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We were proud to work with Housing Plus, a not-for-profit Tier 1 Community Housing Provider, on its successful bid to be part of Phase 2 of the NSW Government’s Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF2). Combined with Phase 1, the SAHF now has contracts in place for access to over 3,400 social and affordable homes […]

Our Gaming & Leisure team, led by Partner, Brett Boon, has advised Bankstown RSL Club on its pioneering club precinct redevelopment. The project, spanning the past six years, has been a complex journey for the Club with the Club acquiring its previously leased premises from the local Sub-Branch, selling its old premises for redevelopment, and […]

Thomson Geer has made a strategic investment in Endeavour Consulting, a Canberra-based public affairs consultancy. With Thomson Geer on board as a strategic shareholder, the business is now known as “TG Endeavour, Public Affairs”. The investment gives Thomson Geer’s clients closer access to a team with specialist knowledge and experience of government and the public […]

Thomson Geer Partner & Accredited Tax Law Specialist, Arthur Athanasiou, has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University’s Law School. As a past student at La Trobe, Arthur has graduated with degrees in Law (1996) and Economics (Accounting) (1986).  Arthur has also obtained a Graduate Diploma in Accounting from Swinburne (1988) and […]

Winemakers’ Federation of Australia Incorporated (WFA) and Wine Grape Growers Australia Incorporated (trading as Australian Vignerons) (AV) have agreed to amalgamate, with the amalgamated association proposed to be named ‘Australian Grape and Wine Incorporated’. The Thomson Geer team of Partner, Loretta Reynolds, Special Counsel, Annabel West and Lawyer, Isobel Maddern, acted for WFA and AV. WFA […]

In a team led by Partner, Eu Ming Lim, we have advised Chinese Mainland Investor, Mr Da Xie, on the purchase of a prominent office block on St Kilda Road from property tycoon, John Beville, for $163 million. The 509 St Kilda Road property is a 7-storey office tower which offers 19,500 sqm net lettable […]

We welcome Emma Cook, who has joined the firm as a Partner in our Corporate & M&A team, specialising in Equity and Debt Capital Markets. Emma started with us on 8 November, and is based in our Brisbane office.  Emma follows her colleagues Partner, Matthew Reynolds and Senior Associate, Dan Stumm to Thomson Geer. In […]

Thomson Geer featured in The Australian’s Legal Review special feature this month, which focused on innovation and technology, and how they are reshaping the law. Our Chief Executive Partner, Adrian Tembel, discussed Thomson Geer’s possible diversification into associated non-law services, to provide a better legal experience for the firm’s clients. Our participation kicked off on […]

Thomson Geer will acquire the last remaining independent mid-market banking and finance focussed law firm, Kemp Strang. This follows Gadens Sydney, Henry Davis York and Dibbs Barker all recently ceasing to operate independently. Under the deal TG will: acquire all of the assets of Kemp Strang; retain 13 of Kemp Strang’s current 16 Partners; and […]