Gilbert + Tobin has launched a dedicated Real Assets team to support investors in Australian real estate and infrastructure.
Co-led by partners Stuart Cormack and Ben Cosentino, the team comprises more than 40 lawyers specialising in real asset transactions and asset management.
The launch reflects a structural shift: capital allocators and deal teams are pursuing transactions of increasing scale and complexity, and the traditional lines between asset classes, equity, debt and hybrid investments are blurring.
Traditional law firm silos are being left behind as investors demand holistic understanding of their assets and seamless service provision.
G+T Real Assets integrates M&A, direct asset, banking and finance, development, planning and environment, and regulatory clearance expertise within a single, focused group.
At the group’s core is deep real estate and infrastructure experience, earned through managing the region’s largest and most complex transactions from cradle to grave.
G+T co-founder and Chairman Danny Gilbert said the launch reflected where institutional capital is moving.
The real assets sector is increasingly central to how the world’s leading investors think about driving long-term value in Australia. We have built this team around the way our clients actually deploy capital, rather than the way law firms have traditionally been organised. That is what sets it apart.
Co-lead Stuart Cormack said the team was designed for complex, high-value mandates.
These deals are getting bigger and more capital intensive, and the line between real estate and infrastructure has all but disappeared. Clients get the best result when the finance, the equity, the asset, the development and the regulation are joined up from day one, and that is how we have built this team.
Co-lead Ben Cosentino said clients needed advisers who could move across asset classes, structures and the full capital stack.
The best investors don’t confine themselves to narrow sandboxes. In a single strategy they build value in platforms, operating businesses, hard assets, and development pipelines. They need dedicated advisers who work across real asset classes, structures, and the whole capital stack. That is exactly what this team is built for.
The Real Assets team is co-led by Stuart Cormack and Ben Cosentino, with partners including Amanda Hempel, Nick Lazarou and Ben Fuller, supported by a broader team of more than 40 lawyers across the firm.
