Niresha Mudalige
Niresha is a highly regarded corporate real estate partner known for leading complex, high‑value transactions and major development projects across Australia and the Asia‑Pacific region.
Niresha advises across the full spectrum of real estate asset classes, including data centres, living sector such as student accommodation, built to rent and retirement living, healthcare, industrial & logistics, agriculture/forestry and commercial and office. She is recognised for her ability to lead and close complex, high‑value, multi‑stakeholder transactions.
Niresha has significant experience in structured investments, real estate funds, acquisitions and disposals, development projects, commercial contracts and high‑value commercial and industrial leasing.
Niresha has particular expertise in the data centre sector, acting for major global and domestic data centre developers, operators and investors on strategic partnerships, investments, large‑scale site acquisitions and hyperscale developments across Australia and the Asia‑Pacific region, including mission‑critical, high‑capacity projects spanning greenfield campuses, brownfield acquisitions and cross‑border transactions.
Drawing on her experience as senior in‑house counsel at Viva Energy (formerly Shell’s downstream business), where she was responsible for all property and environmental legal matters across Australia, Niresha brings strong commercial judgment and is valued by her clients for her clear, pragmatic advice and ability to drive transactions forward and deliver commercially focused outcomes.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
Data Centres
- EdgeConneX on its 50/50 data centre partnership with Stockland to develop, own, and operate an Australian portfolio of data centres
- NEXTDC on all major strategic investments and acquisitions across Australia and Asia, including its first Japanese facility in Tokyo
- Firmus on its real estate developments (including for its AI factories and Project Southgate)
- A global data centre developer/operator on its acquisitions and developments of data centres across Australia
- Lendlease Data Centre Partners on the development of a hyperscale data centre campus in Tokyo operated by Princeton Digital Group
Living
- Scape Australia in relation to all real estate matters under its PBSA funds. This includes partnering with Mirvac to deliver student housing on the site of the old Sydney Fish Market at Blackwattle Bay
- Marubeni on its partnership with AsheMorgan on the District Living Project (a build-to-rent development located in Docklands, Melbourne, Australia)
- Mapletree on its first acquisition of student accommodation sites in Australia and the associated operator agreement with UniLodge
- The Living Company in relation to all real estate matters under its build to rent funds, including acquisitions for the $1.5 billion built-to-rent project in Marrickville, NSW
- Levande on various acquisitions for retirement villages, including in NSW, Victoria and Queensland
- APG’s acquisition of a 25% interest in Keyton Retirement Villages
- Bupa on its disposal of a number of retirement village and aged care facilities across Australia
Industrial / Logistics
- Ampol on:
- All real estate aspects of its agreement to acquire EG Australia for $1.1 billion;
- establishment of a $1.4 billion unlisted property trust with Charter Hall and subsequent funds (including in New Zealand) and ongoing real estate advice to those funds; and
- strategic advice on various disposals and developments
- Port of Melbourne on a range of development and complex leasing matters
- City of Melbourne on the sale of the Citywide waste disposal business to Cleanaway
- Boral on its agreement for lease and lease at Geelong Port and on other various industrial leasing and acquisition matters
- StorHub on the acquisition of sites in Victoria
Commercial and office
- Dexus on major commercial property matters, including air‑rights acquisitions, significant development projects and sale of office assets.
- Lendlease on high‑value development, construction and leasing matters across its commercial portfolio.
Sectors
Background
Juris Doctor from University of Melbourne. Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and a Bachelor of Computing from Monash University.
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