Ben Webster

Ben is a Senior Associate in the Broadley Rees Hogan property services team and practices in property, body corporate and commercial law. Ben’s experience working with a diverse range of clients means he is a practical, strategic and commercial lawyer.

Experience

Ben has experience in the following areas:

Property

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Advertising signed and billboards, licences and leases for advertising
• Advocacy, dispute management and representation in retail lease, property and body corporate disputes
• Commercial, industrial, rural and retail leasing
• Planning and development approvals, licences, land use regulation, easements and covenants, development conditions
• Compulsory acquisitions
• Due diligence
• Financing, investment and development (commercial, residential, industrial and mixed use), mergers and acquisitions and syndicates
• Commercial and property based joint ventures
• Revenue, transfer duty, GST, land tax assessments and land valuation objections

Body Corporate Law

• Adjudications, levy collections, advice on the BCCMA and management right transfers
• Dispute and dispute resolution
• New Community Management Statements
• Termination of Community Title Schemes
• Building Management Statements
• By-laws

Commercial

• Asset sale agreements
• Commercial advice and agreements
• Not for Profits advice and agreements
• Sale and acquisition of business
• Share sale transactions
• Trust structuring and trust establishment, including unit and discretionary trusts and unitholder agreements
• Finance, loans and mortgages

Qualifications

Solicitor, Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor, High Court of Australia
Master of Applied Law
Bachelor of Laws, James Cook University