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  • Andrew Erikson

    Partner
    Melbourne
    T: +61 3 9643 4123
    M: +61 418 328 693
 

 Professional Biography

 

  • Andrew Erikson is a senior Partner in our Melbourne office where he specialises in property law.

    Andrew's practice focuses primarily on the areas of complex property development, large scale property investment, joint ventures, property trusts, large commercial and retail leasing, hotel investment and management, planned communities, land management and complex subdivision and titling matters. Andrew's practice is international, and he has spent considerable periods of time working in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, as well as Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

    His client service philosophy, in-depth industry knowledge and experience and unparalleled project management skills mean that he has worked on some of the market's most significant property transactions in recent years.

    Andrew is regularly nominated as a leading individual in the area of Real Estate, including Chambers Global Guide 2012, Legal 500 2012, Asia Pacific Legal 500 2010/2011 and PLC Which Lawyer 2010.

    Chambers Global 2012 describe him as "a leader in his field who is valued by clients for his very strong commercial advice".

    Chambers Global 2011 described him as “a very experienced property lawyer with a commercially informed approach”.

    Chambers Global 2009 described him as "a standout lawyer" and APL 500 2010/2011 said he is "widely experienced in cross border work".
 

 Experience

 
  • 1977: Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Melbourne
  • 1978: Solicitor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
  • 1985: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
  • 1995 - 1998: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney
  • 1998 - 2002: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Brisbane
  • 2002 - 2012: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
  • 2012 - present: Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • The project management of large offshore acquisitions by the Future Fund and Australian listed property trusts, including the Bull Ring shopping centre in Birmingham, UK, Deutsche Telekom portfolio in Germany and Government Properties Trust Inc, a United States REIT
  • The structuring and implementation of many landmark property development projects around Australia for large developers such as Grocon, APN Group, Stockland, Multiplex Developments and Springfield Land Corporation
  • In the retail sector, significant property transactions, developments and leasing for Colonial First State, the Gandel group (including the merger of the Gandel group with Colonial First State), Lend Lease Retail and BB Retail Capital
  • The complex titling and subdivision requirements for development projects such as No. 1 Martin Place, CH2 in Melbourne, Sydney GPO, Southgate and Emporium in Melbourne
  • In the hospitality sector, major acquisitions and dispositions for the Carlton group and the Grollo group
  • Specialist head office leases to many of Australia's and the world's largest corporate and government tenants, including Macquarie Bank, Holden, BHP Petroleum, BP Australia, IBM, Ernst & Young, Shell, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, the Victorian State Revenue Office, Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
 

 Professional Memberships

 
  • Springfield Land Corporation Pty Ltd (Special Adviser to the Board)
  • Urban Development Institute of Australia
  • Property Council of Australia
  • Law Institute of Victoria