OUR SERVICES

Behind the technical legal matters of every transaction lie personal relationships

OUR SERVICES

WILLS, 

ESTATES &

POWERS OF 

ATTORNEY

• Simple husband-and-wife wills

• Complex will testamentary trusts

• Financial powers of attorney

• Medical powers of attorney

• Powers of guardianship

• Obtaining grant of probate and letters of administration

• Obtaining reseals of foreign grants of probate

• Asset protection

• Special needs trusts

• Pursuing and defending claims to amend or overturn wills

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

• Purchase and sale of commercial and residential property

• Off-the-plan sales and purchases

• Multi-story and broad-acre subdivisions

• Advising, negotiating and drafting agreements with financial organisations

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT

• Property acquisitions and disposals

• Commercial leasing including industrial, office and retail

• Planning advice

• Property development

  • site acquisition

  • planning

  • financing

  • construction

• Lease or sale of completed project

• Incorporated and unincorporated joint ventures and trusts

• Other development structures including stamp duties and taxation advice

BUSINESS SALES AND PURCHASES

• Preparation and review of business sale agreements

• Negotiating appropriate warranties and conditions

• Advice on restraints, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements

• Family business transfer arrangements

CONSTRUCTION

• Preparation of building contracts and subcontracts.

• Building Act and Security of Payment Act advice

• Bank guarantees and other securities

• Contract review and interpretation

• Dispute resolution

• Project management review

CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW

• Incorporation of companies

• Establishment of discretionary and unit trusts. 

• Establishing, guiding and participating in business advisory boards

• Advice on directors’ duties and responsibilities under the Corporations Act.

• Guidance on strategic planning and improvements to business structures

• Advice on asset protection and risk management strategies

• Acting for and preparing documentation for commercial agreements including:

  • franchising

  • joint ventures

  • mergers

• Advising on mergers, acquisitions and divestments

• Preparing and reviewing licensing and commercialisation arrangements

• Preparing and reviewing agreements relating to fundraising, product promotion, holding of events

• Conducting and advising on due diligence

CONTRACT INTERPRETATION, NEGOTIATION AND ADVICE

• Advising whether a contract exists and if so what are its provisions

• Reviewing complex contracts and explaining them in simple terms

• Advising on contract breaches and the remedies available

• Drafting and reviewing standard contracts such as terms and conditions of sale

• Assisting in negotiations by advising on the key areas of importance and risk

• Strategies to achieve successful negotiation outcomes

DISPUTE RESOLUTION & LITIGATION

• Negotiating out-of-court settlements

• Prosecuting and defending intellectual property litigation including:

  • copyright

  • trade mark

  • patent

  • trade practices litigation

• Prosecuting and defending commercial litigation

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Advice on all aspects of trade mark registration

• Trade mark creation and protection strategies

• Advice on asset protection and risk management strategies

LEISURE INDUSTRY & LICENSING

• Purchase and sale of hotels and clubs

• Liquor and gaming applications

• Transfer of EGMs

• Planning issues

• Leasing

TRADE PRACTICES & CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

• Product recalls

• Misleading and deceptive conduct

• Reputation protection

• Advice on protection strategies for confidential information

• Drafting and reviewing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements

• Breach of confidential information and trade secrets litigation

• Restraint of trade agreements and enforcement