Emile is a Special Counsel in our Banking & Finance and Real Estate teams, and the joint lead of our Community Housing group.

Emile acts for community housing providers, specialist disability accommodation (SDA) providers, retirement living and land lease community operators on all aspects of property and funding arrangements (including on a pro bono basis as part of McR’s Community Partnership Program), including coordinating some of Queensland’s largest projects. A leader in the community housing industry, Emile is also a Board Member of Jacaranda Housing, a trusted Tier 2 community housing provider in Queensland, and regularly advises peak bodies including CHIA Queensland, Q Shelter and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland on emerging areas.

Emile also has significant experience in retail and commercial leasing, acquisitions and disposals, fund through arrangements and property structuring and management.

He also acts for a range of banks, private lenders and developers on property financing, including high rise and flat land developments, commercial and industrial portfolios and land lease communities.  Emile has also assisted secured creditors and receivers on standstill arrangements and enforcements, including those involving complex titling arrangements, and advises property and corporate clients on the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA).

His expertise and experience acting for all parties to these transactions gives Emile a unique insight into the drivers for each party.  Bringing a commercial and outcomes oriented focus, Emile draws on this to identify and efficiently address challenges and ensure the success of projects.

Emile stays at the forefront of the real estate industry through roles on PEXA’s Queensland Member Advisory Council, and as a member of UDIA Queensland’s Housing Supply and Affordability Committee.

Emile is passionate about access to justice and is a proud member of the Queensland Law Society’s Access to Justice and Pro Bono Law Committee. Emile is also actively involved in McColour and regularly speaks at diversity and inclusion events and seminars.

View Emile’s latest publications:

  How families are helping their children to become property owners

  September shake-up: More residential tenancy law changes and what they mean

  Queensland’s affordable housing approval pathway is ready to go

  Further changes to residential tenancies in Queensland – what you need to know