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Fiona Nelson

Partner

Newcastle

+61 2 4911 5492 0414 228 244

A senior property lawyer with significant in-house and private practice experience, Fiona is particularly valued by her large and diverse client base for her commercial and pragmatic approach to property development and transactions.

EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Fiona has extensive property sector experience, spanning acquisitions and disposals, bulk conveyancing, retail and commercial leasing, staged and mixed use developments, and strata and master planned communities.

She acts for a wide range of private and public sector clients, and for each she ensures consistently effective, timely and commercially astute advice. 

Fiona is a Hunter Region Committee member of the Property Council of Australia (PCA) and the former Deputy Chair of the PCA’s Hunter Future Directions Committee. She is also a former Hunter Region Committee member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA).

Admitted to practice in NSW and Queensland, and the High Court of Australia, Fiona joined Moray & Agnew in 2016.

Fiona’s previous experience as in-house General Counsel for Australia’s largest master planned community, brought a deep understanding of the property development sector.

RECOGNITION

Awards / Accolades

The 2020 edition of renowned legal directory The Legal 500 Asia Pacific confirms our Property team has “considerable expertise and knowledge in property/leasing issues and are responsive especially when there are strict time frames” and “The team is extremely knowledgeable, efficient and good value”.

Ranked in the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers® in Australia list for Real Property Law since 2024. 

Expertise

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws, 2000, University of Canberra
  • Bachelor of Commerce, 2000, University of Canberra
  • Graduate Diploma in Urban Estate Management, Property Development, University of Technology, Sydney

Memberships 

  • Business Hunter
  • Law Society of NSW
  • Queensland Law Society
  • Property Council of Australia – Hunter Regional Committee member since 2021 and former Deputy Chair of the Hunter Future Directions Committee
  • Urban Development Institute of Australia (NSW)