Michael Teys

Michael Teys is a corporate advisor, researcher and trainer who works with property professionals, institutional property owners, and property managers navigating complex issues relating to strata titled property and management. Michael’s corporate advisory work is supported by his academic research of the strata sector. Strata is now a trillion-dollar asset class in Australia and is becoming ever more complex and important as our cities densify. Michael works with City Futures Research Centre, UNSW where he has been awarded an Australian Research Council funded scholarship to complete a Master of Philosophy (Built Environment). His thesis is on the impact of large-scale mixed-use developments on urban renewal, and this work is part of a larger ARC-funded study, Reassembling the City: Understanding Resident Led Collective Sales of Property. Michael also recently worked as a research fellow for Deakin University, where he participated in studies relating to the future of strata management and the regulation of building defects, specifically passive fire protection systems and cladding. Michael is the author of Deakin University’s, Building Defects Rectification Toolkit (2020). Corporate advisory and research for the strata sector is culmination of Michael’s 30-year career as a specialist strata lawyer and owner of strata management companies throughout Australia. His areas of special interest are: - Building defects and the impact of fire, mould, combustible cladding, and neglect on the health and safety of strata owners, - Urban renewal of redundant strata developments by strata renewal plans for collective sales and redevelopment, - Mixed-use property development and the implementation of management arrangements and governance structures to give effect to desired planning outcomes. Over the last decade, Michael has established a career as a prolific public speaker, delivering keynote conference speeches and training presentations, and appearing on television, radio and podcast. He is also a writer and presenter of strata management training programs for Strata Institute Australia. Michael has a law degree from QUT and when practising law was a Fellow of the Australian College of Strata Lawyers.