Real Estate Round Up July 2026
Welcome to the first edition of our Real Estate Round-Up for the 2026–27 financial year. As the new financial year begins, the real estate sector is navigating a range of policy changes, regulatory developments and practical challenges across the market. These issues affect everything from the financing and delivery of housing to the way property […]
A guide to Australian residential tenancy laws
Are you an experienced operator who’s ever been unsure about the privacy implications under a tenancy? Do you have a new team member who needs to understand the grounds for termination in your jurisdiction? Are you expanding to a new jurisdiction and are unsure of how the laws apply there? If so, this series is […]
Build to rent and the skills shortage – Who has skills to pay the bills?
How will we physically build to meet the build-to-rent pipeline? Australia’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector stands at a pivotal juncture. With billions of dollars committed to the BTR pipeline over the next decade and unprecedented bipartisan support from both Federal and State Governments, the nation’s ambition is unmistakable: Australia wants to become a global BTR superpower. […]
Tracking pixels and targeted advertising – what they mean for Australian privacy law
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) declared in 2024 that the use of third party tracking pixels on websites was an area of concern and regulatory focus. Investigations commenced later that year and have culminated in two determinations handed down in June 2026 against health service providers Medmate Australia Pty Ltd (Medmate)[1] and […]
Beyond the drag-along: Shareholders’ agreements, constitutions and control in public and private companies
In part one of this series – No shortcuts to control: The Takeovers Panel slams the door on constitutional drag-alongs – we examined the Takeovers Panel’s landmark declaration in Mobile Asset Holdings Ltd, which confirmed that drag-along provisions in a public company constitution give rise to unacceptable circumstances.. That decision raised a broader question: how […]
Samuel Brown
Samuel is an experienced property projects and investments lawyer specialising in real estate and infrastructure transactions, developments and investment funds. His expertise includes acquisitions and disposals of development and built form assets, project and development agreements, title structuring and subdivisions, transaction and investment structuring, management agreements and complex leasing. Combining commercial acumen with technical expertise, […]
The real impact of the Federal Budget on real estate investors
The 2026-27 Federal Budget introduced substantial changes to Australia’s capital gains tax (CGT) regime, alongside reforms to negative gearing, discretionary trust taxation and the foreign resident CGT rules. In addition, on 18 June 2026, the government announced further implementation details, including expanded small business CGT concessions, a new CGT concession for innovative businesses and confirmation […]
No shortcuts to control: The Takeovers Panel slams the door on constitutional drag-alongs
In a landmark decision, the Takeovers Panel has declared for the first time that drag-along and tag-along provisions proposed for insertion into the constitution of an unlisted public company give rise to unacceptable circumstances due to breaches of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The decision sends a clear signal: Chapter 6 cannot be sidestepped through […]
Federal Budget impact on Employee Share Schemes
Background and proposed changes The changes proposed by the Federal Budget will materially alter how employee incentive arrangements are structured in private companies. Under the Budget measures, it is proposed that the 50% capital gains tax (CGT) discount will be abolished from 1 July 2027 and replaced with cost base indexation. A minimum 30% tax […]
Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward is an experienced real estate and agribusiness lawyer with nearly twenty years’ experience in the legal industry, specialising in property law across the agricultural sector. With a proven track record advising on complex, high-value transactions across Australia, Lisa brings a proactive and pragmatic approach to her work. Lisa works as a trusted adviser […]
Real Estate Round Up December 2025
Welcome to the final edition of the Real Estate Round-Up for 2025. As the year comes to a close, a clear pattern is emerging across Australia’s real estate sector: rapid technological change and shifting regulatory expectations are exposing structural, safety and compliance pressures that cut across the entire property lifecycle. Recent critical incidents involving uncontrolled […]
Robert Zhou
Robert is a performance-driven lawyer and business executive with more than 15 years’ experience spanning legal practice, strategic business leadership, and cross-border investment across New Zealand, China, and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Fluent in both English and Mandarin, Robert is recognised for his ability to bridge legal, commercial, and cultural perspectives, and for his trusted […]
