Natalie Bannister

Natalie has nearly 30 years’ experience in property, planning and environment law, and acts primarily for energy companies, property funds of all kinds and participants in the social infrastructure and health sectors. Her real property experience includes advice on land assembly including acquiring a variety interests over private and public land, easements and co-use agreements, and a variety of complex leasing commercial transactions including options, agreements for lease and fund through arrangements.

Natalie’s expertise includes dealing with all aspects of planning and environmental approvals including environmental effects statements, EPBC approvals, offset arrangements, planning panels, advisory committees and VCAT hearings and dealing with environmental risk, prosecutions and clean-up.

Natalie is client service-focused and is constantly evolving and improving the way she delivers legal services to make it as easy as possible for clients to do business with her. Leading the firm’s Commercial Practice, she takes an innovative approach to pricing, using fixed fees and other alternative fee arrangements to deliver price certainty and value for money.