Corporate, Commercial & Tax

Commercial law is our core practice area. Our approach is to provide technically excellent advice coupled with commercial insight in a clear and concise manner.

Our clients operate in a wide variety of industries and markets, and we have extensive experience in most areas of commercial law including:

• Corporations Act – relating to Constitutions, directors, office holders and members of Australian corporations and foreign entities
• Business structures such as companies, trusts and partnerships
• Acquisition and sale of businesses
• Joint ventures, shareholder agreements, sale and purchase of units / shares agreements and commercial agreements generally
• Contract law, including commercial negotiations and documentation
• Terms and conditions of trade
• Intellectual property matters, including trade marks and copyright (locally and internationally)
• Employment and industrial law
• Taxation issues, including income tax, capital gains tax, GST and stamp duties
• FIRB and ACCC approvals and liaising with government licensing bodies