Our firm

Hobson Legal is a boutique banking and finance practice based in Brisbane, accepting instructions from all jurisdictions in Australia.

Our approach

We are specialists – we focus on finance, mortgages and securities.

We assist clients with finance, mortgage and personal property securities transactions. Also, regulatory and compliance matters.

If we don’t have the expertise or cannot add value, we will tell you.

We protect our clients’ interests through:

Experience – commercial and pragmatic advice based on over 20 years of helping our clients
Quality – cutting-edge expert documentation and advice customised to meet your needs
Clarity – clear, concise communication in plain English
Technology – a secure and easy-to-use client document portal

All substantive interaction is with the firm’s Principal and supported by an experienced and highly trained team. We are accessible when you need us.

Michael’s experience includes:

Lending structures including combinations of senior debt, private equity and mezzanine debt
Syndications, participations, club loans and other complex inter-creditor arrangements
Industries including commercial property and property development, energy and resources, financial services and agribusiness
Restructures, secured recoveries, receiverships and mortgagee sales
Mortgagee’s and receiver’s duties under the Corporations Act and the Property Law Act
Negotiating asset management agreements, sale agreements and joint venture development agreements
Regulatory and compliance issues including:
- National Consumer Credit Protection Act
- Personal Property Securities Act
- Banking Code of Practice
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act
- Privacy Act
Preparing NCCPA compliant documents and manuals as well as other standard form documentation for use by short term lenders, receivables financiers and other boutique financiers.