About
We are a Perth, CBD-based commercial law practice.
Unlike other highly-departmentalised law firms, our principals have experience across a broad cross-section of practice areas.
This allows us to see the larger picture where other lawyers can’t.
We take pride in our ability to accurately triage complex legal challenges, and put in place effective strategies to meet them.
We also embrace new technologies and thinking to provide our services in a cost effective way, including alternative billing models.
Our overriding focus is to provide our clients with timely and commercially-minded advice that they can understand and use.
We are one of only a handful of small firms to regularly feature in recent Doyle's Guide listings of Leading Property & Real Estate Law Firms in Western Australia, having now been ranked in those listings for five consecutive years (2020-2024). We have also achieved previous recognition in the Business News 2019 Rising Stars Awards, as runner-up in the professional services category.
People
Travis Colli
Associate
Elise Papadopoff
Law Clerk
Darcy Wortley
Legal Support
Kate Rose
Operations Manager
Expertise
Property
- Commercial property acquisitions and divestments (including due diligence)
- Office, industrial, and retail leasing
- Property developments
- Strata titles advice
- Secured lending (including mortgages)
- Caveats
- Easements and restrictive covenants
- General property law advice
Commercial
- Business acquisitions and divestments
- Shareholder and unitholder agreements
- Franchising
- Hospitality and events
- Intellectual property
- Start-ups and e-commerce
- Data and privacy
- PPSA compliance
- Construction contracts
- General employment law
Disputes
- Property-related disputes and litigation (including State Administrative Tribunal proceedings)
- General commercial and business disputes and litigation
- Construction disputes and litigation
(including construction contract adjudications) - Insolvency and bankruptcy matters
- Debt recovery
Latest News / Insights
Stork Davies Legal Advisors is pleased to announce that principal Shannon Davies has been recognised in the 17th edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia™ in both Leasing Law and Real Property Law. Just over 4,500 lawyers across the whole of Australia were recognised in the latest rankings, across 95 practice areas.
Stork Davies Legal Advisors has again been ranked in this year’s Doyle’s Guide listing of 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 & 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘮s in Western Australia. In doing so, the firm has now achieved a ranking in property and real estate law for five consecutive years.
In written reasons published over two and a half years after the original oral reasons were delivered, the State Administrative Tribunal has held that the use of the term “𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘣” to describe lower horizontal part-lot boundaries on a strata plan is otiose.