We offer the full range of legal services needed by business owners, investors, and their families. We want to be your family’s lawyer.
Business and investment structures
- Setting up business structures, including Partnerships, Companies and Trusts
- Setting up investments 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
Employment Law
- Preparing employment contracts and Individual Flexibility Agreements
- Advising on employee terminations, including preparing termination letters
- Acting in Fair Work Commission matters for employers
- Preparing tailored workplace policies
Intellectual Property
- Advising on and applying for trade marks
- Preparing Intellectual Property Licences
- Facilitating intellectual property assignments/transfers
- Acting in trade mark opposition proceedings
Mining & Resources
- Advising on mining tenement acquisitions
- Transferring mining tenements
- Advising resources companies
Not-for profits
- Establishing not-for-profit organisations, including advising on structure
- Obtaining ACNC registration and DGR status
- Advising on fundraisers and other aspects of charitable work
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
Estate and 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)
Loans and Security
- Preparing Joint Venture Agreements and Development Agreements
- Preparing sale contracts for off-the-plan developments
- Advising on all sizes of property development
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
- Assisting in negotiating and drafting parenting arrangements
- 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
Call us today on 1300 654 590 for a quote on how we can help you.
