Commercial

We have over 30 years' experience in advising small and medium-sized business owners and entrepreneurs on business-related matters.

Our commitment is to developing close working partnerships with our business clients to assist them to achieve their commercial goals. We work with our clients to give them practical, timely and sound advice. We understand the interaction between legal and business issues and address them with concise, practical and sensible advice in plain English.

We provide advice in a number of core areas including:

Business Structures
• shelf company acquisition
• formation and structure of new business ventures
• shareholder agreements
• franchise agreements
• investment agreements
• formation and dissolution of partnerships
• agency and confidentiality agreements

Commercial
• licensing agreements
• supply and distribution agreements
• service and consultancy agreements

Acquisitions and Disposals
• purchase and sale of businesses
• acting for non-profit and charitable organisations
• commercial, joint venture and partnership agreements
• stamp duty, GST and other tax matters
• guarantees
• security documents
• business succession agreements

Trusts
• set up and structure
• preparation of trust deeds
• advice on trustee obligations and beneficiary entitlements

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