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Business and Commercial
Overview
Whether you are a start-up, planning to buy or sell a business, looking for advice on a business dispute or hoping to secure a commercial lease, our team can help.
We have been serving Australian businesses for many years and we offer a wide range of practical legal solutions for various commercial structures.
Property and Leasing
Our team is experienced in reviewing and drafting retail and commercial lease agreements for both landlords and tenants. You can trust us to make the complex seem simple.
Business structures
If you are establishing a new business enterprise, we can assist to make sure that you choose the correct structure and have all your affairs in order. If you’re looking to restructure your business, we can also help with partnership dissolutions and corporate restructures.
If you’re interested in buying into a franchise, we can assist with the franchise agreement and disclosure documents to ensure that you’re aware of all the issues that could make or break your new business.
We also offer small business advice in a wide range of matters including trade practices law and consumer law.
Business contracts
Our team of solicitors can prepare or review all types of legal contracts including:
franchise agreements
supply and service agreements
distribution arrangements
commercial contracts
employment contracts and workplace agreements
We will ensure that your contracts terms and conditions are tailored to your situation, and suitable for your business now and into the future.
Commercial disputes
We offer dispute resolution services and advice covering a wide range of common problems including breach of contract, building and property disputes, debt recovery, copyright infringement, partnership disputes and corporations law.
We can assist with shareholders agreements, advice on corporate governance and due diligence practices such as documenting company administrations. We can also assist with occupational health and safety issues, or any unfair dismissal claims or disputes.
Bankruptcy or Insolvency
Don’t stress, we can assist with the entire process of recovering money owed to you from an initial Letter of Demand through to a Statement of Claim and Court Judgment.
Business Succession and Asset Protection
You need a plan in place to make sure that your business and personal assets are protected. We can work with your business and family to devise a plan that keeps your hard-earned assets safe through unit, discretionary and family trusts, Wills and/or Powers of Attorney.
FAQs
Do I need A Will?
It is good practice to complete a Will document if you have any assets or dependants, and to update it as your circumstances change, so that your estate (your net worth in the eyes of the law) can be dealt with according to your wishes after you pass away.
You should review your Will every few years, but particularly after any major events, such as marriage, divorce, property purchase or sale, a death of a beneficiary or if your assets change significantly.
We strongly recommend visiting a lawyer to draft a Will document, rather than purchasing a will kit or handwriting one yourself. We can assist you to make sure your Will is legally valid and to ensure that your wishes are accurate and clear, to avoid any later confusion and conflict amongst your loved ones. Doing this will protect your family and friends from costly legal disputes that can put significant stress on your family and relationships after your passing.
We recommend that you consider who you might like to appoint as your Executor under your Will. Your Executors have the legal and administrative task of handling your assets and any debts you may have after you die and making sure that your wishes are upheld, so we suggest that you appoint someone you trust.
Consider who you might like to appoint as your beneficiaries and what effect their inheritance might have on their circumstances. You can choose anyone as a beneficiary and distribute your assets in any way you like, however if you don’t provide for your family or any dependants you may have, your Will can be contested and your hard-earned assets used on litigation fees. We can assist you to determine the best method of leaving gifts or whether a testamentary trust is necessary to sidestep potential taxation problems for your beneficiaries.
Contact us to get started today.
Do I need to appoint an Enduring Guardian?
An Appointment of an Enduring Guardian allows one or more people to make medical and lifestyle decisions for you, such as where you live and what care and services you receive. Your document can specify if you would like your guardian to refuse medical treatment on your behalf in certain circumstances (for example, refusing to continue the use of life support equipment in the event that you were terminally ill or in a coma).
We are here to answer any questions you may have so give us a call or send us an email.
Do I need to appoint a Power of Attorney?
A Power of Attorney appoints one or more people to act as your representative either for a specific task or in general. A Power of Attorney can operate at any time and can also be enduring (meaning that it will continue to operate if you lose the capacity to make decisions for yourself). Your attorney can make decisions regarding your finances, assets and property.
We are here to answer any questions you may have so give us a call or send us an email.
Our Process
We recommend that you call our office first to speak to one of our qualified lawyers.
We will then either ask you to email us any relevant documents so that we can provide you with a cost.
Get Started or need More Information
To get started organising or updating your estate planning, select the ‘Phone us‘ or ‘Book’ buttons below.
