Expert legal guidance to run your Private Ancillary Fund, charity or not-for-profit organisation with confidence and compliance.

 

We will navigate the complex regulatory landscape so you can focus on creating meaningful impact in your community.

Maintain DGR status and tax concessions through proactive compliance.

Protect directors and trustees from personal liability.

Maximise charitable impact while minimising administrative burden.

Transform your charitable vision into sustainable impact through expert governance and compliance support.

You’ve established or are running a PAF, charity or NFP to make a meaningful difference, but the regulatory burden is overwhelming.

ADLV Law will handle your governance, compliance and regulatory obligations, ensuring you meet all ACNC and ATO requirements while maximising your charitable impact.

You can focus on your mission of giving back, confident that your organisation is compliant, protected, and positioned for long-term sustainable impact in the community.

Start making impact, not paperwork.

Contact our specialist charity lawyers today for a consultation on streamlining your PAF, charity or NFP operations while ensuring full regulatory compliance.

Your generosity shouldn’t be buried in red tape. 

You know how running a PAF, charity or NFP involves navigating endless regulations, ACNC reporting, ATO compliance, and governance requirements that drain your time and resources away from your actual charitable purpose?

We provide comprehensive legal support to handle all your compliance, governance and regulatory obligations, from annual reporting to board governance, ensuring you meet every requirement while protecting your organisation’s tax-exempt status and your personal interests as a director.

Your desire to give back and create positive change shouldn’t be suffocated by bureaucracy.

It’s fundamentally wrong that those who want to help others must wade through complex regulations that distract from their mission. Philanthropy should be about impact, not paperwork.

You’ve achieved success and want to give back meaningfully. Whether through a Private Ancillary Fund, registered charity, or NFP, you’re committed to creating lasting positive change in your community.

You’re passionate about your cause but find yourself drowning in compliance requirements, ACNC obligations, distribution rules, and governance protocols. Board meetings focus more on regulatory updates than strategic impact. You worry about personal liability and whether you’re meeting all obligations.

Without expert guidance, one compliance failure could jeopardise your DGR status, trigger ATO penalties, expose directors to personal liability, and worst of all – undermine the very charitable purpose you’re trying to achieve.

Compliance complexity shouldn’t compromise your charitable mission. 

You need to ensure your PAF, charity or NFP maintains compliance with ACNC requirements, ATO obligations, and governance standards while actually achieving charitable impact.

Without proper legal guidance, you risk:

  • Loss of DGR status and tax concessions
  • ACNC investigations and sanctions
  • Personal liability for directors
  • Reputational damage to your organisation
  • Inability to attract quality board members
  • Diminished capacity to achieve your charitable objectives
  • Potential wind-up orders from regulators

Your compliance partner for charitable impact.

We take the compliance burden off your shoulders, giving you peace of mind that your organisation is fully compliant and protected, allowing you to focus on what matters – your charitable mission.

Our team handles all ACNC reporting, ATO compliance, governance documentation, board procedures, and regulatory obligations, ensuring your PAF, charity or NFP operates smoothly and maintains its privileged tax status.

With comprehensive legal support in place, you’re free to pursue your philanthropic vision, confident that your organisation is compliant, your directors are protected, and your charitable impact is maximised. You’ve transformed from an overwhelmed administrator to an effective changemaker.

Your pathway to compliant charitable impact.

Focus on giving, we’ll handle the governing. 

Step 1

 

Compliance audit

We review your current structure, governance and compliance status, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.

Step 2

 

Governance framework

We establish robust policies, procedures and systems tailored to your organisation’s needs and regulatory requirements.

Step 3

 

Ongoing support

We provide continuous compliance monitoring, annual reporting assistance, and strategic governance advice to keep you on track.

We make the process clear and manageable, step by step. 

We understand your challenges.

We understand the frustration of wanting to make a difference but feeling trapped by compliance requirements. We know what it’s like to see valuable resources diverted from charitable programs to administrative tasks.

We appreciate that you established your PAF, charity or NFP to create impact, not to become a compliance expert. Like you, we believe that excessive red tape shouldn’t prevent good people from doing good work.

We care about protecting your vision while ensuring you can sleep soundly knowing your organisation is fully compliant and your directors are protected from personal liability.

With over 25 years of experience, we have guided many philanthropic organisations through complex regulatory landscapes. 

Your mission deserves expert support – let us handle the complexity while you create the impact.

Our Great Lawyer Guarantee

We want to be part of your team over the long term. We’ll achieve this by sticking closely to the following key principles

Take the time

We’ll listen carefully to understand what you want to achieve. Then we’ll thoroughly explain our advice and step you through the documents. You can be sure you’ll know the full consequences.

Work as a team

Someone will always be available to answer your questions, or point you in the right direction. You will also benefit from a range of perspectives and experience.

Shared knowledge

One of our key goals is to pass on as much knowledge as we can, so you can make your own informed decisions. We want to make you truly independent.

Stick to our knitting

We only do what we’re good at. You can be confident that we know what we’re doing and won’t pass on the cost of our learning.

Transparent pricing

For advice and documents, we provide a fixed or capped quote so you don’t take price risk. If you’re in a dispute, we’ll map out the process and costs so you know what to expect.

It's your show!

We’re not in this game for our egos. We’re in it for a front row seat to witness your success.

Transparent investment in your charitable future

We’ll provide you with a comprehensive Work Proposal detailing:  

 

  • The full scope of services 
  • Clear fixed fees for each stage of the process 
  • Realistic timelines for implementation 
  • Our fixed fair fees mean no surprises.  
  • All consultations, document preparation, meetings, and implementation support are included in the price we quote you. 

Take the first step

Call us now to book an appointment with one of our experienced estate planning lawyers. We’ll discuss the best way to pass on your wealth, and gain peace of mind.

Want to know more? Read some of our insights at the links below.

Understanding the role of responsible persons in Private Ancillary Funds

“With great power comes great responsibility”- Uncle Ben to Spiderman Individuals, families and organisations wishing to engage in philanthropy often choose to do this through a Private Ancillary Fund (PAF) .  We think this is a great idea, but as you might expect,...

Seedling Giving x Andreyev Lawyers: How to distinguish between high and poor performing charities this EOFY

At Andreyev Lawyers, giving back is something we believe in strongly. We feel privileged to be in a position to support causes we believe in, and we love to encourage individuals and groups in our network to do the same. Many of our clients have a goal to give –...

Booklet: Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) (Chapter 12 – Overview of a PAF)

Below is Chapter 12 of our 'Private Ancillary Funds' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - Giving back to the community Chapter 2 - Brief history Chapter 3 - An overview of ancillary funds Chapter 4 - What is a PAF?...

Booklet: Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) (Chapter 11 – Is a PAF a good option for you, your family, chosen cause or clients?)

Below is Chapter 11 of our 'Private Ancillary Funds' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - Giving back to the community Chapter 2 - Brief history Chapter 3 - An overview of ancillary funds Chapter 4 - What is a PAF?...

Booklet: Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) (Chapter 10 – Common questions about PAFs)

Below is Chapter 10 of our 'Private Ancillary Funds' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - Giving back to the community Chapter 2 - Brief history Chapter 3 - An overview of ancillary funds Chapter 4 - What is a PAF?...