Commercial Law

Are you about to buy a business and want advice on the due diligence process, the Agreement for Sale and Purchase, an appropriate ownership structure, the guarantee that the bank and the landlord are asking for and the matters that need to be agreed upon with your business partner from the outset? 

We can provide you with sound and practical advice on these matters and many other Business and Commercial Law matters.  Over the years we have established excellent working relationships with local bank managers and accountants and other advisors and we work closely with them to ensure that clients receive the best possible advice. 

We advise on:

• Business Sale and Purchase Agreements
• Setting up companies and advising on company constitutions and shareholders structures
• Shareholder and Partnership agreements
• Partnerships
• Joint Ventures
• Trading Trusts
• Financing arrangements, loans and guarantees
• Compliance with commercial legislation and regulations
• GST issues
• Franchise Agreements
• Contracts for the sale and purchase of goods or services
• Corporate governance, directors duties, conflicts of interest and board policies
• Disputes between business partners
• Disputes between customers or suppliers
• Restructuring
• Winding up a business
• Company amalgamations, joint ventures, insolvency, receiverships and liquidations