Real Estate & Commercial
Legal expertise that delivers results across the property lifecycle.
The real estate and commercial property sector is a cornerstone of the Australian economy. At AJ & Co, our team of legal specialists combines deep industry knowledge with practical commercial insight to support every phase of your property projects.
From initial due diligence and planning through to development, leasing, acquisition, and portfolio management, we understand what drives success - and how to avoid costly delays.
Our clients range from multinational corporations and ASX top 50 companies to private investors across retail, commercial, industrial, and rural markets. Whether expanding, divesting, or diversifying, they rely on our expertise to deliver efficient, risk-managed outcomes.
Our passion is simple: achieving the best result, in the shortest time, with exceptional value.
Our Expertise Includes:
- Development and titling: broad acre subdivisions, mixed use developments, residential, commercial, retail and industrial (including bulky goods)
- Major acquisitions and disposals: including legal due diligence and forced sales
- Leasing: agreements for lease, lease, subleases, breaches, termination, disputes and management of lease schedules
- Commercial structuring: joint ventures, project development agreements, fund through arrangements, property trusts and syndicates
- Body corporate law and community title schemes: new schemes, amalgamations, disposals and improvements to common property, by-law reviews, assignment and variations to management, and letting rights
- Property tax considerations
- Securities and funds management (listed and unlisted)
- Easements and restrictive covenants (including design covenants)
- Rural transactions
- Resumptions: compulsory land acquisitions and compensation
- Major leisure and commercial projects
Our Real Estate & Commercial Specialists

Andrew Johnson
Managing Partner

Sarah Bird
Partner

Ben Webster
Partner

Jodie Lonard
Special Counsel

David Stevens
Special Counsel

Prenisha Rampersad
Senior Associate

Jonathan Hitchcock
Special Counsel

Paul Baynes
Consultant

Scott Stewart
Partner