My practice encompasses commercial, residential, retail and industrial property developments and transactions; complex strata and community schemes; aged-care and retirement villages; hotels and tourism; and leasing.

I have extensive experience advising on stamp duty and tax effective structures, foreign investment, joint ventures, and other contractual and financing arrangements, including for property trusts.

I regularly speak at industry conferences, and have served on the advisory committees of the Property Council of Australia, the Property Industry Foundation and the Urban Development Institute of Australia. I have twice been named Lawyers Weekly ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Seniors Living and Retirement Villages.

Career highlights

• Ping An Insurance – advised on its 50 per cent acquisition in a joint venture with Mitsubishi and Lendlease to develop a landmark tower at Circular Quay
• Stockland Corporation Limited (with the Galileo Group) – worked on the $686 million bid for Woolworths Limited’s sale of its Masters portfolio of properties
• AMP – advised on its joint venture with the Mirvac Group on the acquisition, construction and leasing of a $600 million development at 200 George Street, Sydney
• Walker Corporation – advised on its redevelopment of waterfront land at Rhodes in NSW. This was an $800 million project that involved remediating and redeveloping a paint factory site into a mixed-use, high-rise residential and commercial village
• Fortius Funds Management – advised on the sales of 420 George St, Sydney, and the MidCity Centre
• Nuveen – advised on purchasing a half share of 101 Miller Street and Greenwood Plaza in North Sydney for more than $300 million, the purchase of 20 Hunter Street, Sydney, and the sale of Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre for $285 million.<
• Lendlease – advised on the acquisition of a number of retirement villages, contract simplification  and the ongoing legal management of its retirement village portfolio
• Macquarie Group – advised on the proposed acquisition of the DCA Group’s aged-care business and on the $641 million acquisition of the Zig Inge retirement village portfolio
• Mirvac Group – advised on the sale of its hotel management business, 47 hotels and various associated investments to a consortium comprising AccorHotels Asia Pacific and Ascendas
• Investa, Westpac and ANZ - drafted suites of national lease precedents

Education
BComm, LLB

• Member, Property Council of Australia
• Member, Formerly on Board of Advisers, Property Industry Foundation
• Formerly on Residential Development Committee of Property Council of Australia
• Member and NSW Committee Member, Retirement Village Association of Australia
• Member, NSW Senior Living Committee for Urban Development Institute of Australia 

• MinterEllison assists Nuveen in $285m sale of Brisbane Shopping Centre
  

  In a positive sign that COVID-19 restrictions are not adversely affecting the completion of deals, the sale of 75% of Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre in Brisbane has successfully completed.