Michael Allen specialises in major property projects and developments, with expertise across mixed-use, commercial, infrastructure, tourism, industrial, and urban developments. He is a leading authority on airspace (stratum title) projects, planned communities, strata and cluster titles, community titles, and strata leasehold titles.
Over a career spanning more than 35 years, he has acted for major developers, institutional, finance, and government clients on land law formation and the title, subdivision, and management structuring of significant real estate projects, contributing to legal and management solutions for many of Australia's most recognised developments.
Michael has been nominated multiple times as a leading real estate lawyer in Chambers Global Guides and is recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He spent 20 years as a partner in the Sydney real estate team at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), a practice described by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as "quite simply the best."
In 2014, he was appointed non-executive director of the Australian Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust by Fife Capital, where he also serves as Chairman of the Compliance Committee.
Michael was the author of the loose-leaf report "NSW Strata and Community Titles Law" for 14 years, is a former associate lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, and currently lectures occasionally at the University of New South Wales. He publishes regularly and presents at industry seminars both in Australia and internationally.
Michael is the Senior Partner of the firm's Sydney office.
