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Mary Digiglio

Managing Partner
Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects, Stra­ta & Construction, Man­age­ment, Fran­chis­ing

I am a grad­u­ate of AICD and an accred­it­ed prop­er­ty law spe­cial­ist, moti­vat­ed to deliv­er effec­tive and valu­able client out­comes. Core to my offer­ing is my com­mer­cial approach, over­laid with my cre­ative and pro­duc­tive mind­set. I strive to be an inte­gral mem­ber of my clien­t’s team and val­ue the oppor­tu­ni­ty to under­stand their busi­ness as well as their legal issues.

My prac­tice includes prop­er­ty acqui­si­tions, land and mixed title devel­op­ment, prop­er­ty sales, com­plex leas­ing and asso­ci­at­ed com­mer­cial trans­ac­tions. I have a focus on hos­pi­tals, med­ical hubs, busi­ness parks and res­i­den­tial com­mu­ni­ties. I enjoy work­ing close­ly with clients from the out­set to devel­op strat­e­gy and struc­ture arrange­ments and ser­vices inte­gral to their business. 

I have an authen­tic lead­er­ship style. I am pas­sion­ate about advo­cat­ing for the well-being of my col­leagues and clients.

Exper­tise

  • Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects
  • Prop­er­ty investment
  • Prop­er­ty development
  • Leas­ing
  • Stra­ta
  • Fran­chis­ing

Practice & Industry Sectors

  • Real Estate & Construction
  • 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 Cameron Brae Pty Ltd
  • Director of Odyssey House, NSW
  • Former chair of Mer­i­tas ANZ Region­al Man­age­ment Board
  • Mem­ber of the Prop­er­ty Coun­cil of Australia
  • Mem­ber of the Law Soci­ety of New South Wales

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