Specialist Advisory

Acquisitions

Due diligence and advice on acquisition strategy. Reviewing, negotiating and implementing acquisition documentation, including exclusivity agreements, option agreements and sale contracts.

Compulsory acquisitions

Assisting owners to navigate the compulsory acquisition process. Negotiating and documenting agreements where statutory authorities seek to acquire land.

Disposals

Vendor due diligence to prepare assets for sale. Establishing and managing electronic data rooms. Advice on disposal strategy and maximising value. Preparing, negotiating and implementing disposal documents, including exclusivity agreements, option agreements and sale contracts.

Vendor due diligence to prepare assets for sale. Establishing and managing electronic data rooms. Advice on disposal strategy and maximising value. Preparing, negotiating and implementing disposal documents, including exclusivity agreements, option agreements and sale contracts.

Distressed real estate

Working with external insolvency experts as part of a team to investigate sale strategies for problem sites. Managing and implementing the sale of distressed property to maximise the outcome for creditors/distressed sellers.

Environmental

Dealing with contamination and other environmental issues in the context of a sale or acquisition. Ensuring that strategies are in place to document the agreed risk sharing arrangement. Selling and acquiring contaminated land.

Liquor

Dealing with liquor licensing issues which arise on a sale or acquisition. Selling pubs, hotels, bars and restaurants. Dealing with non-compliance issues as part of a sale or acquisition.

Portfolios

Acting on the sale and acquisition of portfolios of properties, including where the properties are spread across numerous jurisdictions.

Property aspects of corporate transactions

Working with external corporate and M&A experts as part of a team on a listing, share sale, asset sale, business sale or other transaction to expertly advise where the target company has property assets.

Super lot sales

Acting for consortiums of owners who join together to sell property to developers. Drafting co-owner agreements and advising individual owners in relation to their individual interests in owner consortiums. Advising on issues that arise when several owners transact together.