Bugden Allen Lawyers is a technology-focused law firm servicing the Australian and overseas property sector, with special expertise on common interest subdivisions such as strata and
community titles.
Our firm is led by two of Australia’s preeminent experts on strata title law and development, Gary Bugden and Michael Allen who have both practiced in this area for over 40 years.
We work with property developers, strata managers, financiers, Owners Corporations, Governments and other law firms on the design, development and management aspects of community and strata title schemes. Our clients include some of the world’s leading property developers and our team has consulted on some of the largest and most complex real estate developments in the world.
Areas of Practice
We have expertise across a broad range of practice areas in property development and strata:
DEVELOPMENT
Bugden Allen Lawyers has the most experienced and innovative team of development lawyers in Australia with an unmatched track record of successfully structuring large and complex developments.
LEGAL, GOVERNANCE AND
MANAGEMENT ADVICE
While working to expand our range of on-line virtual legal products (designed to produce quality legal services at minimal cost) our experienced strata and community title lawyers advise on the full range of legal, governance and management issues which confront management committees.
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
Bugden Allen Lawyers is very experienced in advising developers, bodies corporate and caretakers in relation to management rights issues, many of which are contentious.
SCHEME RESTRUCTURING
Where a scheme is experiencing serious problems because of poor structuring by the developer, the development team at Bugden Allen Lawyers can assist. This includes working with developers and owners looking to terminate and re-develop an ageing strata scheme.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The dispute resolution team at Bugden Allen Lawyers is focused on achieving the best outcome for its client, be that a negotiated resolution of the dispute or a contested matter before a Court or Tribunal.
GOVERNMENT CONSULTANCY
Bugden Allen Lawyers provide strata and community title consultancy services to Governments and agencies both within Australia and overseas. Members of our Government consultancy team have worked in democratic, communist and autocratic political environments in both common law and civil law systems.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Although we are not focused on general property law (such as cottage conveyancing and domestic leasing), our broad-based strata and community title practice inevitably results in us being involved in related commercial property transactions.
SOFTWARE CONSULTING
Our IT consulting team has extensive experience in designing and building cloud-based strata management platforms. We work with the product teams of software and strata management companies to ensure their management and accounting solutions are legally compliant.
SUSTAINABILITY ADVICE
Our team works with energy operators, owners corporations, strata managers and suppliers on a range of sustainability initiatives in the built environment such as the implementation of NABERS, by-laws for retrofitting and embedded network contracts.
Clients
Our clients include all the important stakeholders involved in strata and community title schemes:
Developers
Law Firms
Caretakers
Financiers
Governments
Strata Managers
Owners Corporations
GET IN TOUCH
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