Corporate & Commercial Law

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Our Corporate and Commercial Law practice covers breadth & depth of experience and knowledge in the areas of the Corporate and Commercial Law.

We extend elegant counsel to a varied client base ranging from large publicly listed national and multinational corporations to local small to medium-sized enterprises on an extensive range of corporate and commercial legal matters, including the corporate advisory, commercial and corporate governance & compliance.

Corporate Advisory
We offer expedient, straight-to-the-point, and solutions-oriented commercial legal services in the areas of :

• Corporations Act 2001; Trade Practices Act 1974; and Consumer Protection Laws, Privacy and Spam Act, and other legal and regulatory compliance advice


• Corporate finance - including public and private capital raisings, venture capital, debt financing


• Employee stock option and other incentive plans


• Company formation, reconstruction, joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders agreements


• Mergers and acquisitions


• Foreign investment in Australia – setting up foreign businesses, advising on suitability of subsidiary or branch structures, on-going compliance, financial reporting requirements and de-registration


• Due diligence

• Sale and purchase of businesses and assets


• Sale of the commercial property and leasing


• Supply of goods and services - terms & conditions of trade, franchising, supply and distributorship arrangements, reseller arrangements, contracting and outsourcing


• Information technology, Internet and e-commerce law - licensing, reseller, agency, support, service, maintenance, web hosting, and software development.


• General commercial support & counsel


• Privacy and spam laws


• Commercial credit arrangements and loan & security documents


• Intellectual property - ownership, licensing and development, confidentiality agreements


• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts


• Trade practices law - misleading and deceptive conduct, consumer protection, anti-competitive and unfair market practices, product safety and liability, compliance programs and polices.


• Life sciences, pharmacy, and health regulatory issues


• Commercial dispute resolution

• Directors and officers roles and responsibilities


• Compliance training and compliance programs


• Corporate Governance and board guidelines, frameworks and charters


• Drafting and reviewing codes of conduct


• Legal and regulatory risk and compliance audits and self-assessments


• Advising on and, where applicable, drafting appropriate practices, policies and procedures regarding matters as trading in securities, reporting and escalation, privacy and confidentiality, conflicts of interest, outside business activities, Chinese/information walls, reports to the board, compliance monitoring, whistle-blowing, anti-retaliation, disclosure and document retention.