Property

Our experience in property transactions as well as property litigation allows us to provide practical advice and to highlight to you unforeseen pitfalls in what may be one of your largest purchase or investment decisions.

Commercially sound legal advice coupled with the ability to negotiate favourable terms provides opportunities to gain commercial benefits in property related transactions.

We can advise you in regard to all aspects of property law including:

• Contracts
• Put and Call Options
• Franchise Agreements
• Due Diligence Searches
• Leases
• Lending Agreements
• Mortgages

Commercial

With our broad experience in negotiation, drafting and litigation involving commercial agreements, we strive to provide commercially sensible advice to assist you to anticipate and avoid potential legal problems that will impact upon your commercial activities.

We can advise you in regard to all aspects of commercial law including:

• Purchase and sale of business
• Joint ventures
• Partnerships
• Guarantees and security documents
• Business and corporate structure
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Lending agreements
• Leases
• Put and Call Options
• Intellectual Property

Litigation

We assist you to understand the cause of disputes and to address the underlying issues. We find cost-effective and timely resolution to your disputes so that you can focus your efforts and capital in running your business.

In the event that the resolution of a matter is to be achieved through a Court to other external body, we will provide you with legally sound advice, including an estimate of the costs, the likelihood of successfully enforcing a favourable verdict and our appraisal of prospects of success, upon which you can make your business judgement.

Contact us for advice in regard to all aspects of commercial litigation including:

• Debt collection
• Bankruptcy
• Corporate insolvency
• Contracts and commercial disputes
• Trade practices disputes
• Copyright infringement
• Insurance disputes
• Construction disputes

Property Development

Whether you are a sizable developer or an home builder, James Lee Solicitors can assist you with your development project from alpha to omega, including:

• Initial land acquisition
• Advice on existing easement, positive covenant or such other land dealings that may affect your proposed project
• Construction contract
• Construction loan contract
• Off-the-plan contract
• Vendor finance
• Drafting s88B instrument
• Drafting strata by-laws
• Drafting strata management statement for the stratum plan
• Post-settlement defects dispute

Strata Law

With the growth of population and increasing shortage of land stock, strata life has become a much prevalent life-style than ever before to modern day Sydney-siders. Owing to this, strata law has become a blossoming new legal area to all commercial lawyers. James Lee Solicitors have been advising and assisting various owners corporations on a wide range of matters, including:
 

• Inter-strata dispute (i.e. between body corporate of neighbouring strata plans)
• Intra-strata dispute (i.e. within the same strata plan)
• Conversion of part common property into private lots, and vice versa
• Other types of subdivision within a strata plan
• Changing and/or amending existing by-laws
• Negotiating service contract with providers (such as escalator and lift service company)
• Leasing out the common property to a third party
• Consulting on specific strata related issues