Kassem Seedat

Specialist Consultant - Legal and Commercial

Background

Kassem brings diverse commercial law experience and insight to Aviation Projects.

He combines client-focused service and excellent communication skills to achieve desired outcomes for clients on time and to budget. Kassem is assertive and uses a ‘can-do’ approach to providing strategic commercial advice and oversight with adaptability, attention to detail and a creative approach to complex problem-solving.

Kassem has practised commercial law and commercial property law in various jurisdictions globally since 1994. He has represented major Australian airlines as well as major corporations, private businesses, local governments, and commercial property clients in numerous significant aviation transactions. These include:

  • Aviation commercial and commercial real estate advice
  • Retail and commercial leasing, including airport and off-airport sites
  • Commercial property sales and purchases
  • Drafting commercial agreements
  • Business, property purchase and internal company due diligence investigations
  • General commercial advice and litigation.

 

Qualifications

  • Master of Aviation Industry Management - RMIT University, Melbourne
  • LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) - University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
  • B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) - University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).

Aviation Projects assisted Mackay Airport Pty Ltd to resolve several strategically significant matters and provide greater certainty about the protection of Mackay Airport's future ultimate capacity through the investigation, analysis and resolution of a number of complex inter-related airport protection problems.

 

Aviation Projects' responsiveness, expert knowledge, attention to detail, rigorous technical analysis and professional approach to its work contributed to the ability of North Queensland Airports, and in particular, Mackay Airport Pty Ltd, to achieve its strategic intent. As a result, Aviation Projects has become a trusted advisor to the NQA group of companies.

Kevin Brown, CEO, North Queensland Airports