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Facilitating a Smooth Win/Win Path…

Land Equity Legal is one of Perth’s premium Native Title and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage law practices.

Principal, Marcus Holmes, is recommended by both the legal profession and clients for his expertise and abilities in the areas of native title and cultural heritage matters (Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession).

Our team has experienced members who use practical, commercially-orientated solutions for a broad spectrum of clients.

We also work closely with Aboriginal heritage consultants and have alliances and contracts to assist environmental consultancy companies working with government and land developers such as local governments, property developers and resources companies.

We can assess exactly what you need to do, placing our specialists to help you expedite agreement making using a “win/win” procedure.

Our job is to fix, expedite and facilitate, and to help you get timely and practical project approvals.

How can Land Equity Legal assist?

Native Title and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage issues can be complex and can take some time to accommodate before Crown land can be accessed and used.

The Land Equity Legal team has the experience and the track record to navigate this process on behalf of Aboriginal traditional owners and proponent clients.

We are able to call on our Native Title specialists to assist in risk management, negotiations and drafting of specialised agreements and dispute resolution through mediation or litigation where it is needed.

What our Colleagues and Clients say...
Marcus has a wealth of experience in his area of the law.  He has the ability to work very hard within a tight timeframe and to motivate his team to do likewise and is a skilled negotiator and mediator. He was repeatedly able to secure a good outcome for his client corporation when faced with a road block in negotiations or a room of adversarial lawyers.
Maggie McGuinn, Principal, McGuinn Legal

Marcus’ key areas of strength are his knowledge and application of native title, environmental and heritage law, his agreement structuring and drafting skills, his ability to locate and exact leverage over counterparties to negotiations and his attention to detail. Marcus has the humility and patience required to be an effective consultant senior legal counsel and negotiating team member in native title and heritage matters.

Steve Robinson, Director, Lincoln Capital

Marcus provided detailed input to the development of a procedures manual, advice on the making of a treaty, advice on cultural heritage procedures and engagement with Traditional Owners. He demonstrated a sound understanding of the nature of government business and the necessity for bipartisan, accountable and transparent processes.

Lyn Morgain, former Executive Staff member and Manager Indigenous Unit, Melbourne City Council

Land Equity Legal gives us practical negotiation and legal advice. The firm clearly has the necessary breadth of knowledge about dealings with Aboriginal people in the native title and cultural heritage sphere to enable deadlocks to be anticipated and thereby avoided and to allow fair and reasonable agreements to be prepared that match project requirements, including approvals timeframes.
Roger Mason, Managing Director, Antipa Minerals Ltd

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