Practice Expertise

  • Leasing
  • Real Estate
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Areas of Practice

  • Leasing
  • Real Estate
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WSG Practice Industries

Profile

I advise a diverse range of clients, including listed Australian REITs, listed property developers, financial institutions, resource companies, governments and high-net worth individuals.

Known for my diligent yet pragmatic approach and dedication, I take an active interest in understanding my client's strategic and commercial objectives in each transaction in order to give tailored and practical advice they can trust.

Career highlights

Infrastructure and Renewable Energy Projects

Powerlink: Advising on the real property and tenure aspects of the ~$5B 'CopperString 2032 Project' - a ~1,100km, high voltage electricity line to be constructed between Townsville and Mt Isa.

Stanwell: Advising on the real property and tenure aspects of various renewable energy projects in Queensland, including Wambo Wind Farm and the proposed CQ-H2 Central Queensland Renewable Hydrogen Project

Stockland: Advising on the tenure aspects and long-term licence agreements as part of the sale of its existing and in-development solar panel systems at 30 specified retail, industrial and workplace sites across Australia to Energy Bay.

Vestas: Advising on all land access and tenure aspects of a proposed Wind Farm development comprising a 1200MW wind farm, a 330kV electricity transmission line and substation.

Pacific Partnerships: Advising on all tenure and land access requirements as part of its acquisition and development of the 300MW Hopeland Solar Farm.

Capital transactions

AMP: Advised on the transfer of the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund portfolio comprising 11 commercial office properties in Sydney and Melbourne with an aggregate value of ~$7.7 billion.

Dexus: Advised on:

  • Dexus's bid to acquire a portfolio of 45 industrial and logistics properties across Australia for ~$3.5 billion, part of the largest real estate transaction in Australia in 2021.
  • The disposal of the 'Blue Tower' and 'The Annex' at 12 Creek Street, Brisbane (~$420 million), the 'Gold Tower' at 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane (~$285 million) and the 'Southgate Complex' at South Bank, Melbourne (~$580 million)t.

Stockland: Advised Stockland on the disposal of over 10 large sub-regional shopping centres between 2019 – 2024 (aggregate value ~$1.3 billion), including 'Stockland Cleveland', 'Stockland Caloundra', 'The Pines' and 'Stockland Gladstone' shopping centres.

Leasing transactions

PricewaterhouseCoopers: Advised on:

  • The leasing aspects of PwC's divestment of its government consulting business to Scyne Advisory, including sub-leases and requisite consents for PwC's offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
  • The extension and variation of PwC's head office lease at One International Towers, Barangaroo and its office lease at 480 Queen Street, Brisbane.

Powerlink: Advised on an agreement to lease a warehouse facility to be constructed at the Australia TradeCoast Industrial Precinct at Pinkenba (45,000m²).

Fortius: Advised on the anchor tenant lease to Anglo American Metallurgical Coal of its Australian head office premises at 201 Charlotte Street, Brisbane (~8,000m²).

MaxiTRANS: Advised on its agreement to lease a custom designed and built manufacturing and storage facility at Carole Park (~13,500m²).

Areas of Practice

  • Leasing
  • Real Estate

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