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We understand the business of real estate and our team of lawyers bring significant insight to the various business and legal challenges clients are likely to face within the Australian property industry.

Our multi-disciplinary team offers a comprehensive legal service for a complete solution to the property requirements of our clients.

Key services

  • Commercial, industrial and retail leases to landlords and tenants
  • Property due diligence
  • Property disputes
  • First party property loss
  • Policy indemnity, defence and recovery advice
  • Pursue subrogated recovery action on behalf of insurers
  • Cladding and insurance implications
  • Construction claims under property and liability covers including project specific policies
  • Business interruption cover and claims

Related experience

  • Advising on a large property damage claim, involving the spread of fire and pollution onto surrounding properties and water courses, with policy response, liability and quantum being in dispute.
  • Acting for property trusts in matters regarding their leases of industrial warehouses, office premises and associated retail premises located throughout Sydney.
  • Advising on a $15 million commercial property loss in Sydney involving a number of policy indemnity issues.
  • Policy indemnity/recovery advice and litigation on a wide variety of fire and other property damage related claims involving proportionate liability issues.
  • Acting for insurers in numerous large fire damage claims involving factories, warehouses and domestic premises.
  • Acting for insurers in a number of large Industrial Special Risk (ISR) claims– on both material damage and business interruption losses.
  • Prepared employment contracts for a national property management company