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AWARD WINNING PROPERTY LAWYERS

We recently sold one of our investment properties and Marino completed our professional services. Kelly completed our conveyancing and made this extremely easy, and the process was so smooth. Highly recommend Marino Law.

Laura B.

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Once again Kelly Turner has provided us with professional service during a property conveyance. This is the third transaction within the last few years and Marino Law have been competent, available and commercial.

Craig B.

Kelly and the team at Marino Law were fantastic in helping me navigate buying my first property. It was a very seamless experience and I would highly recommend them. Thanks team!

Melanie W.

(07) 5526 0157

Mermaid Beach, QLD

Commercial & Retail Shop Leasing    |    Property Development    |    Joint Ventures    |    Commercial Property    |    Body Corporate Advisory & Administration

Marino Law’s experienced property and real estate lawyers on the Gold Coast can provide assistance for a range of property and real estate legal matters.

Delivering tailored, premium legal services by a team of highly qualified and experienced legal professionals - Marino Law is driven not only in the pursuit of excellence but in understanding and achieving their client’s objectives and needs, every step of the way.

1.25 Hours

Someone retains the services of Marino Law every 1.25 hours

150+ Years

Over 150 years of combined experience

15+ Years

Achieving successful outcomes for clients for over 15 years

14,000+ Clients

Over 14,000 valued clients

Marino Law supports you through every step:

Body Corporate Advisory & Administration

Commercial & Retail Shop Leasing

Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)

Land Subdivision 

Lodging and Disputing Caveats

Industrial & Commercial Conveyancing

Property Development

Put & Call Options 

Retirement Villages

Life Estates and Property Deeds

Transmission Applications

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Our commitment to you

Marino Law aims to provide legal expertise and knowledge of the highest level whilst retaining the approachable, client-focused mindset and personal service that a leading regional firm can offer.

The team were great, very proactive with correspondence and kept my property purchase on track. No question or request was too much trouble.

Serena B.

WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING

I had the privilege of working with Andrew Taylor and the outstanding team at Marino Law for my recent commercial real estate acquisition, sale of personal property, and other litigation matters. From the moment I engaged their services, I was thoroughly impressed with their professionalism, dedication, and friendly demeanour.

Hass G.

I've dealt with the team at Marino Law on many different occasions (property dealings) over the years and I can confidently say their knowledge and advice around property law is second to none and I can not recommend them enough. Rob and Ben are always available and on hand when needed which is another bonus when dealing with them.

Jordan M.

Why choose Marino Law

Experienced

Multi-award-winning, highly-qualified and experienced team of legal professionals.

Specialised

Recognised as leaders in our specialised areas of practice of business and personal law.

Practical

Practical solutions, strategic legal advice and a track record of success.

Personal & Business

Marino Law can handle all of your personal and business law requirements.

Affordable

Access premium legal services at Marino Law’s cost-effective rates.

Central

Easily accessed with easy parking, find Marino Law on the highway at Mermaid Beach.

Our location:

Our office is centrally located in Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast and free parking is available nearby.

Office: Suite 6, Level 1, 2481 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach, QLD 4218

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EXCELLENCE

We will not waver in our pursuit of excellence and delivery of quality by working with you to ensure your expectations are exceeded and premium results are achieved.

CLIENT FOCUS

Our compassionate team will take the time to understand your personal objectives and legal issues so that we can tailor a strategy to help achieve your desired outcome. We work together with you to build long-lasting client relationships and to be your legal partner at every step required in your business and personal journey.

INTEGRITY

We will act with integrity, compassion and honesty and with a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong and moral ethical principles and values.

TEAMWORK

Together we can achieve your goals. We will deploy the combined experience across our entire team to ensure you receive the best advice and service for all your personal and business legal needs.

INNOVATION

We will continue to remain agile and innovative to ensure we adjust and adapt to the ever-changing legal environment and technologies for you as the ultimate beneficiary.

WITH YOU ALL THE WAY

We will pursue your rights and interests with vigour. We will assist you with all your personal legal needs and ensure we are in your corner, with you all the way.

Dedicated property law experts

PROPERTY LAW EXPERTS

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Our commercial and property lawyers act for a wide range of landlords and tenants of commercial property and retail shops and centres on the Gold Coast and throughout Queensland. By doing so, we have a real understanding of clients' needs and are able to adopt a commercial approach to ensuring our clients' rights are protected without unnecessary complexities associated with negotiation and settlement of the terms of the lease. 

Areas of expertise with commercial and retail leasing include: 

● Retail, commercial and industrial leasing 
● Lease negotiations, drafting and advice 
● Due diligence 
● Retail legislation compliance 
● Management of tenancies for landlords 
● Lease enforcement and dispute resolution

A put and call option is a contract granting one party the right to buy (call) and the other to sell (put) real property at a set price in the future. Call options also offer unilateral purchase rights.

In property transactions, put and call options offer opportunities for deferred transfer duty payments and third-party property nominations, potentially reducing duty for the grantee. Sellers may also benefit from tax advantages, like delaying capital gains tax.

Drafting put and call option agreements requires careful legal consideration. Our property lawyers can assist in drafting, explaining complexities, and navigating potential pitfalls.

We work with our clients on every legal aspect with property development from site acquisition, due diligence, development and construction, sale of lots and allotments, land subdivision, disclosure compliance under the relevant statutes and body corporate formation. Our experienced team can also assist with any Planning and Environmental Court Appeals. 

Our range of services offered in this area includes: 

● Land acquisition for development purposes 
● Amalgamation and subdivisions
● Due diligence and town planning enquiries
● Negotiating agreements with adjoining landowners including as to easements, shared facilities, boundary adjustments and co-contribution to the cost of providing services
● Negotiation with local authorities, regulatory and governmental bodies ● Planning and Environmental Court Appeals

Commercial & Retail Shop Leasing

Put & Call Options

Property Development

Commercial Conveyancing

Our seasoned property solicitors provide comprehensive support for navigating the complexities of commercial real estate transactions in the Gold Coast and Queensland. Our services encompass:

  • Structuring advice pre-contract
  • Negotiating and drafting sale or purchase contracts
  • Contract review, regulatory advice
  • Handling property encumbrances, administrative matters
  • Managing GST, Capital Gains Tax obligations
  • Reviewing leasing agreements, negotiating terms
  • Conducting due diligence, property searches
  • Drafting commercial agreements
  • Advising on loan arrangements, lender requirements
  • Addressing town planning, local law considerations
  • Estimating transfer duty, facilitating remittance
  • Managing settlement arrangements

We handle various transactions, including company title purchases, vendor finance, acquisitions across commercial properties, and those within community title schemes. Additionally, we specialise in complex deals involving related parties, family transfers, trust or corporate acquisitions, and superannuation fund acquisitions with bare trust requirements. Our collaborative approach ensures comprehensive legal support tailored to your commercial conveyancing needs.

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Gold Coast's Leading Property Lawyers

Gain Certainty from multi-award-winning, highly-qualified team of legal professionals

Afford premium legal services with Marino Law's cost-effective rates

Access practical solutions, strategic legal advice & a track record of success

Recognised as leaders in our specialised areas of practice in property law

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REAL RELATIONSHIPS. PROVEN RESULTS.

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Our specialist expertise Property Law

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Gold Coast's Leading Property Lawyers

Gain Certainty from multi-award winning, highly qualified team of legal professionals

Afford premium legal services with Marino Law's cost-effective rates

Access practical solutions, strategic legal advice & a track record of success

Recognised as leaders in our specialised areas of practice in property law

OBLIGATION FREE

REAL RELATIONSHIPS. PROVEN RESULTS.

Book an appointment with our experienced team of Gold Coast Property lawyers.

AWARD WINNING PROPERTY LAWYERS

PROPERTY LAW EXPERTS

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Ben and his team have assisted our property group on various highrise residential developments on the Gold Coast from site acquisition, preparing contract and disclosure documents, scheme and body corporate establishment, through to settlements of the apartments and the management rights. We commend the team on always making the process seamless, their attention to detail and on their great communication throughout the process.

Gavin Dolso

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WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING

As project agents for many of the large property developments on the Gold Coast, it is great to work with a team who not only has the technical knowledge of property law in Queensland and are well versed in dealing with high volume and complex transactions but are personable, approachable and communicate well with all stakeholders in a property transaction.

Jayde Pezet

I am proud to say that I am a long standing commercial client of Marino Law for over 15 years. Owning and acquiring over 25 Petrol Stations, Medical Centres, Wineries and other Commercial and Residential projects Australia wide during this time has required timely and technical legal advice on a vast range of commercial and property matters and the team have demonstrated a high level of expertise in the delivery of legal advice on often complex and industry specific issues and contractual arrangements. Highly dependable, good negotiators and understanding my commercial objectives are but a few of the reasons why I have aligned with this firm for all my commercial and personal legal needs.

NMS Group

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WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING

We are a large steel fabrication and manufacturing business servicing clientele throughout Queensland. We have called upon the team at Marino Law for all our legal needs for well over a decade. The firm’s depth across many areas of law provides our business with the coverage and confidence required to tackle any legal matter – be it drafting and settling a commercial agreement; acquisition or disposal of assets or advising on disputes, they have practitioners who are available to assist us all the way. We have dealt with many of the practitioners at the firm over the years and receive the same consistent high-quality advice. We highly recommend the team as being professional, commercial and effective and we appreciate the availability of their staff and partners, which makes it clear they care about the outcome of our matters.

Nerida O'Bryan - Director

The Marino Law team have been our trusted lawyers for well over 10 years.  Being one of Australia’s most diversified engineering companies, we need a legal team that has the depth and expertise to manage all our legal needs and we can honestly say that Marino Law have delivered time and time again. Marino Law have been instrumental in assisting with negotiating joint ventures with large Australian mining companies, plant hire and services arrangements and provide considered and commercial advice and strategies to guide us through our legal dealings and any disputes to achieve the desired outcomes.

Luke Turner - Director

As a provider of commercial roofing and wall cladding services on major building projects throughout Queensland such as hospitals, stadiums, universities, schools, defence facilities, shopping centres and commercial towers, we are regularly contracting with national and international construction companies. I take great comfort in knowing that I have the litigation team at Marino Law behind us when things go awry. With Mark's qualification as an accredited specialist in commercial litigation and Rob's experience, commercial acumen and negotiating skills, the litigation team at Marino Law are well equipped to deal with all our complex litigation and dispute matters.

Rob McKinnon - Managing Director

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Understand the nature of your matter and your commercial and/or personal objectives

Identify source documents or agreements required for consideration and/or advice

Map out a preliminary strategy to achieve your objectives

Broadly define anticipated scope of works and provide an estimate of cost and outlays

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Ben Marino

Partner

Ben Marino & Andrew Taylor lead our highly qualified Property Law team

Property law EXPERTS

Ben is a highly regarded Gold Coast lawyer known for his meticulous attention to detail and adept risk management skills in property and commercial law. With over 20 years of experience, including a tenure as a property law specialist for GE Money in London, Ben has garnered recognition for his focused approach that consistently delivers effective results for a diverse clientele spanning various industries such as franchising, construction, and real estate.

Leading a high-performing team, Ben emphasises surpassing client expectations by providing practical legal advice and solutions tailored to their needs. His expertise lies in guiding clients through legal complexities and compliance issues while assisting them in strategic planning to achieve optimal outcomes in commercial and property matters.

Bachelor of Laws
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

Qualifications:

Andrew is a technically astute property and commercial lawyer with a strong commercial mindset. He is highly sought after by clients for delivering on client objectives with timely and practical advice in property, business and commercial law. With over a decade of experience, he has represented a diverse range of clientele in various transactional and commercial matters throughout Queensland including commercial landholders, developers, retail shopping centres and body corporates. As a Queensland Law Society-accredited Mediator, Andrew also offers independent mediation services, combining his legal prowess and mediation skills to provide effective solutions and making him an invaluable asset to his clients.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Laws
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Nationally Accredited Mediator (non-practicing) 
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

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Andrew Taylor

Partner

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TRUSTED BY:

WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING

Proudly a long standing commercial client of Marino Law for over 15 years. Owning and acquiring over 25 Petrol Stations, Medical Centres, Wineries and other Commercial and Residential projects Australia wide has required timely and technical legal advice on a vast range of commercial and property matters. The team have demonstrated a high level of expertise in often complex industry specific issues and contractual arrangements. They are highly dependable, good negotiators and understand my commercial objectives which is why I have aligned with this firm for all my commercial and personal legal needs.

NMS Group

Ben and his team have assisted our property group on various highrise residential developments on the Gold Coast from site acquisition, preparing contract and disclosure documents, scheme and body corporate establishment, through to settlements of the apartments and the management rights. We commend the team on always making the process seamless, their attention to detail and on their great communication throughout the process.

Gavin Dolso

As project agents for many of the large property developments on the Gold Coast, it is great to work with a team who not only has the technical knowledge of property law in Queensland and are well versed in dealing with high volume and complex transactions but are personable, approachable and communicate well with all stakeholders in a property transaction

Jayde Pezet

Ben Marino

Partner

Ben Marino & Andrew Taylor lead our highly qualified Property Law team

PROPERTY LAW EXPERTS

Ben is a highly regarded Gold Coast lawyer known for his meticulous attention to detail and adept risk management skills in property and commercial law. With over 20 years of experience, including a tenure as a property law specialist for GE Money in London, Ben has garnered recognition for his focused approach that consistently delivers effective results for a diverse clientele spanning various industries such as franchising, construction, and real estate.

Leading a high-performing team, Ben emphasises surpassing client expectations by providing practical legal advice and solutions tailored to their needs. His expertise lies in guiding clients through legal complexities and compliance issues while assisting them in strategic planning to achieve optimal outcomes in commercial and property matters.

Bachelor of Laws
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

Qualifications:

Andrew is a technically astute property and commercial lawyer with a strong commercial mindset. He is highly sought after by clients for delivering on client objectives with timely and practical advice in property, business and commercial law. With over a decade of experience, he has represented a diverse range of clientele in various transactional and commercial matters throughout Queensland including commercial landholders, developers, retail shopping centres and body corporates. As a Queensland Law Society-accredited Mediator, Andrew also offers independent mediation services, combining his legal prowess and mediation skills to provide effective solutions and making him an invaluable asset to his clients.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Laws
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Nationally Accredited Mediator (non-practicing) 
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

OBLIGATION FREE

Andrew Taylor

Partner

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Our commitment to you

Marino Law aims to provide legal expertise and knowledge of the highest level whilst retaining the approachable, client-focused mindset and personal service that a leading regional firm can offer.

EXCELLENCE

We will not waver in our pursuit of excellence and delivery of quality by working with you to ensure your expectations are exceeded and premium results are achieved.

CLIENT FOCUS

Our compassionate team will take the time to understand your personal objectives and legal issues so that we can tailor a strategy to help achieve your desired outcome. We work together with you to build long-lasting client relationships and to be your legal partner at every step required in your business and personal journey.

INTEGRITY

We will act with integrity, compassion and honesty and with a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong and moral ethical principles and values.

TEAMWORK

Together we can achieve your goals. We will deploy the combined experience across our entire team to ensure you receive the best advice and service for all your personal and business legal needs.

INNOVATION

We will continue to remain agile and innovative to ensure we adjust and adapt to the ever-changing legal environment and technologies for you as the ultimate beneficiary.

WITH YOU ALL THE WAY

We will pursue your rights and interests with vigour. We will assist you with all your personal legal needs and ensure we are in your corner, with you all the way.

OBLIGATION FREE

Get in touch to find out how we can help you

Book Your Free Consultation
As a provider of commercial roofing and wall cladding services on major building projects throughout Queensland such as hospitals, stadiums, universities, schools, defence facilities, shopping centres and commercial towers, we are regularly contracting with national and international construction companies. I take great comfort in knowing that I have the litigation team at Marino Law behind us when things go awry. With Mark's qualification as an accredited specialist in commercial litigation and Rob's experience, commercial acumen and negotiating skills, the litigation team at Marino Law are well equipped to deal with all our complex litigation and dispute matters.

Rob McKinnon - Managing Director

WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING

The Marino Law team have been our trusted lawyers for well over 10 years.  Being one of Australia’s most diversified engineering companies, we need a legal team that has the depth and expertise to manage all our legal needs and we can honestly say that Marino Law have delivered time and time again. Marino Law have been instrumental in assisting with negotiating joint ventures with large Australian mining companies, plant hire and services arrangements and provide considered and commercial advice and strategies to guide us through our legal dealings and any disputes to achieve the desired outcomes.

Luke Turner - Director

We are a large steel fabrication and manufacturing business servicing clientele throughout Queensland. We have called upon the team at Marino Law for all our legal needs for well over a decade. The firm’s depth across many areas of law provides our business with the coverage and confidence required to tackle any legal matter – be it drafting and settling a commercial agreement; acquisition or disposal of assets or advising on disputes, they have practitioners who are available to assist us all the way. We have dealt with many of the practitioners at the firm over the years and receive the same consistent high-quality advice. We highly recommend the team as being professional, commercial and effective and we appreciate the availability of their staff and partners, which makes it clear they care about the outcome of our matters.

Nerida O'Bryan - Director

Book Your Free Consultation

Gold Coast's Leading Property Lawyers

Gain Certainty from multi-award-winning, highly-qualified team of legal professionals

Afford premium legal services with Marino Law's cost-effective rates

Access practical solutions, strategic legal advice & a track record of success

Recognised as leaders in our specialised areas of practice in property law

OBLIGATION FREE

REAL RELATIONSHIPS. PROVEN RESULTS.

Book an appointment with our experienced team of Gold Coast Property lawyers.