Antunes - Lawyers and Advocates

Margaret has a Masters of Law in business and tax and is a member of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), a global society to which membership is admitted on merit in these fields. Margaret has practised in all areas of legal work carried out by the firm.

1.3.80 – Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney).

28.3.87 – Master of Laws (University of Sydney) in business, trade practices, tax and international business law.

Practising as a lawyer since 1980.

Christine Mena has over 8 years experience as a lawyer, having worked in a mid tier firm and small general practice.

Prior to becoming a solicitor, Christine worked extensively as a professional sales person in the building industry where she acquired a strong sense of commerciality and the skills necessary to build solid relationships with people of all walks of life. Christine is able to effectively communicate with our clients to ensure that the legal services she delivers meets their expectations. Christine cares about the well being of the firm's clients.

Christine's areas of speciality are:

• estate planning including testamentary trust wills, deeds for mutual wills, SMSF wills, powers of attorney, appointments of enduring guardianship;
• structuring advice for business and investment including establishment of all types of structures including trusts as well as trust variations, change of trustees, advice on the administration of trusts, trustee's duties and the rights of beneficiaries;
• superannuation including the establishment of SMSFs, advice regarding the operation of SIS Act and Regulations, superannuation structuring including limited recourse borrowing arrangements;
• probate and deceased estates administration
• property law including sales and purchases, development, leasing (retail and commercial), mortgages and retirement village work

David Leung has practiced both in the private and sectors, as well as various levels of government and jurisdictions.

Prior to working as a solicitor David worked as a Town Planner for Local Government.  David's skills and experience in both fields enables him to draw on a unique skill set, especially in relation to environmental planning matters, including appeals to the Land and Environmental Court.  David always strives to provide a high quality service that is pragmatic and serves the real needs of the firm's clients.

David's areas of speciality are:

• litigation including commercial, land and environment, deceased estates and insolvency
• advice on commercial and business disputes
• town planning
• superannuation including the establishment of SMSFs, advice regarding the operation of SIS Act and Regulations, superannuation structuring including limited recourse borrowing arrangements;

Keith Reddy has over 30 years experience as a lawyer, having worked in the top tier firms and in small general practices.

Keith has acted for clients such as Woolworths, NRMA, Reg Grundy, NSW Maritime, Railcorp, Babcock and Brown, Macquarie Bank, Telstra and Channel 9 as well as small business and developers.
No matter is too large or too small for Keith and his personal attention is assured for all our clients.

Keith's areas of specialty are:

• property law including sales and purchases, development, construction, leasing (retail and commercial), mortgages and retirement village work
• commercial and corporate law including sales and purchases of business and corporate advice

Maria Tzannes has over 35 years experience as a lawyer. She has conducted her own legal practice as a solicitor and barrister and has taught law in universities where she was Associate Professor of Law and Chair of Academic Board at the University of Western Sydney. Maria still lectures at the College of Law to legal practitioners in many areas of law.

Maria provides in-house counsel to our team of lawyers. She is able to analyse commercial matters to identify the main legal issues and develop the best strategy for a commercial solution for our clients.