Meet the team

Real Estate

Piper Alderman

Adelaide, Australia
+4 other locations
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Brisbane, Australia
  • Perth, Australia
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Deals

262 Lorimer Street Pty Ltd

Acting for the seller on the shed sale of 262 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne, an industrial facility for $81.6 million.

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Ace Dairy

Acting in the sale of various pastoral holdings in Gippsland, Victoria.

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Alceon Group Pty Ltd

Acting for the privately-owned financier and multi-strategy alternative investment manager, in its sale of the newly constructed commercial office building at 1 Miles Platting Road, Eight Mile Plains.

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Antunes Group

Acting for the developer on its acquisition of the Hallett Cove Shopping Centre, South Australia.

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Broadmoor Private
Investments Limited

Acting for Singaporean based client on the acquisition of NAB house from Southern Cross Equity Group, marking the first major CBD office investment transaction completed since the onset of COVID-19 in Adelaide.

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Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC)

Acting on its divestment of a national portfolio of 8 strategically located automotive dealership assets across
4 different states to Eagers Automotive (ASX: APE) for $105 million.

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Cleanaway Waste Management Limited (ASX:CWY)

Advising with respect to the sale of land and leaseback of a purpose built waste transport facility (to be constructed by Charter Hall) situated at Wingfield, South Australia.

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CS Development Group

Acting for the Developer in the drafting of scheme documents and off the plan contracts and conveyancing on sale of the 92 residential apartment lot proposed Community Titles Scheme and Management Rights at Stones Corner, Brisbane.

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Duxton Group of Companies

Advising on the acquisition of a 217,000 hectare cattle station in Claraville within the Northern Gulf of Carpentaria region of Queensland which was transacted on a walk-in walk-out basis including livestock and plant and equipment.

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Edge Early Learning Group

Acting for the provider of premium childcare services on its acquisition of 19 childcare centres (18 operational and one development site) across South Australia and Queensland for circa $80 million.

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FRP Capital Pty Ltd

Acting for Adelaide based fund manager in its acquisition of the Carramar Village Shopping Centre.

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FRP Capital Pty Ltd

Assisting with the fund’s acquisition of Yanchep Central Shopping Centre and the subsequent development of a portion of unimproved land included in the acquisition which will be utilised to expand the centre to accommodate several large non-discretionary retailers.

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Growthpoint Properties Australia (ASX:GOZ)

Advising in connection with the grant of an underlease to Australia Post (which will be used to accommodate Australia Post’s parcel delivery and distribution facility) within the Adelaide Airport precinct.

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McMullin Developments

Acting in a turnkey aged care project involving the sale of land, finance, security documents, development and construction of a 144 aged care bed facility in Chirnside Park.

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McMullin Group

​​​​​​​Conducting due diligence and acting in the acquisition of a Shell site in Donnybrook for industrial and commercial development.

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Misquitta Childcare Property Pty Ltd and Genius Learning Pty Ltd

Acting for Misquitta on the sale of its premium childcare centres located in Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia to a joint venture between Federation Asset Management and BlackRock, subject to long term leases to Genius Learning Pty Ltd.

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Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL)

Acting for PBPL, the effective landlord of premises to be constructed by PBPL for a long-term lease of industrial premises to Wallace International Pty Ltd.

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Rockhampton Regional Council

Acting in the preparation of a development agreement for the construction by Alliance Airlines of an Airport Maintenance Facility, whereby Council were to contribute to the cost of Civil works from a Federal Government Grant.

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Tian An Australia Limited (ASX:TIA)

Advising in respect on the development structuring, documentation and negotiation of the joint venture arrangement with Linfield Auburn Pty Ltd (LFD), governing Tian An Australia Limited’s (TIA) $50 million investment into the Auburn Square project.

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Warakirri Asset Management

Conducting due diligence and acted in the acquisition by Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Land Trust of Victorian and Queensland properties and water shares, and leaseback to the vendor for horticultural use.

Acting for the leading agricultural investment manager in its acquisition of the Josef Chromy Estate near Launceston.

Acting for the leading agricultural investment manager in its acquisition of the stone fruit orchards in Cobram, Victoria, and Bilmont on the NSW side of the river in the Swan Hill region.

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Team Services

A strong commercial focus is integral to obtain favourable outcomes for clients in the real estate sector.
We combine commercial nous with extensive experience and legal skills to achieve excellent results for our clients in this sector.


Piper Alderman provides a broad range of services to clients involved in the real estate sector including:

  • Institutional investors
  • REITs
  • Property developers
  • National landlords and tenants
  • Air and sea port managers
  • Local authorities
  • Quarry operators
  • Telecommunication companies and a diverse range of corporate organisations transacting in the Australian office
  • Industrial
  • Retail
  • Hotel
  • Residential
  • Mining
  • Aged care, and;
  • Rural property markets

Our lawyers have a strong transactional focus and are highly responsive, especially in the document preparation and transaction
negotiation stage. We have the experience to provide commercially astute advice and recommend solutions which reflect commercial objectives and protect against unacceptable risk.

We are well known for our work with developers, where we add value to a development project by preparing quality documents and working closely with our clients to assist in firming up a development feasibility and in document preparation and negotiation to identify the legal and commercial risks, and make recommendations on managing those risks.

Our many years of industry experience in the leasing sector enables us to provide high quality, sensible and cost effective advice to landlords and tenants across Australia in office, commercial, industrial, retail and strata title leasing, agreements for lease, incentive and fit out deeds, licences and assignments. We also have extensive experience and intimate knowledge of strata title schemes in each state acting mainly for apartment developers in preparation of ‘off the plan’ contracts and disclosure statements, scheme structuring, staging of strata title development and management rights.

Our clients operating in the real estate sector also benefit from the expertise of our national firm with whom our real estate lawyers work closely. Some of those areas of expertise include:

  • Corporate
  • Commercial
  • Tax
  • Construction
  • Infrastructure
  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Employment Relations
  • Dispute resolution

 

Testimonials

Awards and Recognition

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Australia - Real estate, 2023 edition

"Piper Alderman‘s team is reputed for the uniform ‘depth of skills and experience amongst partners and associates.’ The group is led from Adelaide by exceptional all-round lawyer‘ Adam Rinaldi, alongside the Brisbane-based Mark Askin, who has acted for leading property institutions and REITs in various real estate capital transactions on a national scale. Other key names to note include the Brisbane-based Lauren Abbott, who was promoted to senior associate in July 2021." In the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Piper Alderman was recognised across 12 areas of law including Real Estate. A number of our team members were highlighted as recommended or key lawyers for this category including: Adam Rinaldi, Lauren Abbott and Mark Askin

THE BEST LAWYERS IN AUSTRALIA, 2024 EDITION

In the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia, 54 of Piper Alderman’s lawyers are recognised across 43 legal areas including the following, in which our Real Estate team members were recognised for: Real Property Law, Leasing Law, Native Title Law & Planning & Environment Law.

Doyle's Guide

Piper Alderman has been recognised as a Leading Property & Real Estate Law Firm in South Australia & Queensland in 2023, along with Mark Askin recognised as a Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyer and Leasing Lawyer in Queensland and Adam Rinaldi recognised as a Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyer and Leasing Lawyer in South Australia.

AUSTRALASIAN LAWYER FAST FIRM 2023

Listed since 2021 as an Australasian Lawyer Fast Firm, recognising Australia's fastest growing law firms.