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John Murray, Senior Consultant Mangioni Biggs + Co

John Murray

Bachelor of Laws (Auckland),
Masters of Laws (Hons) (Auckland)

Senior Consultant
Commercial  |  Private Clients  |  Property
jmurray@mbclawyers.au
John has been in private practice as a solicitor for over 30 years. His principal areas of expertise include commercial property transactions, including sale and purchase of development sites, acquisition structuring, joint venture and development agreements, project finance, commercial and industrial leasing, and security enforcement.

John acts for a wide variety of commercial clients, including banks and other financiers, property developers, investors and private clients.

In addition, he has extensive experience in debt and equity financing, property developments, project finance, securities, trusts, wills, and private client matters.

Experience

John’s past commercial and property matters have included:

  • Acting for a foreign entity on the acquisition by put and call option of an off-the-plan ~$70M commercial site, and later advice on disposal structuring.
  • Acting on the commercial leasing and disposal of a fully leased multi-storey CBD building for ~$120M.
  • Acting for a fund manager on the establishment of a fund, and the later acquisition, retail leasing and disposal of multiple New South Wales and Queensland regional shopping centres.
  • Acting for a developer on site acquisition, development, leasing and disposal of a ~$120M regional student accommodation facility.
  • Acting for a foreign investor on leasing and disposal of a leasehold multi-storey CBD building (~$20M), and a strata leasehold commercial wharf (~$90M).
  • Acting for multiple owners of 2 residential apartment buildings on the subdivision and acquisition of the airspace adjacent to their respective properties for view protection.
  • Acting for a mortgage fund manager on documenting, varying and recovering funds loaned to various residential property developers.

Client Testimonial

Memberships + Offices
  • Member of the Law Society of New South Wales.
  • Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, and admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
Awards + Recognitions