Geoffrey Shiff

Geoffrey Shiff is a respected partner at Shiff & Company Lawyers, boasting decades of experience in the legal field. Since founding the firm in 1999, Geoffrey has established a diverse practice advising on real estate transactions, mortgage security documentation, and representing institutional banking and finance clients. His expertise extends to digital media law, having pioneered a practice in the mid-1990s that addressed e-commerce law, computer game development, and film and television financing in both Australian and international markets. As a commercial lawyer, Geoffrey excels in business structuring, franchising, mergers and acquisitions, providing personal legal advice to business owners, professionals, and families on estate planning and business matters. Recent engagements include facilitating the sale of a multi-lot site for a family business in Melbourne, managing the property sales of a building company to overseas developers, and advising high net worth clients on estate planning. He offers valuable stamp duty advice in property transactions involved in restructuring business and family entities, prepares commercial leases, handles lease disputes, and advises on complex property sales and purchases. Geoffrey has guided the roll out of a retail food franchise group, negotiating major shopping centre leases and associated franchise agreements. He advises entrepreneurs and start-ups on capital raising, growth, and strategic business structuring. Additionally, Geoffrey handles complicated intra-family disputes involving trust asset administration and structures residential property development joint ventures and syndications. His commitment to the community is demonstrated through pro bono work and serving as a board member and trustee for various educational, cultural, and not-for-profit organisations. Geoffrey's academic foundation in law was laid at Monash University, where he earned his BJuris, LLB, and LLM. Prior to that, he attended Wesley College. His career began at Roth Warren Lawyers, where he was a partner from 1991 to 1999.