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Selwyn Black
Selwyn is a graduate of the University of New South Wales having completed
a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Financial Management) in 1978, and a Bachelor
of Laws degree in 1980. In 1981 he was admitted as a solicitor and in 1988 he
received a Master of Laws degree from the University of Sydney, majoring in commercial
law. In 1993 he was among the first group of solicitors to be accredited by the
Law Society as a Specialist in Business Law. He is, with Peter Carroll, a co-editor
for Butterworths of the AEFP Chapter on trust law precedents. Selwyn has particular
expertise in the establishment sale, purchase and restructuring of companies,
trusts and businesses, commercial agreements, pharmaceutical industry issues,
finance, and in the commercial resolution of disputes. He has also provided legal
advice to a range of developers and investors and has undertaken an extensive
range of hotel, shopping centre, and other property related work, including major
purchases, sales, joint ventures, leases and management agreements.
Past projects include as examples:
- International 3 way merger with company listed on London Stock Exchange.
- Management buyout involving over $500 million of debt and equity.
- Formal takeover in pharmaceutical industry.
- Many local and international licensing and distributorship and information
or consulting agreements.
- Sale, purchase or development of Harbourside, Skygarden, Airport Central,
Sheraton Sydney Airport, Ritz-Carlton Double Bay, Ritz-Carlton Sydney, Caltex
House (Stamford Plaza Sydney), Esso House (Highgate), 20 Loftus Street, 159 Kent
Street, Tura Beach, Stuart Mall, Entertainment Centre carpark, Neeta City Shopping
Centre, Newcastle Travelodge and other major properties.
- Purchase of chain of 17 Supermarkets including business and lease issues.
- Major leases and agreements for lease including Harbourside, new Big W store,
Gloucester site from SHFA, Ritz Carlton Sydney concurrent leases.
- Management agreements or their termination and re-branding, including with
Ritz Carlton, Intercontinental, Radisson, and Ridges.
- Strategic and pre-emptive legal management and resolution of patent, partnership,
company, trusts, tenancy, management and other disputes.
- Due diligence on businesses ranging from a Ram Stud Farm to a 5 star hotel.
- Particular expertise in the pharmaceutical, retail, development, engineering,
hotel and meat industries.
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