Jason Cornwall-Jones

<p>Jason leads Ashurst's Melbourne real estate practice and co-chairs the firm's global real estate industry board.</p> <p><span style="display: inline !important;">Jason has decades of experience advising public and private sector clients across the full spectrum of acquisition, disposal, development and leasing of industrial, commercial and government properties. He is a preferred real estate adviser to several iconic Australian household names, including Woolworths, Cosco, AGL, Australia Post, Team Logistics Express, CitiPower/Powercor, Airservices Australia, Northwest REIT and the Victorian and Commonwealth governments.</span></p> <p>He has a strong market profile gained particularly through his work in the real estate development space where he has worked on some of the most significant property transactions in Melbourne and Australia. Notable examples include acting on or for:</p> <ul> <li>Melbourne City Council on the Queen Victoria Market $A250 million market redevelopment;</li> <li>Australia Post in its joint venture with Cbus on the design, construction and leasing of the $400m plus police headquarters at 311 Spencer Street, Melbourne;</li> <li>Box Hill Institute on its campus modernisation projects;</li> <li>Capital Alliance Investment Group on its mixed use 100+ apartment, 200+ hotel room developments in Normanby Road, South Melbourne and Waterfront Way, Docklands;</li> <li>Brookfield/Cbus JV on the A$150 million residential development project of Brookfield's complex of properties adjoining the Pullman Hotel in East Melbourne;</li> <li>Northwest REIT on numerous hospital developments;</li> <li>Australia Post on the development of several delivery network facilities; and</li> <li>Woolworths on a number of mixed use and greenfield development projects.</li> </ul> <p>Jason is consistently ranked and recognised as a recommended Real Estate lawyer by all major directories Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers &amp; Partners and Best Lawyers Australia Doyle's Guide.</p> <p>A recent quote by Chambers &amp; Partners mentioned "He's fantastic. He's very approachable, always accessible, and provides really commercial, practical advice." He is also described as being "&hellip;well respected for his practice acting for developers and property and investment groups on acquisitions, sales and developments." Additionally, Jason has been noted as "responsive" in Legal 500 Asia Pacific and "very calm", "a leader in his field" and "incredibly pragmatic" by Acritas Stars Survey. Jason was awarded the Lawyers Weekly Real Estate Partner of the Year.</p> <br />