AREAS OF LAW
Business/
Commercial
Our Business Law team is focused on, and committed to, being the pre-eminent provider of business law services in the Hunter Region, and to providing those services to businesses based or operating anywhere in the world.
Our employment and labour relations team advises on the full spectrum of workplace law matters, including:
- all aspects of capital raising, including undertaking due diligence investigations, reporting to boards, preparation of prospectus and information memorandum documentation and otherwise ensuring compliance with all aspects of the Corporations Laws and ASX Listing Rules
- reviewing and preparing all types of contracts: contracts for sale of business, online business terms and conditions, supply agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, consultancy agreements, franchise agreements, partnership agreements, IT agreements, licence agreements etc.
- provision of strategic commercial advice: sale of business, legal compliance, consumer law, trade practices law, Franchise law, negotiation strategies
- establishing new business enterprises & business services: partnerships, joint ventures, companies, shareholders’ agreements, franchise agreements and franchisor disclosure documents
- protecting, managing and enforcing intellectual property rights, information assets and brands: copyright, trademarks, registered designs, domain names and e-commerce
- undertaking drafting and providing advice in relation to:
- Commercial Contracts
- Business structures
- Corporate governance including directors’ duties, shareholders’ rights and legal compliance
- Employee incentive plans
- Franchising
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Purchase and sale of businesses
- International business and trade
- memoranda of understanding and heads of agreement for joint ventures, partnerships, investments, finance and other commercial arrangements
- brand protection, marketing activities and consumer law standard terms and conditions, supply and services agreements, operation and maintenance agreements and outsourcing agreements
- the procurement of goods and services, including preparing tender documents
- competition issues, including transaction structuring, merger clearance, responding to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and other regulators’ investigations
- strategies to manage contractual relationships and disputes in order to minimise legal, commercial and reputation risks
- termination of relationships, business closure and insolvency issues.
Book an appointment with our firm now
- We Schedule a call at your convenience
- We will arrange a conference
- We will assess your matter
You are also welcome to speak with a member of our team over the phone, and can do so by contacting our office on:
Call us at: (02) 4929 5511
We can help with:
- Litigation
- Employment and Labour Relations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Corporations Act/Capital Raising
- Business and Commercial
- Crime
- Property
- Hospitality
- Wills & Estates