Leasing Fundamentals Workshop
This unique, detailed workshop provides a practical guided tour of the essential elements of leasing for junior practitioners & industry participants or those new to the area. Master how to navigate the lease process, rent reviews, market incentives, outgoings, maintenance, assignment relocation/demolition, insurance, indemnities, default, bank guarantees, legislation, subleasing, licenses, surrenders and more. Join pre-eminent leasing practitioners as they share their insights and strategies. WEB2110N06
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
2 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is based on NSW legislation
2.00pm to 2.20pm UNDERSTANDING THE LEASE PROCESS
- What is a lease? (and the relationships and motivations between the parties)
- Key elements of a lease
- Leasing process from commercial agreement to document execution
- Heads of agreement: binding or otherwise
Presented by Jordan Engwerda, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
MANAGING THE LEASE CONTENT
2.20pm to 2.40pm Financial Clauses
- Types of review
- Face vs effective rents
- Market incentives
- Outgoings
Presented by Kieran McAlpine, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
2.40pm to 3.00pm Works and Obligations
- Maintenance
- Trading/business operation
- Assignment
- Relocation/demolition
Presented by Max Cameron, Partner, MinterEllison; Member, Editorial Board of the Australian Property Law Newsletter, Leading Property and Real Estate Lawyer and Leading Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020
3.00pm to 3.20pm Insurance and Indemnities
- Insurances
- Insurances the tenant is responsible for
- Insurances the landlord is responsible for
- Commercial comment: global policies, brokers
- Indemnities
- Indemnities vs. releases
- Tenant indemnities
- Landlord indemnities
- Exclusions and limitations
Presented by Ora-Tali Korbl, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
3.20pm to 3.35pm Default
- Default provisions in the Lease
- Notice requirements under the Lease and relevant legislation
- General strategies for avoiding and managing defaults
- COVID-19
Presented by Maria Tsakirios, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
3.35pm to 3.45pm Understanding Security & Guarantees
- Bank guarantees
- Security deposits
- Personal / corporate guarantees
Presented by Kieran McAlpine, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
3.45pm to 4.00pm Break
4.00pm to 4.30pm DEFAULT AND DISPUTE SCENARIOS
- During the term of the Lease
- Nonpayment of rent, outgoings and other monies
- Usage and disturbance issues
- General claims by the tenant
- Towards or at the end of the Lease
- Make good
- Renewals / options
- Dealing with an insolvent Tenant
- Ipso facto clause
Presented by Maria Tsakirios, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
4.30pm to 5.00pm RETAIL LEGISLATION AND RETAIL TENANCIES
- Application
- Key provisions
- Tips and tricks
Presented by Thomas Sterling, Special Counsel, MinterEllison
5.00pm to 5.15pm OTHER DOCUMENTS: KEY FEATURES
- Assignments / Novations
- Surrenders
- Licences
- Subleases
Presented by Max Cameron, Partner, MinterEllison; Member, Editorial Board of the Australian Property Law Newsletter, Leading Property and Real Estate Lawyer and Leading Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020
Workshop Presenters
Max Cameron, Partner, MinterEllison; Member, Editorial Board of the Australian Property Law Newsletter, Leading Property and Real Estate Lawyer and Leading Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020
Thomas Sterling, Special Counsel, MinterEllison
Jordan Engwerda, Senior Associate, Real Estate, MinterEllison
Kieran McAlpine, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
Ora-Tali Korbl, Senior Associate, Infrastructure, Construction and Planning, MinterEllison
Maria Tsakirios, Senior Associate, MinterEllison
Presenters
Jordan Engwerda
Jordan is a Senior Associate in our Real Estate Group and specialises in retail and office leasing. Jordan manages leasing portfolios for a number of prominent landlord clients including Dexus, Vicinity Centres, Charter Hall, The Pacific Group of Companies, Woolworths and Lendlease. Jordan has co-written articles for the Australian Property Law Bulletin, provides advice on the retail legislation across various jurisdictions in Australia and regularly presents at seminars for the Property Council of Australia. Jordan was also a finalist in the Law Council of Australia’s Victorian Young Property Lawyer of the Year Award in 2019 and 2020.
Kieran McAlpine
Kieran is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Group at MinterEllison and specialises in retail, office and industrial leasing. Kieran currently manages the retail leasing portfolio for Lendlease in Victoria and Western Australia as well as the commercial and industrial leasing portfolios for Lendlease in Victoria. He also anchors the provision of legal services to AMP and GPT for commercial and industrial leasing in the Melbourne office, together with a Special Counsel. In 2020 Kieran was selected for inclusion on the Doyle's Guide Property & Real Estate Rising Stars - Australia. Kieran is admitted to practice law in New Zealand, having commenced his legal career there, and has also worked as a property lawyer in the United Kingdom.
Max Cameron
Max Cameron is a leading property lawyer with over 38 years acting for many of Australia's leading landlords and tenants. His formidable commercial property and property management knowledge and experience includes recognised expertise in tenancy law, commercial contracts, mediation and litigation, and property development, particularly high-profile retail development. Known for his management and co-ordination of national, cross-jurisdiction teams, Max has a strong track-record acting for large corporate and public sector clients including AMP Capital, Challenger, Charter Hall, Dexus, GPT, Pacific Group, QIC, Vicinity, CBA, ANZ and Woolworths on a wide range of property matters including the leasing, acquisition, development, management and disposal of prime office, retail and industrial portfolios. Max's expertise is widely recognised as leading in independent legal directories including Chambers, Best Lawyers and Doyle's Guide and has been recognised as one of Australia's preeminent Real Estate lawyers. Max is the co-author of the MinterEllison publication 'Retail Tenancy Legislation Compendium', a comparative publication which details the retail legislation in each of the eight Australian jurisdictions and which is often referred to as the 'leasing bible of retail'.
Ora-Tali Korbl
Within Minter Ellison’s Infrastructure, Construction and Planning business unit, Ora-Tali specialises in high-volume commercial and retail leasing, servicing many of Australia's leading landlords and tenants. Prominent clients include ANZ Banking Group, CBA, Charter Hall, Coles Group, DEXUS, GPT Group, QIC, Pacific Group, Westpac and Vicinity Centres. She regularly drafts, reviews and negotiates documentation in relation to her clients’ significant national leasing portfolios, including agreements for lease, leases, deeds of renewal and variation, deeds of assignment and terminations of lease. Ora-Tali is also responsible for precedent and client relationship management. She takes a practical and personal approach to ensure she delivers purposeful, commercial outcomes tailored to her clients' particular needs. Ora-Tali is all about organisation, levelheadedness and efficiency.
Maria Tsakirios
Maria Tsakirios is a Senior Associate specialising in property and leasing (commercial, industrial and retail) disputes. Maria has acted for a number of publicly listed and national corporations including shopping centre owners, managers and also for property developers. She is an experienced litigator, with particular experience in property and development and leasing litigation and commercial litigation, including contract law and competition and consumer law. She also practices widely in all forms of dispute resolution including mediations, arbitrations and commercial settlement conferences. Maria's approach to resolving disputes is practical and commercial. She enjoys getting to know her clients and the commercial drivers of their businesses so that she can ensure she provides tailored risk management advice to help manage disputes in their infancy and avoid litigation where possible. Maria is always mindful of her client's key objectives and commercial drivers and conducts litigation in a way which is ever mindful of the need to achieve legally correct but also commercial outcomes.
Thomas Sterling
Thomas has over 20 years of experience in acting on leasing and property agreements. He acts on both complex and high volume real estate transactions spanning the development, leasing and management of commercial, industrial, and retail assets. Thomas acts for a number of Australia's leading landlords on National property portfolios.