LAWYER PROFILE

Vera Visevic

Asia-Pacific 2026

Mills Oakley

Ranked in 1 practice area

Charities

Australia

7 years ranked

About

Provided by Mills Oakley

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Charities and Purpose-Driven Institutions

Career

Vera has over 30 years’ experience in acting for numerous charities, religious and not-for-profit organisations.

Vera provides a full suite of commercial services to not-for-profit clients, including protecting commercial arrangements through drafting services agreements, privacy policies, internal policies and procedures, and reviewing grant and other government agreements.

Vera is a sought-after speaker throughout Australia. In the last year she has presented at the Better Boards Conference, and Legalwise and TENS seminars on not-for-profits. She has also authored a chapter within Charity Global Guide (2018), published by Thomson Reuters, and has authored a paper on lessons not-for-profits should learn from the recent Royal Commissions, published by Pro Bono Australia.

Professional Memberships

Vera sits on a number of boards and committees including:

• NSW Cemeteries & Crematoria NSW, Community and Consumer Consultative Group

• ACNC Charity Forum

• Catholic Care, Diocese of Parramatta

• Member of the Law Council of Australia, Charities and Not-for-Profit Committee

Experience

• Successfully implemented an organisational restructure for asset protection for a leading disability charity with an asset pool of approximately $40 million. This drew on expertise in corporate law, tax law, charity law and property law. The team’s work has provided the charity with risk protection tools and enabled investment, by separating assets and operations.

• Advised on the restructure of a New South Wales charity which addresses homelessness. Vera provided advice on the establishment of separate entities and investment funds, to allow individuals to help fund property acquisitions while earning a return. She also made complex submissions to the Office of State Revenue regarding stamp duty and land tax exemptions for the organisation when purchasing property. This included successfully objecting to a duties assessment, saving the client hundreds of thousands of dollars into the future.

Education

Sydney College of Dvinity

Bachelor of Theology

2012

Macquarie University

Bachelor of Laws

2012

Macquarie University

Bachelor of Economics

1992

Industry Sector Expertise

Vera’s expertise includes:

• Assisting not-for-profit clients with organisational restructures, mergers and collaborations, regulatory issues, bequests and governance issues, all with a view to help boards function more effectively and in a legally compliant manner;

• Advising clients on tax exemptions and endorsements, including charity applications, DGR applications and applications for exemptions from State and Territory land tax, stamp duties and Council rates across Australia;

• Advising not-for-profits on regulatory matters including ACNC and State regulator enquiries, charitable fundraising licences, lottery permits and compliance with cemetery and funeral fund laws;

• As well as her expertise in not-for-profit law, Vera also has expertise in property law, with over 20 years’ experience.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Charities - Australia

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Vera Visevic has operated in the charities and NFP space for over 25 years and is active in areas such as compliance, governance and taxation.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Vera's outstanding skill and capacity as a legal adviser is matched with an equally outstanding commitment to her clients.
CharitiesChambers Asia & Pacific
Vera is a specialist in charities law and one of the top experts in Australia. She's very detail driven and she finds innovative and very clear solutions.
CharitiesChambers Asia & Pacific