Sarah Toohey

Sarah has more than 25 years’ experience as a commercial lawyer, advising private and public sector clients in a large range of industries. She appreciates the complex and challenging environments in which our clients operate, and enjoys solving problems in a practical and commercial manner. Her recent work has been focussed on employment, workplace health and […]

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Russell Ensbey

Russell is a Special Counsel in the Property and Construction Group and assists in leading the Construction team. Russell has over 27 years of experience in acting for and advising government, developers, contractors and consultants on a broad range of domestic and commercial construction projects. Russell has particular expertise in back-end construction litigation. For over […]

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Paul Spiro

Paul is the former Chairman of Gadens Brisbane and is considered one of Australia’s leading experts in property law, commercial negotiation and facilitation. Paul is also the former Chair of Brisbane Festival, former Chair of Brisbane Institute, a Councillor of The Queensland Futures Council and a member of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. He was […]

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Natasha Hood

Natasha is a Partner in Gadens’ Property Group with experience and expertise in large commercial and retail property transactions, large commercial leasing transactions; contract and document drafting and associated negotiations and advice. She has acted for a number of landlords in large commercial leasing transactions; preparing and negotiating the agreements for lease; leases and associated […]

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Michael Owens

Michael has more than 25 years of experience in corporate litigation, dispute resolution, and intellectual property. He advises rights owners and users on the development, protection and management of their intangible assets including inventions, brands, business secrets, copyrights, contracts, and reputations. He also advises on competition matters, including restrictive trade practices, consumer regulation and non-compete […]

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Matthew Raven

With his impressive knowledge and over 20 years’ experience in all aspects of property law, Matthew represents the interests of developers, government organisations, landlords, institutional lenders, fund managers and investors. Specialising in complex mixed use and community/strata title projects, he advises on all aspects including site acquisition, joint venture and funding arrangements, titling and body […]

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Mark Peacock

Mark specialises in commercial dispute resolution and litigation. His experience spans nearly 30 years, during which time he has been exposed to a wide range of industries including corporate, finance, construction and development, insurance, agriculture, financial services and manufacturing. He produces valued, positive outcomes for his clients through his decisive ‘cut through’ on complex, large-scale […]

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Lionel Hogg

Lionel Hogg is the head of our Corporate Advisory Group in Brisbane and is a key member of our Government Services Team. He has twenty five years of partner experience and a wide-ranging commercial practice, particularly in major contracts, having drafted a number of industry-standard agreements in various sectors. His recent work includes – Acting for […]

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Kane Jacobson

Kane is a multiskilled lawyer with keen commercial acumen who specialises in commercial, corporate and business law. With legal skills complemented by finance, Kane brings his dual-aspect expertise to matters. His passion is combining those skills to obtain commercial outcomes while protecting against risk. Kane has over 20 years’ experience in contract law, business conveyancing, […]

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Jonathon Hadley

Jonathon Hadley is a partner in the corporate advisory group at Gadens and has over 19 years’ experience in employment, industrial relations and workplace health and safety law. Jonathon has represented clients in a wide range of industries including oil and gas, construction, labour hire, traffic management, retail, government agencies, and medium to large private […]

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John Nicolas

John is a Partner in Gadens Brisbane’s Property Group. Having developed key legal expertise in property and commercial transactions acting for major Australian property industry clients over the past decade, John specialises in shopping centre development and retail leasing. He acts for some of Australia’s largest retail shopping centre landlords. John’s practice includes shopping centre […]

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Jim Demack

Jim is a Partner and the Chairman of Gadens Brisbane and is an expert in all aspects of construction law, particularly major engineering and infrastructure projects. He has extensive experience in multi-party disputes involving complex legal and factual issues. He regularly acts for insurers of construction industry participants in the defence of claims. Jim advises […]

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