Business & Commercial Law

• Business structures: establishing a new business enterprise whether by partnership, joint venture, company, trust or franchise; or restructuring an existing business.
   

• Business contracts: the preparation or review of all types of legal contracts including: purchase or sale of a business; franchise, supply, service, distribution, partnership, or commercial agreements/ contracts.
   

• Commercial disputes and commercial litigation: dispute resolution and business litigation covering a wide range of problems including breach of contract, building and property disputes, debt recovery, copyright infringement, partnership disputes and corporations law.
   

• Corporations law: assistance with shareholders agreements, advice on corporate governance and documenting company administrations.
   

• Copyright, trademarks and patents: managing and enforcing intellectual property rights, including litigation where needed, plus the registration of designs, patents and trademarks.
   

• Property and leasing: retail and commercial leasing for both landlords and tenants plus the sale or purchase of commercial property.
   

• Employment matters: employment contracts, compromise agreements, disputes, unfair dismissals, occupational health and safety issues.
   

• Bankruptcy and insolvency: recovering money owed to you from the point of an initial Letter of Demand through to Court actions.
   

• Taxation and finance: drafting and reviewing commercial mortgages, guarantees, charges and other securities documentation as well as advice in regard to specific taxes.
   

• Business succession and asset protection: assistance in devising a plan that protects your assets through unit, discretionary and family trusts, Wills and/or Lasting Powers of Attorney.

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