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

  • Com­mer­cial
  • Fran­chis­ing 
  • Prop­er­ty
  • Stra­ta

Sec­tors

  • Health­care & Allied Health
  • Hotels & Hospitality
  • Pri­vate Clients & Fam­i­ly Businesses
  • Real Estate & Construction

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

Direct Contact

Publications

The evo­lu­tion of a legal team, intro­duc­ing Swaab’s team ser­vic­ing the prop­er­ty industry

The pace of trans­for­ma­tion, increased vol­ume and com­plex­i­ty of projects has con­tin­ued unabat­ed with­in the prop­er­ty sec­tor. As one of…

COVID-19 | Fur­ther COVID-19 Ten­an­cy Update

On 24 Sep­tem­ber 2020, we pub­lished a COVID-19 Ten­an­cy Update regard­ing the exten­sion of the Retail and oth­er Com­mer­cial Leas­es (COVID-19)…

Our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing 2020

We are almost at the end of 2020, and with the end of a year comes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reflect on…

In the News

Season’s Greet­ings from Swaab

This hol­i­day sea­son, we reflect on the chal­lenges and tri­umphs of the past year and look for­ward to the promise…

Hol­i­day Office Clo­sure — 2024

The Swaab office will be unat­tend­ed over the hol­i­day and new year peri­od from mid­day Tues­day 24 Decem­ber 2024 re-open­ing…

Press Release | Swaab Appoints New Gen­er­al Manager

“Join­ing Swaab is more than a new role; it’s an oppor­tu­ni­ty to embark on an excit­ing jour­ney with an authen­tic and…

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