Corporate and Commercial Law
Our Corporate and Commercial Law practice offers a wealth of experience and knowledge in the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law. We provide advice to a varied client base from large publicly listed national and multinational corporations to local small to medium-sized enterprises on a wide range of corporate and commercial legal matters, including corporate advisory, commercial and corporate governance and compliance matters.
Commercial
Our lawyers provide responsive, clear and strategic commercial advice delivered in a way that can efficiently be used within your business. We focus on commercial solutions which protect you against key risks and deliver you the agreed outcome. We can advise you on a wide range of commercial matters, including in relation to:
- Sale and purchase of businesses and assets
- Supply of goods and services - terms and conditions of trade, franchising, supply and distributorship arrangements, reseller arrangements, contracting and outsourcing
- Commercial credit arrangements and loan and security documents
- Sale of commercial property and leasing
- Intellectual property - ownership, licensing and development, confidentiality agreements
- Information technology, Internet and e-commerce law - licensing, reseller, agency, support, service, maintenance, web hosting, and software development.
- Trade practices law - misleading and deceptive conduct, consumer protection, anti-competitive and unfair market practices, product safety and liability, compliance programs and polices.
- Company formation, reconstruction, joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Foreign investment in Australia
- Due diligence
- Privacy and spam laws
- Drafting and negotiation a wide range of contracts
- General commercial advice
- Commercial dispute resolution and litigation
- Debt recovery
Corporate Governance and Compliance (including training)
Our lawyers have considerable technical and practical international and domestic experience offering a range of corporate governance and compliance services to assist in managing your legal and regulatory risk, including:
- Directors and officers roles and responsibilities
- Drafting and reviewing codes of conduct
- Legal and regulatory risk and compliance audits and self-assessments
- Compliance training and compliance programs
- Advising on and, where applicable, drafting appropriate practices, policies and procedures in relation to such 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, whistleblowing, anti-retaliation, disclosure and document retention.
- Corporate Governance and board guidelines, frameworks and charters
If you require advice
or assistance regarding any of these matters, or further information
about our services, please contact Tal Williams, Partner.
We also specialise
in the provision of legal services in employment
law, industrial law, discrimination
law, workplace training and occupational
health and safety. The combined expertise of our team
allows us to understand and advise on the complex legal problems
that our clients may face.
