Real Estate + Projects

Australia’s dynamic real estate market demands legal advisors with deep sector knowledge, expertise and commercial acumen. HWLE’s Real Estate and Projects team delivers strategic, tailored legal solutions across every stage of real estate development, investment and management.

With specialists located in each of our nine offices nationwide, we provide seamless end-to-end support regardless of location or project scale. We are the only Australian law firm offering a fully integrated property service, encompassing acquisition and disposal, development, leasing, management and planning.

Our lawyers work in close collaboration with our Construction & Infrastructure and Planning & Environment teams to ensure consistent service delivery and exceptional value. Clients benefit from our market intelligence, structured thinking and proactive risk management across all real estate sectors.

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Real Estate + Projects

Our experience

  • Capital Transactions Acting for institutional and non-institutional clients’ acquisitions and disposals of office, industrial and retail assets, including structuring, contract preparation / review and negotiation, due diligence and FIRB compliance. Our team has deep experience in complex acquisition structures such as put and call options, fund through transactions and development agreements.
  • Landlord Leasing Advising institutional and non-institutional landlords on leasing requirements across office, retail and industrial assets, including preparation and negotiation of lease documents and ongoing tenancy management.
  • Tenant Leasing Assisting with the portfolio leasing needs of tenants with complex and high-volume requirements across office, retail and industrial assets, including establishing precedent lease documents, preparation / review and negotiation of lease documents and ongoing portfolio management.
  • Greenfield Developments Advising on land acquisition, titling and infrastructure delivery for greenfield projects, together with high volume off-the-plan conveyancing.
  • Built-form Developments Supporting built-form developments from site acquisition through to delivery, including off-the-plan conveyancing, strata titling strategy and regulatory compliance.
  • Renewable Energy Advising on land tenure aspects of large-scale projects, including land access arrangements, leasing and licensing structures, freehold acquisitions and subdivisions, easements, neighbour agreements and compliance with environmental and planning frameworks.
  • Retirement Living Advising on the structuring, acquisition and operation of retirement living communities, including resident agreements, compliance frameworks and integration with aged care services.
  • Owners Corporation Acting for Owners Corporations, managers, developers, banks, insurers and builders in relation to strata law, subdivisions, governance and management.