Our Services

We provide advice and services in the following areas:

Business structures

• Companies, trusts, partnerships, joint-ventures
• Shareholders agreements, partnership and joint venture agreements, executive service agreements
• Business names and other regulatory licences and registrations
• Establishing, financing, restructuring

Buying and selling of businesses

• Negotiation, legal due diligence, documentation
• Financing, regulatory approvals, completion

Buying and selling goods and services

• Supply agreements, licence terms, terms of trade
• Warranties and limitation of liability

Buying and selling of other assets

• Negotiation, legal due diligence, documentation, completion

Capital raising

Commercial arrangements

• Agreements and contracts
• Broad based commercial and general legal assistance
• Ongoing practical commercial legal advice

Corporate matters

• Transactions, governance and compliance
• All Corporations Act matters including re-structuring, fundraising, capital reductions, share buy-backs, related party transactions, due diligence, directors’ and officers’ duties, directors’ and shareholders’ meetings
• Liaising with regulatory bodies (ASIC, ASX, APRA, FIRB and ACCC) and advising on applicable rules

Corporate services

• Company secretarial, company reviews, providing registered office
• Acting as local agents for foreign companies

Employment matters

Foreign investment

• Advice, notifications and applications

Intellectual property

• Registration, licensing, assignment and enforcement
• Trademarks, copyright, patents and business names

Lending arrangements

Property transactions

• Buying, selling and leasing of real estate
• Commercial, residential, public purpose
• Negotiation, legal due diligence, documentation
• Financing, regulatory approvals, settlement

Taxation

• Ruling requests, objections and appeals
• Tax sharing and tax funding agreements
• Transactional taxes including capital gains tax, goods and service tax and stamp duty

Trade Practices matters

Trusts

Wills and estate planning

• Wills and trusts
• Probate and administration applications (both uncontested and contested)
• Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Act applications

For a confidential discussion of your requirements or any further information about the services we provide, please contact one of our lawyers.