Carl Black advises public and private sector clients on diverse property and finance related matters. He has a significant background in high-profile joint venture real estate developments across Western Australia including residential flat land development and affordable housing, city high-rise developments, and regional medical and community facilities.
Mr Black is involved throughout real estate projects, advising on establishment of the development entity and preparation of terms sheets, project financing and building arrangements, land acquisition, development management and finance procurement agreements, marketing agreements, pro forma and customised lease and sales agreements. His extensive experience in resource-industry projects and financing includes advising joint venture participants on oil and gas projects in WA on worker accommodation and land tenure. He also has wide dealings with transportation industry participants and on the construction of barging facilities, jetties and marine supply base facilities.
Mr Black works with in-house counsel and commercial operators to document and execute transactions, ensuring project participants gain appropriate and tax-effective ownership rights. Acting on behalf of UK private equity in respect of Australian hospitality lead mixed use developments in Perth, he provided valuable strategic advice and assisted with opportunity identification as well as transaction support.
Mr Black has been leading King & Wood Mallesons’ Perth real estate team since February 2019. Prior to that, he was Squire Patton Boggs' Asia Pacific head of the hospitality & leisure industry group where he was involved in acting for developers and owners of hotels expanding throughout the region, managed portfolios for large commercial property developers and asset owners in WA and overseas, and assisted regional airports in their infrastructure funding applications and the implementation of airport operator agreements.
Mr Black had a long association with dance having been a competitive ballroom dancer for 27 years, and was the principal coach & choreographer of a dance school for 19 years. He joined the board of the West Australian Ballet in 2021.
