BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL

Who is your business lawyer?

We get to know you and your business so we can understand what you do, why you do it and how you do it. This allows us to see what you need and what you want and it lets us fix issues before they become problems.

We focus on making sure your business transaction works for you,
risk management, relationship management, governance and helping you do your business better.

We aim to be the kind of business lawyer that we would want to hire. We put ourselves in your shoes. We provide tailored services to a range of different businesses and organisations in a range of different industries.

Our services cover

  • structuring and establishing your business entity - companies, trusts and partnerships
  • general business / commercial advice and decision making in your business
  • rural / farm business issues
  • farm or business succession planning
  • owners agreements relationships between co-owners (shareholder, partnership and unit holder agreements)
  • rural and commercial leasing
  • loans and other finance arrangements
  • buying and selling businesses and assets
  • preparing terms and conditions
  • privacy
  • contract review and preparation

There are 3 ways that you can engage us.

  1. Specific projects. It might be a specific transaction, advice on a standalone issue or preparing or reviewing a contract.
  2. Retainer. You can engage us as your legal department and we will be available all the time to assist with your legal needs. This deeper involvement with you means we can provide higher value and more strategic advice and assistance.
  3. Hybrid. We can tailor an engagement with a mix of project work and a limited retainer, to meet your legal needs and budget.

Whichever way you engage us, we will give you a quote up front so you will have price certainty.