Lease out your commercial property

Lease out your commercial property We prepare and negotiate commercial leases for landlords, so the outgoings, the make-good and the default remedies actually work. A commercial property is worth what the lease says it is worth. The rent is the visible part. Whether you can recover outgoings, enforce make-good, or terminate when a tenant stops […]

Take a lease on premises for your business

Take a lease on premises for your business We review and negotiate commercial leases for tenants, so you know what you are committing to before you sign. A lease is usually the biggest fixed commitment a small business makes, and the longest. The document in front of you was written by the landlord’s solicitor, for […]

Negotiate a telco lease over your land

Negotiate a telco lease over your land We review and negotiate telco lease and licence agreements for landowners, on deals that can run for decades. Carriers approach landowners with standard agreements for towers, antennae and other infrastructure. Those agreements are written entirely for the carrier. They can bind your land for twenty years or more […]

Negotiate an access licence over your land

Negotiate an access licence over your land We prepare and negotiate access licences for landowners, so the scope, the compensation and the make-good are all defined. Letting someone onto your land for a utility, a neighbour’s building work, or a business use creates a legal relationship. A written licence defines the scope, the term, the […]

Set up and run a family trust

Set up and run a family trust We will draft a deed that matches what you actually intend, and keep the administration consistent with it. A family trust is only as protective as two things: the deed, and the decisions made under it. Most trusts are set up from a template and then run for […]

Put a binding financial agreement in place

Put a binding financial agreement in place We will document what each of you brought, so a separation does not have to decide it later. A binding financial agreement decides in advance how property would be divided if a relationship ended. It is made under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (the Family Law Act), […]

Defend family wealth from an outside claim

Defend family wealth from an outside claim We will keep the claim away from the assets, and show why they were never available to it. Family wealth usually gets attacked from outside the family. A creditor of one member’s business. A claim against an estate. A separating partner of a child, reaching for a trust […]

Review your structure and protect your assets

Review your structure and protect your assets We will find out which assets are exposed to which risks, and move the ones sitting in the wrong place. Most business structures are not designed. They accumulate. An entity added for a new venture. A property bought in whichever name was convenient. A trust set up for […]

Get ongoing support for your family office

Get ongoing support for your family office We will sit in the room each year and keep the framework working as the family changes. A governance framework is easy to sign and hard to keep. The charter gets agreed, the first meeting goes well, and then the family returns to making decisions the way it […]

Act under an enduring power of attorney

Act under an enduring power of attorney We will tell you what you can and cannot do with someone else’s money, before you do it. Being appointed attorney is usually treated as an honour and then discovered to be a job. From the moment the power is activated you are managing another person’s finances, and […]