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I practice in property and commercial law, with more than 15 years experience advising vendors, purchasers, developers and government clients across a broad range of property and transactional matters. Areas of Practice• Land tenure arrangements and advices;• Purchases, sales and development of residential property;• Commercial, rural and off the plan property acquisitions, sales and advice;• Business acquisitions, sales and advice;• Body Corporate related matters;• Retail and commercial leasing;• Estate planning;• Wills and estates administration; and• General commercial and property law.ExperienceI supervise the conveyancing practice at Keir Steele Waldon Lawyers, and am experienced in transactional conveyancing and property law. In addition to conveyancing transactions, I am also experienced with higher level property acquisitions and sales, including:• contract preparation and negotiation, including drafting complex special conditions; • conducting thorough due diligence on property acquisitions; and• advising clients on the legislative consequences of property transactions.• commercial and retail shop leasing;• drafting, negotiation and registration of trustee leases for local Governments and Government organisations;• rural transactional work, including cane farm acquisitions and cattle property transfers;• the preparation, negotiation and registration of easement documents;• preparation, negotiation and settlement of asset sale agreements;• high level evaluation of land tenure arrangements; and• general commercial law matters.I relation to estate law, I prepare wills (which may incorporate testamentary discretionary trusts), powers of attorney (both enduring and general), advanced health directives and binding death nominations. My involvement in estate law is also extended to the administration of deceased estates on behalf of Executors.

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