Commercial Agreements and Structures

• Joint Venture Agreements, Partnership Agreements, Shareholders Agreements and related documentation;
• Management Contracts;
• Service Level Agreements;
• Distribution Agreements;
• Agency Agreements;
• Heads of Agreement;
• Unit Trusts, Discretionary Trusts and Variation of Trusts;
• Loan Agreements; and
• Mortgages and General or Specific Security Deeds;
• Trust and Company Resolutions and facilitating in specie Trust distributions;
• Providing advice in relation to the interpretation of Trusts; and
• Providing advice in relation to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth); and
• Land compensation claims, agreements and advice.

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Property Development

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating Heads of Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements and other commercial agreements in relation to the development of land;
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating conditional and unconditional contracts of sale; and
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating long term leases with major tenants or anchor tenants, including anchor tenants for retail center developments.

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Due Diligence

• Undertaking due diligence enquiries with all relevant authorities in relation to the land and the project, including identifying and advising upon any contamination issues;
• Providing advice in relation to contaminated sites legislation; and
• Providing advice in relation to title or tenure issues, including lease reviews, the effect of restrictive covenants, heritage matters, easements and other types of encumbrances upon the land in question.

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Approvals

Assisting in obtaining all approvals required for the proposed development, including planning commission approval, local authority approval and all other approvals that may be required by a government body or other regulatory agency or authority in relation to the land/development.

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Subdivision

• Assisting in obtaining local government approval and planning commission approval in relation to the subdivision of the land;
• Liaising with surveyors, town planners and other planning consultants in relation to the proposed development;
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating Easements, Restrictive Covenants and other documents affecting the land as required for the purpose of the subdivision of the land or the project; and
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating Off-the-plan Sale Contracts.

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Building and Construction

• Preparing, negotiating and providing advice on building and construction contracts for both owners and builders;
• Arranging the referral of specific issues to building experts and the like, as required, in order to clarify or resolve questions regarding a particular building or structure; and
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating building and construction contracts and property development agreements.

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