Peter has extensive experience acting for public and private institutions on commercial property transactions and development projects. Peter's expertise extends to all aspects of property law and a wide-ranging clientele, including institutional landlords, major Australian retailers, supermarkets and banks, the Queensland Government (including a number of key Government Owned Corporations) and various Queensland Local Authorities.
In addition to supporting clients domestically, Peter spent six years working as a property lawyer in the United Kingdom, where he worked on several significant commercial real estate transactions and projects for industrial landlords, private equity firms and registered providers of affordable housing.
Experience
Peter's areas of expertise include:
- commercial sales and acquisitions
- leasing
- property due diligence for corporate acquisitions and financing by major Australian banks
- government infrastructure projects
- commercial and residential property development
- complex property law advice.
Career highlights
Peter's career highlights include:
- representing a major Queensland Government Owned Corporation (tasked with managing long-term investments for the State) with commercial leasing and related asset management across all Australian jurisdictions
- conducting thorough and time sensitive property due diligence with respect to several corporate acquisitions for private investors and financing transactions for major Australian banks
- advising a major Queensland regional local authority on property and procurement matters for an eco-industrial precinct focused on advanced manufacturing and emerging industries (including Green Hydrogen), including drafting and negotiating long-term tenure and infrastructure agreements
- acting for a leading Australian retailer (household name) of home improvement products on redeveloping an existing asset in Queensland (which included complex tenure issues)
- acting for a Queensland Government Department in acquiring a $200mil industrial site in central Brisbane designated as a major venue in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics
- representing a major Australian Supermarket in disposing of surplus land to a private developer subject to satisfaction of development condition.
- advising a Queensland Government Department to acquire an industrial site in Regional Queensland to construct a facility to trial rare-earth mineral production processes for commercialisation
- acting for a Queensland Rail Authority on all their rail corridor related leases and licences and associated non-freehold tenure issues
- advising a private investment manager on preparing a precedent suite of lease documents (between landowner and NDIS provider) for use in NDIS-certified residential properties.