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
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Stella Lee
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