David Bugden

David Bugden LLB BCom

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors.

His roles have included as a strata lawyer in Sydney, a development consultant in Dubai and the CEO of a 25,000-lot strata management business which had offices in Sydney and Perth. Most of David’s career however has been running innovative SaaS companies that provide solutions to the global strata and property industries.

Before joining Bugden Allen Lawyers, David was Chief Commercial Officer for ASX-listed Urbanise.com, a cloud-based strata management and FM platform. David ran the largest division of the firm and was responsible for the strategy, product, sales, marketing, and customer support for their Strata platform. In June 2015, Urbanise acquired David’s business Mystrata, which was a global leader in cloud-based management and accounting solutions for strata properties which he successfully ran for 12 years.

David holds degrees in law and commerce from Bond University and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

As the Group CEO for Bugden Allen Lawyers and their subsidiary technology company Stratavine, David is responsible for the strategic leadership of the firm and running the services and tech businesses that support our innovative growth plans.

david@bugdenallenlawyers.com.au
+61 2 9199 1055
+61 416 181 117
Level 13, St James Centre, 111 Elizabeth Street, SYDNEY, NSW, 2000

Administration/Finance Manager

Susan has been with Bugden Allen Lawyers since its inception as our Administration and Finance Manager.

Susan Richmond

Administration/Finance Manager

Paralegal, Brisbane

Natalee has been a licensed conveyancer and paralegal for over 17 years, having worked in large national firms including King & Wood Mallesons, McCullough Robertson and Thomson Geer.

Natalee Forster

Paralegal, Brisbane

Paralegal working in our Brisbane office on general body corporate advice and dispute work. Holds a Bachelor of Business Management.

John Coleman

Paralegal, Brisbane

Solicitor, Brisbane

Junior Solicitor in our Brisbane office working on a range of body corporate matters. Holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the QLD University of Technology.

Aleksandra Naglik

Solicitor, Brisbane

Special Counsel, Sydney

12+ years experience as a real estate lawyer specialising in property development, titling, acquisitions, disposals and major leasing.

Emma Smythies

Special Counsel, Sydney

Partner

5+ years experience in a broad range of litigation work in strata, general property and commercial matters.

Stella Lee

Partner

5+ years experience as a strata lawyer in Queensland with expertise in development structuring, general advice work and management rights.

Kevin Pai

Partner

Group CEO

20+ years experience running innovative SaaS companies in the global property and strata industries. Held roles as a strata lawyer and CEO of a large strata management business.

Group CEO

Partner

35+ years experience as a strata lawyer, development consultant and author. The former partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons).