About
Philip Dowling is a consultant with over 30 years' experience practising in business, commercial and corporate law. He advises across sectors including agribusiness, mining services, large commercial and residential property development, acquisitions and sales, manufacturing, food service and medical practices, and also practices in wills and estates.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&ACorporate GovernanceCommercialRestructuring & PrivatisationAgribusinessReal EstateWills & Estates
Office
Expertise
Corporate acquisitions (company and business acquisitions, mergers, buy outs, joint ventures)Corporate governance (legal compliance, directors' duties, statutory interpretation, governance best practices)Commercial advisory to large business enterprises, including commercial property transactionsRestructuring, corporatisation and privatisation of statutory bodies and cooperatives, and restructuring/conversion of private companiesAgribusiness transactions (grain and commodity storage and handling, export and supply agreements, share-farming, crop damage, contaminated crops)Shipping, export and supply agreementsSales and purchases of large rural propertiesWills and estates (drafting wills, codicils, powers of attorney, acting as executor, administration of substantial and complex estates including probate)
Education
- Bachelor of Laws, Queensland University of Technology
Admissions
- Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland