Russell Kennedy is excited to announce the strategic growth of its property practice with the recent appointment of Principal, Catherine Bray, and Special Counsel, Nicola Arvidson, in Sydney.
Catherine is a property, infrastructure and development lawyer with extensive experience in all aspects of complex commercial, industrial and residential property transactions, as well as advising on land acquisition and development for infrastructure and other major projects. During her career, Catherine has worked both in private practice and in-house for listed corporations including at Microsoft (on secondment), Woolworths Limited, McDonalds Australia Limited, Australand Holdings Limited (now Frasers Property Limited) and Allco Finance Group/Record Realty.
Nicola, a special counsel in the property team at Russell Kennedy, brings over 20 years of experience providing legal advice to incorporated and unincorporated associations, corporations, church property trusts, and religious groups involved in sectors like aged care, retirement villages, education, social services, and affordable housing. Her areas of focus include statutory and accreditation compliance, corporate governance, legal risk management, and commercial matters. Nicola has acted for Faith Based organisations throughout her career including as General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Legal, and Risk at the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
Property Practice Group leader Mark McKinley says: “We are excited to welcome Catherine and Nicola to Russell Kennedy. They are both very experienced practitioners that bring a wealth of experience to our growing property & development team. They each add depth and resources for our clients and sectors of focus, and further enhance our client offering”.
Russell Kennedy’s Managing Director, Paul Gleeson says: “Not only do Catherine and Nicola, complement our property offering but they bring experience in key sectors of focus, Aged Care & Retirement Living and Education in our Sydney office”.
Russell Kennedy remains committed to its growth agenda, enhancing and facilitating opportunities for its valued clients, now and into the future. This includes expanding capacity and capability in core industries such as property & development, infrastructure, education, health, aged care, insurance, renewables and resource recovery.