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About Us
Megan Schroor and Jess Kaczmarek established S&K Planning Lawyers to provide clients with agile, responsive and solution-focused legal services.
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S&K Planning Lawyers specialises in advising developers, landowners and local government on a wide range of planning and environment law matters.
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At S&K Planning Lawyers, we focus on our clients. We will call you back, answer your emails and provide you with timely, considered and clear advice.
Jess Kaczmarek
- Principal
Jess is a lawyer and a qualified urban planner. She is an experienced advocate who routinely represents clients at Planning Panels Victoria and in disputed proceedings at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Jess is valued by her clients for her pragmatic approach to dealing with complex problems. She is clear thinking and direct in the advice she gives and remains focused on the outcomes her client are seeking to achieve.
Jess has particular expertise in strategic planning law (including Precinct Structure Plans, Development Contributions Plans and Infrastructure Contributions Plans), major infrastructure projects approvals, Aboriginal cultural heritage and native vegetation law. Her statutory planning experience includes advising developer clients in relation to major retail and mixed-use commercial developments, site specific controls and other incorporated documents and Ministerial call-ins.
Doyle’s Guide recognised Jess as a Planning and Environment Rising Star in 2018 and2019 and as a recommended Town Planning and Development Lawyer (Victoria) in2020 and 2021.
Megan Schroor
- Principal
Megan is an experienced lawyer who advises developers and landowners in a range of planning and environment matters including project approvals, enforcement, restrictive covenants and compulsory land acquisition and compensation. She has particular experience in obtaining approvals for freeway service centres, service stations and residential developments. She also specialises in negotiating and drafting agreements between landowners, developers and statutory authorities.
She routinely represents clients at VCAT and coordinates projects involving counsel, designers and experts from a range of fields.
Megan is known for her attention to detail and her ability to build rapport with clients. She quickly understands her clients’ key concerns and works hard to help them achieve their commercial objectives. Complex matters which require detailed analysis and clear strategic solutions are Megan’s particular strength.
Doyle’s Guide recognised Megan as a Planning and Environment Rising Star in 2017 and2019 and as a recommended Town Planning and Development Lawyer (Victoria) in2020 and 2021.
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Jess and Megan are recognised as experts in their field, having worked in leading planning and environmental law practices in Melbourne for almost 20 years.
Find out more about the advice S&K Planning Lawyers can provide developers, landowners and local government on a wide range of planning and environment law matters.
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Olderfleet Building
477 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 300
+61 428 456 131