Roy Melick, a partner in the Firm’s Sydney office, routinely handles all aspects of commercial property and tourism industry transactions. He is Chairman of the Asia Pacific Structured Real Estate Group, a representative of the Firm's Global Real Estate Steering Committee and a founding member of the Firm's Hotels, Resorts and Tourism Group. Roy is recommended by Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global, Doyle's Guide, PLC Cross-Border Real Estate Handbook and PLC Which Lawyer? for his commercial real estate experience.

Practice Focus

Roy's practice focuses on all aspects of commercial property and tourism industry transactions. This includes the acquisition and sale of numerous CBD commercial buildings and shopping centres, large-scale property leasing and numerous structured acquisitions, sales, workouts, developments, financing and management of hotels and resorts.

Representative Legal Matters

• Advising on the structured acquisition of retail properties for Asian REITs.
• Advising on the sale and purchase of major commercial property buildings for local and international clients (including property funds).
• Advising on the sale of shopping centre complexes.
• Advising on the structured sale and purchase of hotels and resorts assets and portfolios for local and international clients (including property trusts).

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Law Society of Victoria - Member
• Property Council of Australia - Tourism Committee and International & Capital Markets Division
• Law Society of New South Wales - Member
• Tourism & Transport Forum Australia - Special Advisor Hotel Investment
• APREA (Asia Pacific Real Estate Association) - Board Member of the Australian Chapter

Admission

Victoria~Australia (1989)
New South Wales~Australia (1975)

Education

University of New South Wales  (B.A.)
University of Sydney  (LL.B.)