prepa­ra­tion, buy/​sell arrange­ments and asset pro­tec­tion strategies. 

Expertise

• Due diligence, sale and acquisition of businesses, shares and units
• Due diligence, sale and acquisition of individual residential and mixed-use, rural, commercial, retail and industrial property portfolios
• Property leasing
• Drafting and negotiating joint ventures, strategic alliances, partnership and shareholder agreements
• Family business succession, organisation and re-structuring
• Corporate advisory
• Personal and business structuring and asset protection
• Estate planning

Roles, memberships and education

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from QUT, 1989
• Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, 1989
• Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 1993
• Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, 1994
• Queensland Justice of the Peace (Qualified), 2015
• Secretary, Manly Warringah Athletics Centre Incorporated, 2016 – present