Andrew Iser, Partner, Holding Redlich

Andrew has extensive experience as a planning lawyer across a wide range of property developments and planning law scenarios. Before admission as lawyer, Andrew was a commercial architect for over 15 years. Andrew regularly appears before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Planning Panels and Ministerial Advisory Committees, and advises in relation to planning matters, including residential, industrial, mixed use and commercial developments, staged subdivisions, planning scheme amendments, precinct structure plans, cultural heritage management plans and existing use rights. Andrew also has considerable experience negotiating and drafting section 173 Agreements on behalf of landowners and developers.

Andrew brings a deep understanding of the commercial exigencies of private development of varying size and complexity.

In 2024 and 2025, Andrew was recognised as ‘One to Watch’ by Australia’s Best Lawyers Award.
 

Kat Smith MPIA, Senior Policy Officer, Planning Institute of Australia

Kat is an urban planner with over over fifteen years of experience across local and state government as well as the private sector in Victoria. Kat is now Senior Policy Officer with PIA, working across the Victorian and national offices.

Kat has a strong background in strategic planning and policy development, working across many areas of planning policy development and implementation, particularly in roles at the Victorian Planning Authority and Whittlesea City Council. Kat is particularly interested in building sound, evidence-based policy and advocacy to inform decision-making to drive outcomes that best serve the public interest.