Duncan Webber

Duncan is the National Practice Leader for Moray & Agnew’s Real Estate Group.

Duncan brings over 14+ years’ experience advising private sector and government clients across Australia on all aspects of property law. Duncan provides timely and pragmatic advice to assist his clients achieve their objectives.

Experience & expertise

Duncan brings extensive experience in the property sector across all asset types and transactions, his experience includes:

Large scale and complex sales and acquisitions
Retail, commercial and industrial leasing
Staged and mixed use developments
Large scale infrastructure projects (including renewable energy projects); and
Advisory work on property matters and disputes.

Duncan’s experience for working on real estate matters across Australia for a diverse range of clients gives him a strong appreciation for the full lifecycle or real estate matters and the legal challenges faced by clients. He continues to act for a broad range of clients including state and federal government agencies, individuals, listed companies (both domestic and overseas), developers, investment funds and real estate investment trusts.

Duncan joined Moray & Agnew as a Partner in 2025.

Duncan’s previous experience working in one of Australia’s largest consulting firms providing commercial and financial advisory services on property transactions means he brings a unique insight to his clients as he understands their underlying commercial drivers and risk.

Duncan has a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes for clients through his pragmatic and solutions driven advice and commercial acumen.

Duncan was an outstanding contributor to our project. He led us through the lease negotiations with professionalism and confidence, was always well prepared on the critical issues, and had a strong grasp of our commercial objectives. This gave me comfort that the legal discussions were being handled effectively and pragmatically, without losing sight of what we were trying to achieve commercially. His communication was consistently clear, and his advice was both practical and well articulated.

Their advice was strategic and comprehensive and the communications were clear, frequent and transparent. Duncan had a good understanding of our situation and provided the level of support needed to help us navigate the challenge. Duncan’s advice was instrumental in highlighting the risks with our deal and providing guidance on a way forward.

We really appreciated Duncan being so well informed on the renewable energy area. . . Duncan did an excellent job in trying to fill in the blanks.

Duncan made himself available whenever we needed him and this was invaluable considering the very short time frame we were expected to work in. Would be delighted to work with him again.

Duncan Webber and his team have been consistently responsive and proactive, often anticipating issues before they arose. Duncan demonstrated a strong understanding of the commercial drivers behind our renewable energy project and was able to tailor the legal advice accordingly, while allowing for our individual corporate objectives. It is clear that this team has extensive industry experience and genuinely prioritises value-add for their clients.

Moray & Agnew’s real estate team provides our organisation with practical and considered advice and assistance on a wide array of leasing matters. The team is responsive and pragmatic.

Work highlights

Some of Duncan’s major matters include:

Acting for a major Australia listed real estate investment trust in its sale of a $228m corporate office park in Sydney
Acting for the joint owners of a multi-building office park in Sydney in its lease negotiations for over 75,000 sqm of space (one of the largest commercial office deals at the time)
Acting for a major Australian renewable energy developer in the real estate components of a range of wind and solar projects (some valued in excess of $500m+) from early-stage negotiations to financial close
Acting on the divestment of a $132m sale of a large-scale shopping centre in Sydney NSW
Acting for a Federal Government entity in developing a comprehensive facilities management agreement in connection with a major tender and procurement process for a number of its main facilities
Acting on the staged acquisition of multiple developed sites (+$100m value) to enable large scale residential redevelopment in St Leonards NSW
Acting for major Australia real estate investment trust in respect of its redevelopment and pre-commitment leasing of an office tower in the Sydney CBD
Acting on the divestment of $140m sale of a bulky goods retail centre in Casula NSW
Acting on the $45m divestment of a heavily contaminated site in central Sydney to a third party for the purposes of residential redevelopment
Acting for a major Australian retailer in relation to its leasing commitments across Australia
Acting for a State Government agency on the early stage development, planning and commercial & procurement strategy for high profile urban renewal project.