Planning and environment
- Representing developers, local authorities and submitters in appeals, declaratory proceedings, enforcement proceedings and prosecutions under the Integrated Planning Act 1997, Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and Planning Act 2016.
- Advising clients on land use and development assessment matters.
- Advising on environmental issues including contaminated land, approvals and offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
- Complex due diligence assessments for significant acquisitions by large corporate entities, including matters under the Building Act 1975.
- Preparing a complex Voluntary Planning Agreement for a major Sydney development.
- Preparing and implementing an ‘empty property strategy’ to bring abandoned properties back into use for a local authority in London.
Compulsory acquisition and valuations
- Representing and advising the State of Queensland on a range of compulsory acquisitions under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.
- Representing and advising resuming authorities and landowners on compulsory acquisitions under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967.
- Negotiating compensation agreements on behalf of landowners and resuming authorities.
- Representing and advising landowners on objections to annual land valuations under the Land Valuation Act 2010.
Other commercial experience
- Representing a bank in a debt sale including developing and administering a large data room, advising on real property securities and involvement in contractual negotiations.
- Representing banks in proceedings to recover possession of secured properties.
- Part of a team responsible for document disclosure for a multinational company being investigated and prosecuted by numerous national security regulators, reportedly involving one of the largest document reviews ever undertaken (approximately 80 million documents).