At Young & Connell, we focus on providing expert legal services to the property industry.
We do not attempt to cover all areas of law. We prefer to be excellent in our chosen fields.
The majority of our clients are involved in the property industry. They include property developers, builders, investment fund managers, syndicate operators, real estate agents and corporate and private investors in property.
The legal services we provide cover the services typically required by participants in the property industry. For example, we do all of the following:
- negotiate and prepare contracts for the sale and purchase of properties, businesses, shares and other assets.
- undertake legal due diligence for buyers and sellers of properties, businesses, shares and other assets.
- act for buyers and sellers wishing to settle a transaction.
- assist with planning approvals and the meeting of conditions imposed by those approvals.
- deal with strata title development projects and “off the plan” sales of strata title properties.
- prepare development agreements, joint venture agreements and commercial contracts.
- advise on and prepare documents for tourism resort projects and serviced apartments including strata title schemes, managed investment schemes and management rights schemes.
- prepare land use and control documents like easements and restrictive covenants.
- prepare leases for shopping centres, office buildings and other commercial properties.
- act for landlords and tenants in their lease negotiations and in resolving their disputes.
- advise property managers and agents in their dealings with tenants and landlords.
- advise fund managers and syndicate operators about their rights and duties.
- prepare documents for companies, managed investment schemes, syndicates and trusts.
- prepare prospectuses, product disclosure statements and other disclosure documents for capital raising.
- advise on managed investments law and compliance issues.
- advise on corporations law and prepare company documents.
- prepare commercial contracts, loan and security documents.
- advise on rights and obligations under contracts.
- advise on loan and finance arrangements.
- advise on legislation affecting trade and commerce.
- advise on legislation regulating property ownership and use.
