Australasia's retirement village and aged care sector is facing twin challenges – keeping up with the growing needs of an aging population for specially-designed accommodation and lifestyle environments while at the same time having to operate across state borders without regulatory and legislative uniformity, without certainty over taxation issues and without standard contracts and documentation.

Minter Ellison has worked as strategic and legal advisers with key players in the retirement village and aged care industry for more than 20 years. We understand emerging industry trends; we understand what is driving government policy in this area and increasing industry regulation; and we understand the day-to-day issues facing developers, owners and operators of facilities.

With a strong team of specialists across Australia and New Zealand, we advise on the full spectrum of legal needs for the industry:

• acquisition, development, on-going leasing and sale of villages and aged care facilities
• joint ventures and mergers
• scheme and business structuring
• drafting public information documents and related material
• taxation, including GST, CGT and stamp duty
• all financing structures and arrangements
• conveyancing of units to residents
• workplace and workforce related issues 
• dispute resolution and litigation
• compliance with industry legislation
• accreditation and certification.

Our strengths are cross-border seamless service, technical excellence and commercial, practical, results-oriented advice. Our commitment is to add value – delivering business solutions in an industry context.