Elly Ashley

Expertise

Elly is an Accredited Property Specialist and experienced property and real estate lawyer with a particular focus on property development including advising in relation to strata and community schemes, preparing and developing appropriate governance title and subdivision structures, acquisitions and disposals, drafting master off-the-plan sales contracts and acting on complex acquisitions, disposals and joint venture arrangements.

In 2025 Elly was listed in Doyles Guide as a leading New South Wales Property & Real Estate Lawyer.

Elly has been a member of the Law Society’s Property Committee since 2020 and is currently the Head Assessor of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee (Property Law).

Elly is also the chair of the NSW UDIA’s Strata, Community Committee and a member of the Australian College of Strata Lawyers.

Experience

Elly’s expertise includes acting for a number of major property developers, private entities and government entities to assist with residential and mixed-use development projects by advising in relation to:

• establishment of a strata scheme or community scheme
• conversion and termination of strata schemes
• compliance with the strata scheme and community scheme laws
• drafting and advising on easements, covenants and  profit à prendres 
• old system title and conversion of land to torrens title including preparing primary applications
• drafting and advising on access agreements including ancillary agreements such as agreements for crane swing and ground anchors and obtaining access orders under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act
• drafting and negotiating section 88B instruments, by-laws and management statements for both strata and community schemes
• site due diligence and acquisitions including acquisitions of development sites, crown land and rural land
• finance due diligence
• drafting and advising on complex structuring arrangements including put and call option deeds, project delivery agreements, development agreements and joint venture arrangements
• asset disposal of all asset classes (including residential, retail, commercial and industrial)
• drafting off-the-plan contracts
• stamp duty advice impacting NSW Real Estate
• industrial, commercial, residential and retail leasing
• advising on land lease communities including acquisitions, disposals and residential site agreements.

Elly also assists developers, Owners Corporations and Associations with strata and community title NCAT proceedings including proceedings relating to the reallocation of unit entitlements and waiver of initial period restrictions.