Property & Hotels

Property

Because most of our clients either own or lease property, we are committed to providing practical property advice and solutions.

Whether you are buying or selling your family home, selling your hotel or leasing a multi-hectare warehouse, we are here to help. We regularly assist clients with the sale and purchase of large scale, multi-tenancy industrial and commercial properties. We act and have acted for several off-plan commercial and residential property developers.

We can assist you with:

1. Buying and selling land and development sites.
2. Contract preparation.
3. Pre-purchase contract review.
4. Retail and commercial leases.
5. Agreements for lease and incentive deeds.
6. Co-ownership agreements and venture agreements.
7. Easements and covenants.
8. Put and call options.

Examples of our work:

• Assisting with large-scale subdivision, development and off-plan sale of 50 villas.
• Advising on and negotiating the sale of large industrial land parcels with multiple leases and other complex property issues.
• Sale of shopping centres.
• More than $500 million in hotel sale and purchase transactions in the last decade.

Hotels & Licensing

This is a specialised area of law. Our clients range from small regional hotels to large inner-city establishments. We act for purchasers and vendors who regularly acquire and sell hotel and hospitality businesses for sums in excess of $30 million.

We can assist you with:

1. Buying and selling hotel businesses and land, including the transition of staff and liquor licences.
2. Licensee agreements.
3. Buying and selling PMEs/GMEs.
4. Hotel leases.
5. Shareholders agreements.
6. Co-ownership agreements.
7. Settlements.

Examples of our work:

• Establishment of a new hotel in Sydney’s western suburbs, including a transfer of the liquor licence and GMEs.
• Recent acquisitions of several hotels in Sydney, totalling over $150 million.