Specialist legal advice for residential builders, homeowners and families - delivering clear advice, practical solutions and confidence when it matters most.
Whatever brought you here - a building dispute, a family matter, a property transaction or planning for the future, our team provides specialist legal support tailored to your circumstances.
Front-end contract preparation through to back-end dispute resolution - working with builders, building professionals, subcontractors, building surveyors and engineers across residential construction, commercial construction, owners corporations and development projects.
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Buying or selling property is one of the biggest decisions you'll make. We make the process clear, efficient and stress-free - from contract review through to settlement.
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Compassionate, practical family law advice - separation and divorce, parenting, financial and property settlements, and family violence matters.
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In-house style legal support for your business without the overhead - contracts, debt recovery, terms and conditions, policies and more.
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Practical, efficient resolution without litigation. Donna Abu-Elias is an Accredited AMDRAS Mediator offering solution-focused dispute resolution across building, property, leasing and commercial disputes.
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Practical, commercially focused advice for owners corporations, committees, managers and developers - from building defects and common property claims to governance, reform and VCAT disputes.
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Appoint someone you trust to make financial, personal and medical decisions if you're unable to - enduring powers of attorney, medical treatment decision makers and advance care directives.
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Clear, practical guidance through probate, estate administration and estate disputes when you lose a loved one.
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End-to-end legal support for property development - structuring, funding, acquisition, project delivery and risk management for developers, investors and project managers.
Learn more Protect your family and assets with a properly prepared Will - including testamentary trusts and estate planning for blended families.
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The Spectrum Lawyers team combines specialised Residential Construction Law expertise with practical legal consultancy across business and personal matters. We partner with the building and property community, homeowners, businesses, and families, providing senior-level guidance that minimises risks, keeps projects on track, and supports clients at every stage. Trusted, proactive, and connected for the long term.
Years combined experience
Practice areas
Accredited mediator
Deputy Chair, IR & Legal
Who We Support
A few words from the people we act for - builders, homeowners, families and owners corporations.
Donna understands construction processes intimately and her solutions to legal imponderables are always elegant and commercial.
I have found Donna to be an experienced and skilled lawyer whose contributions, assistance and feedback has been invaluable.
Donna, you are just fantastic, thank you for guiding me and most of all, for protecting me. I think so highly of you and am so grateful for your help.
We engaged Donna to review a building contract for us. She was very up front regarding costs at the beginning so we knew exactly what service we were getting and how much it would cost. She completed the work incredibly quickly (within a couple of days), providing a thorough letter for us and then met with us for an hour on Saturday to talk to us through the information in a way that was clear and easily understandable. We now feel much more empowered and aware in the building process.
Donna is professional, empathetic and wonderful to have on your side. I will be referring Donna to anyone needing the many areas she specialises in. Thank you.
Donna has been amazing, and after completing my Will process I feel so settled and at ease now. What a wonderful woman Donna is, and also Maria who works with her.
Thank you Donna, for everything you have done to assist First Choice Strata to provide the client at large with everything possible to support and guide them. Your constant, unwavering professional care and commitment to their, and our shared goals, has been nothing but phenomenal, and we are so lucky to have shared the journey together with you.
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