Maged Jebeile
Special Counsel | Sydney
Mergers and Acquisitions | Real Estate and Projects
Maged joined HWL Ebsworth in December 2019 and works alongside Christopher Conolly and Martin Downing in the Sydney Real Estate and Projects Team.
He is an Accredited Specialist in Property Law with over 17 years of broad commercial property law experience including sales and acquisitions, option agreements, development projects and subdivisions, retirement village projects, easements and covenants, planning agreements, commercial, industrial and retail leasing, mortgages and funding arrangements.
Maged’s practice also includes business sales and acquisitions with a focus on pharmacy, retail and hospitality industries.
As a member of the Law Society’s Property Law Committee since 2012, Maged has contributed to various submissions on property law reform and assisted in redrafting industry recognised documents such as the latest editions of the standard form of Contract for Sale and Purchase of Land and the Law Society’s 2018 release of the NSW Retail and Commercial standard form of leases. Maged also participates in the Committee’s adjudication of disputes under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Dispute Resolution Scheme.
Maged is a contributing author to the NSW Conveyancing Manual published by Thomson Reuters which is a core reference for Conveyancing Practitioners in NSW. Maged has also published a range of articles as an editor of the Australian Property Law Bulletin which is a national LexisNexis publication.
Experience
Maged’s experience includes advising:
- Transport for NSW with respect to a sale to a developer involving land affected by a road widening proposal including drafting a Put and Call Option Agreement, Special Conditions to the Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Land and Acquisition and Compensation Agreement relating to the road widening proposal;
- Government Departments on the document structure for a land swap arrangement between two NSW Government Departments adopting a balanced and considered approach with respect to each Department’s commercial objectives;
- A high-end Resort Retirement Village Operator with respect to the launch of two development projects and drafting a suite of tailored documents to facilitate the off the plan sales including the retirement village contract, off the plan agreement for lease, long term lease, loan agreement and associated disclosure documents;
- A Marina Resort and Caravan Park Operator for the sale of their resort business and land to a developer including advising and negotiating the terms of an option agreement, contract for sale and purchase of land, contract for sale of business, leasing arrangements, special provisions to facilitate the developer’s access, development application and funding arrangements whilst protecting our client’s interest and ongoing business operations during the option period; and
- Friendly Pharmacy as key legal advisor to a Friendly Society pharmacy chain including acting on their pharmacy sales and acquisitions, retail leasing, property acquisitions and sales and general commercial matters.