We are a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.
We can assist you with:
Business and Investment Structures
- Setting up business structures, including Partnerships, Companies and Trusts
- Setting up investment structures, including Trusts and Self-Managed Super Funds
- Assisting with the franchising of a business concept
- Implementing comprehensive Shareholder Agreements, Unit Holder Agreements and Constitutions
- Setting up structures for collective investments, including Units Trusts, Unregulated Managed Investment Schemes and Regulated MISs
- Providing advice and implementing strategies to protect accumulated wealth and business assets from unjust claims
Business sales and acquisitions
- Acting for people buying and selling businesses (ranging from small family businesses to medium sized enterprises)
- Acting for people buying into a business, or selling equity to an employee or outsider
Trading Structures
- Implementing Standard Trading Terms & Conditions (including privacy issues, trading references, guarantees, etc)
- Drafting tailored commercial agreements, including specialised ‘one off’ type agreements
- Drafting and advising on loans and structured (and securitised) financing arrangements
- Implementing debt collection procedures, and other ‘cash acceleration’ strategies
Employment law
- Preparation of employment contracts and other bespoke specific work agreements, policies, procedures and employee handbooks
- Reviewing and advising on workplace arrangements, including acting on workplace restructures and Modern Awards
- Assisting with matters relating to employee misconduct, performance issues, underpayment and unfair dismissal claims, termination and workplace complaints
- Assisting with carrying out workplace investigations relating to serious employee misconduct
- Representation in the Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Australian Human Rights Commission
Estate & Business Succession Planning
- Preparing Wills and implementing more complex Estate Planning strategies
- Implementing Business Succession strategies, including Buy-Sell Agreements (funded and unfunded)
- Assisting people make a claim under a Will for an adequate share of the Estate assets (i.e. challenging a Will)
- Acting for Executors and Trustees of Wills to deal with claims for adequate provision
Property and Conveyancing
- Providing conveyancing services to people buying and selling real estate, including reviewing contracts, and providing associated GST advice
- Preparing and reviewing Commercial Leases
- Preparing Land Holding Agreements (including simple Joint Ownership Agreements)
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law
- Assistance with all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency
- Corporate reconstructions
- Complete small business advisory service, including director duties and liabilities, and personal liability for taxation debts
Family Law
- Assisting with divorce, separation and property settlements
- Preparing and advising on Binding Financial Agreements (commonly known as ‘Prenuptial Agreements’)
- Assisting with the dissolution of De facto relationships
- Advising on Domestic Relationship Agreements, Spousal Maintenance and Child Support
Disputes
- Acting for people in commercial disputes with third parties
- Acting for people in commercial disputes with their business partners
- Acting for people in a dispute with the Tax Office and other revenue authorities, including handling audits, objections and appeals
Taxation Law and Tax Disputes
- Acting for people with significant tax debts to manage their situation with the Tax Office
- Providing technical tax advice on complex tax and superannuation laws
Not for Profits
- Advising on and setting up legal structures
- Preparing tailored governing documents to maximise opportunities to access funding
- Obtain and maintain charity registrations
- Registering NFPs with government bodies for tax purposes