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

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

Notarial services

• Verifying identity and certifying documents so they can be used here and overseas.

Call us today on 1300 654 590 or email us for a quote on how we can help you.

Learn more about us.

Find our offices.

Are you an accountant? Hear how we can add value.