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Christine commenced her legal career with Meyer Vandenberg and is the lead partner in our Property team. With extensive experience in commercial and property law, she provides expert advice to property businesses, government departments, banks and builders. Christine has acted for a number of Canberra’s leading property developers.

Over the course of her career, Christine has undertaken property work at the highest level and has acted for both interstate and government organisations with regard to land contracts, construction contracts, commercial leasing, and lending and securities.

Christine is a member of several associations including the ACT Law Society Tenancy Code Committee, the National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC), and the ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee.

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Christine’s areas of expertise are:

• Commercial law and contracting
• Property law and leasing
• Construction law

Christine’s significant achievements with the firm include:

• Advising one of the transaction parties on an agreement to construct and lease new office accommodation in Woden for the Department of Health and Ageing. The project comprised land transfer, the development of a new building and a joint venture for its eventual sale. 
   
• Providing advice on the acquisition of a development site where the Crown Lease was potentially a concessional lease under s235C of the Planning and Development Act 2007.  This matter also involved determining the flood zone on the land and evaluating possible heritage issues.
   
• Assisting a Commonwealth Department with entering into an underlease for its office accommodation. Christine also advised the Department in relation to a market rent review under its existing lease for office space, and in so doing, uncovered a possible debt due to the Commonwealth for the purpose of the Financial Management and Accountability (Finance Minister to Chief Executives) Delegation 2009 (Cth). 
   
• Acting as lead adviser to Melvip Pty Ltd regarding its sale of a new office building.  The property was leased to AMSA and then sold to the investor, who required warranties from the builder and developer regarding build quality and the provision of extra building securities and novated warranties. 
   
• Advising PrimeSpace Property Investment on its acquisition of Canberra House.  This was a process requiring extensive due diligence, the acquisition of a sublease and the Crown Lease  from separate sellers, and Supreme Court proceedings regarding the lapse  of a caveat that was unlawfully registered on title.
   
• Managing the sale of 342 units in a residential development with a project value of $130 million.  A key aspect of the project was that the majority of the contracts were exchanged in 2002, and the development itself was not completed until 2007 as a result of the 2003 Canberra bushfires.  However, due to the well-drafted contracts and advice given to the client about managing buyer  expectations, no contracts were terminated by buyers during the intervening five years.
   

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Qualifications
Bachelor of Commerce/Laws Australian National University
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Australian National University

Admissions
Australian Capital Territory

Affiliations and Memberships
ACT Law Society
National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC)
ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee
 

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Christine commenced her legal career with Meyer Vandenberg and is the lead partner in our Property team. With extensive experience in commercial and property law, she provides expert advice to property businesses, government departments, banks and builders. Christine has acted for a number of Canberra’s leading property developers.

Over the course of her career, Christine has undertaken property work at the highest level and has acted for both interstate and government organisations with regard to land contracts, construction contracts, commercial leasing, and lending and securities.

Christine is a member of several associations including the ACT Law Society Tenancy Code Committee, the National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC), and the ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee.

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Christine’s areas of expertise are:

• Commercial law and contracting
• Property law and leasing
• Construction law

Christine’s significant achievements with the firm include:

• Advising one of the transaction parties on an agreement to construct and lease new office accommodation in Woden for the Department of Health and Ageing. The project comprised land transfer, the development of a new building and a joint venture for its eventual sale. 
   
• Providing advice on the acquisition of a development site where the Crown Lease was potentially a concessional lease under s235C of the Planning and Development Act 2007.  This matter also involved determining the flood zone on the land and evaluating possible heritage issues.
   
• Assisting a Commonwealth Department with entering into an underlease for its office accommodation. Christine also advised the Department in relation to a market rent review under its existing lease for office space, and in so doing, uncovered a possible debt due to the Commonwealth for the purpose of the Financial Management and Accountability (Finance Minister to Chief Executives) Delegation 2009 (Cth). 
   
• Acting as lead adviser to Melvip Pty Ltd regarding its sale of a new office building.  The property was leased to AMSA and then sold to the investor, who required warranties from the builder and developer regarding build quality and the provision of extra building securities and novated warranties. 
   
• Advising PrimeSpace Property Investment on its acquisition of Canberra House.  This was a process requiring extensive due diligence, the acquisition of a sublease and the Crown Lease  from separate sellers, and Supreme Court proceedings regarding the lapse  of a caveat that was unlawfully registered on title.
   
• Managing the sale of 342 units in a residential development with a project value of $130 million.  A key aspect of the project was that the majority of the contracts were exchanged in 2002, and the development itself was not completed until 2007 as a result of the 2003 Canberra bushfires.  However, due to the well-drafted contracts and advice given to the client about managing buyer  expectations, no contracts were terminated by buyers during the intervening five years.
   

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The project comprised land transfer, the development of a new building and a joint venture for its eventual sale.&nbsp;</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Providing advice on the acquisition of a development site where the Crown Lease was potentially a concessional lease under s235C of the Planning and Development Act 2007.&nbsp; This matter also involved determining the flood zone on the land and evaluating possible heritage issues.</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Assisting a Commonwealth Department with entering into an underlease for its office accommodation. 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The project comprised land transfer, the development of a new building and a joint venture for its eventual sale.&nbsp;</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Providing advice on the acquisition of a development site where the Crown Lease was potentially a concessional lease under s235C of the Planning and Development Act 2007.&nbsp; This matter also involved determining the flood zone on the land and evaluating possible heritage issues.</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Assisting a Commonwealth Department with entering into an underlease for its office accommodation. Christine also advised the Department in relation to a market rent review under its existing lease for office space, and in so doing, uncovered a possible debt due to the Commonwealth for the purpose of the Financial Management and Accountability (Finance Minister to Chief Executives) Delegation 2009 (Cth).&nbsp;</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Acting as lead adviser to Melvip Pty Ltd regarding its sale of a new office building.&nbsp; The property was leased to AMSA and then sold to the investor, who required warranties from the builder and developer regarding build quality and the provision of extra building securities and novated warranties.&nbsp;</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Advising PrimeSpace Property Investment on its acquisition of Canberra House.&nbsp; This was a process requiring extensive due diligence, the acquisition of a sublease and the Crown Lease&nbsp; from separate sellers, and Supreme Court proceedings regarding the lapse&nbsp; of a caveat that was unlawfully registered on title.</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> <li> <font size="2">Managing the sale of 342 units in a residential development with a project value of $130 million.&nbsp; A key aspect of the project was that the majority of the contracts were exchanged in 2002, and the development itself was not completed until 2007 as a result of the 2003 Canberra bushfires.&nbsp; However, due to the well-drafted contracts and advice given to the client about managing buyer&nbsp; expectations, no contracts were terminated by buyers during the intervening&nbsp;five years.</font><br /> &nbsp;</li> </ul> [#printed] => 1 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#children] => [#printed] => 1 ) [field_background] => Array ( [#type_name] => team_member [#context] => full [#field_name] => field_background [#post_render] => Array ( [0] => content_field_wrapper_post_render ) [#weight] => 5 [field] => Array ( [#description] => [items] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [#formatter] => default [#node] => stdClass Object *RECURSION* [#type_name] => team_member [#field_name] => field_background [#weight] => 0 [#theme] => text_formatter_default [#item] => Array ( [value] =>

Qualifications
Bachelor of Commerce/Laws Australian National University
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Australian National University

Admissions
Australian Capital Territory

Affiliations and Memberships
ACT Law Society
National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC)
ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee
 

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Christine commenced her legal career with Meyer Vandenberg and is the lead partner in our Property team. With extensive experience in commercial and property law, she provides expert advice to property businesses, government departments, banks and builders. Christine has acted for a number of Canberra’s leading property developers.

Over the course of her career, Christine has undertaken property work at the highest level and has acted for both interstate and government organisations with regard to land contracts, construction contracts, commercial leasing, and lending and securities.

Christine is a member of several associations including the ACT Law Society Tenancy Code Committee, the National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC), and the ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee.

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