Commercial property transactions involving different types of entities

Amy Mourd, principal of Mourd Evans Lawyers, will be speaking on day two of the Specialist Accreditation Conference 2024 on “Commercial property transactions involving different types of entities.”

The session will look at the primary entitles involved in commercial property transactions and the issues affecting different types of entities, such as Foreign Investment Review Board considerations, GST, exemptions, and tax concessions for certain trusts and companies.

The session will also feature a discussion on Self-Managed Super Funds, exceptions from usual vendor warranties under the Conveyancing Act and recent case law.

Mourd is an accredited specialist in property law and specialises in real estate law. She has worked in this area for more than two decades and acts in a variety of matters from acquisition, disposal, leasing and development of real assets, matters involving property dealings and property related disputes to acting in commercial transactions involving the sale and purchase of businesses. Mourd regularly acts in commercial transactions involving the childcare industry, in particular the sale, purchase and leasing of childcare centres.

Early career

Mourd had a non-traditional journey into a career in law. Mourd took a gap year after finishing high school and became interested in the law on her return. She took a job with a boutique law firm in North Parramatta, with a big focus on property. It was a paralegal/secretarial role and from there she went on to become a licenced conveyancer before obtaining her law degree through the Legal Practitioners Admission Board in 2006.

“[I]n certain respects, I kind of fell into the law a bit but once I was there, I really enjoyed it and relished in that kind of transactional property world,” she says.

Passion for property law

“Property interested me in the sense that you were helping people achieve something, whether that was purchasing their first home … [or] helping businesses … grow in that property world.

That’s what interests me … helping people … I enjoy helping them grow their businesses and grow their property portfolios,” she says.

Mourd later became a lawyer and obtained her specialist accreditation in property law in 2021. “I’ve always regarded it as kind of your gold stamp,” she says. Qualifying can be a long and difficult process. Mourd was surprised by the investment needed but appreciative of the journey. “I learned a lot. I enjoyed it,” she says.

Her advice for anyone considering going through the process is to “give yourself plenty of time.”

What to expect from the conference

Mourd will be presenting on commercial property transactions involving different types of entities. She will be discussing what business practitioners should know when it comes to property transactions, a general overview of the main entities involved in these types of transactions, tips for and traps in using certain entities and the different issues that are associated with these types of entities.

The Specialist Accreditation Conference will be held on 15 – 16 August 2024. Day one of the conference will be held at the International Convention Centre, Sydney and day two will consist of a half-day of online webinars. For more information about the conference, including registration details, please click here.