Andrew became a partner of McMahon Clarke Legal on 1 September 2004 and was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1997.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland and an Associate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.  Having passed the certificate level, Andrew is also completing a Masters of Business Administration at the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Before joining McMahon Clarke Legal, Andrew worked for two national law firms in Brisbane in the areas of property, property finance and corporate law.  Prior to that, Andrew had two years with one of London’s premier law firms.  While working in London, Andrew was a member of a specialist banking and finance department and gained exposure to sophisticated property, corporate and structured finance transactions. 

Since joining McMahon Clarke Legal, Andrew has specialised in establishing and raising debt and equity finance for property funds, property securities funds and mezzanine debt syndicates.  Andrew provides a full range of services to fund managers acquiring or lending against property assets, including:

§         Advice on the structuring of all forms of property funds whether they be registered or unregistered, fixed term or open ended, listed or unlisted, and the stamp duty and licensing implications for property fund promoters.

§         The preparation of product disclosure statements and information memoranda used to raise equity from both wholesale and retail investors.

§         Listing property funds on the Australian Stock Exchange and providing associated advice in relation to the ASX Listing Rules.

§         Property due diligence investigations and advising on and assisting in the acquisition, management and sale of properties.

§         Acting for fund managers, as borrowers, in relation to negotiating and coordinating the senior and mezzanine debt facilities used with subscribed equity to fund the acquisition of property investments.

§         Acting for fund managers, as lenders of mezzanine debt, by drafting and negotiating the finance documents used for the provision of mezzanine debt to property developers.

Andrew contributes to the firm’s quarterly e-newsletter Property Fund News and has published articles in the Brisbane Lawyer magazine.

Andrew can be contacted directly on 07 3239 2915 or by Email.