Why AJ & Co?

‘I have worked with Andrew Johnson previously. When he set up his own firm, I knew it would be a progressive, positive, and energetic workplace that treats its clients and staff with respect. I knew that missing the opportunity to join the firm would be a mistake I would regret.’

Expertise

• Property development
• Commercial, industrial and residential disposals and acquisitions
• Establishment of bodies corporate and subdivisions
• Due diligence
• Real estate and commercial finance
• Commercial, industrial and retail leasing for landlords and tenants
• Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
• Hospitality law, including liquor licence and gaming applications and
  amendments

Experience

Recent transactions of note include:

• acting as key legal advisor to BusWest Holdings in the negotiation of an international syndicate in a joint venture and facility agreement for the BusWest industrial development;
• acting as key legal advisor on the sale of the land and separately the business of Agnes Waters Beach Holiday Caravan Park;
• acting for Clarance Property Group on the structuring and sale of its off the plan industrial development at Heathwood;
• advised and negotiated the $32.25m sale of a proposed lot which was the subject of an agreement to lease to Volvo Group Australia, the fund through deal (from negotiation to execution) took less than a week;
• advising major retail tenants (including top 10 ASX companies) and institutional landlords on the negotiation of leases, preparation of master leases and disputes with landlords nationally;
• advised joint venture partners on the structuring and development of a staged off-the-plan strata industrial project with a completed value of $1.5 billion;
• advised listed and unlisted clients and property funds on complex acquisitions and disposals of property including development, agricultural and industrial sites and retail and commercial centres;
• advised a major multinational on the acquisition of $188m worth of hotel and gaming sites, including obtaining liquor and gaming licenses using foreign sourced funds;
• advised and negotiated leases (including design and construct agreements to lease);
• advised on lease disputes for top 10 ASX companies and government departments;
• advised on the sale and purchase of management rights businesses for residential towers; and
• advised on finance facilities (including mezzanine finance facilities) and associated security documents for property developers;
• acting as key legal advisor on the lease and financing of a new neighbourhood shopping centre at Thornlands.