Michael Tinkler

About Michael Tinkler

Michael has specialised in commercial real estate, real estate development and real estate finance law since he commenced practice in 1990. During his legal career he has acted on a number of commercial building and commercial real estate portfolio acquisitions, design build and lease agreements, large scale commercial and residential developments, real estate financing work and real estate restructuring and insolvency matters. Michael’s experience covers all areas of real estate, including office, retail, industrial, hotels, apartments residential developments, land subdivisions and significant farming assets.

Michael’s clients include RCL Group, Melbourne Australia, which is undertaking the development and subdivision of Hanley’s Farm at Jacks Point Queenstown as well as RCL’s recent acquisition of the adjacent Homestead Bay development land,  Sedar Properties, Singapore on its various New Zealand Developments including its Remarkables Residences development, Queenstown, its Bellfield  Estates residential subdivision development, Auckland and Pakuranga Plaza Town Centre and also  Safari Group on its numerous New Zealand hotel and apartment developments throughout New Zealand. Michael also acts for several non-bank and mezzanine funders on both real estate lending and restructuring matters.

Recent Projects

• Hanley’s Farm, Queenstown ongoing subdivision and development;
• Acquisition of Homestead Bay Queenstown by RCL Group including obtaining Overseas Investment Office consent for this transaction;
• Purchase and ongoing residential subdivision projects in Auckland and Queenstown for large lot subdivisions and townhouse /apartment developments subdivision for Bellfield’s residential subdivision in Auckland;
• Purchase and ongoing management of leases for a large suburban retail shopping centre;
• Various hotel and apartment building developments throughout New Zealand;
• Real estate finance lending for several New Zealand and Australian non bank funders;
• Real estate loan recovery workouts for various non bank funders and offshore based funds