Commercial

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Commercial

What­ev­er busi­ness you’re run­ning, invest­ing in or start­ing from scratch, we take it seri­ous­ly. We take the time to make sure we under­stand what you want to achieve, so we can give you the advice that is in line with your objec­tives. The advice you receive on how to struc­ture your busi­ness is the most fun­da­men­tal requirement.

We can help you to decide whether to invest in a busi­ness on your own or by using a com­pa­ny, a unit trust, a dis­cre­tionary trust, a joint ven­ture or a part­ner­ship. What­ev­er struc­ture is best for you, we’ll help you to doc­u­ment and imple­ment it, keep­ing a close eye on the pro­tec­tion of your assets and interests.

If you’re going into busi­ness with oth­er par­ties, we can cre­ate an appro­pri­ate agree­ment framework setting out the rules to cov­er the full range of con­tin­gen­cies in your busi­ness rela­tion­ship. This cov­ers, for exam­ple, how to pro­ceed if one par­ty wants to sell, what hap­pens if one par­ty gets divorced or dies, arrange­ments for pay­ment of expens­es and cap­i­tal and pro­ce­dures for resolv­ing dis­putes between busi­ness partners.

Once your busi­ness is up and run­ning, we can offer you advice on any aspect of your busi­ness. This includes intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty mat­ters, tax, pur­chase or lease of busi­ness premis­es, and employ­ment of staff or con­trac­tors. As your busi­ness part­ners and trust­ed advis­ers, we’ll always be just a phone call away.

Expertise / Services

  • Adver­tis­ing, spon­sor­ship, and mar­ket­ing rights

  • Busi­ness and trans­ac­tion struc­tures

  • Buy­ing and sell­ing businesses

  • Busi­ness due diligence

  • Con­sul­tan­cy / dis­trib­u­tor­ship agreements

  • Consumer law including unfair contracts regime, misleading/deceptive conduct, etc

  • Estab­lish­ment of new companies and trusts

  • Involve­ment of addi­tion­al investors

  • Own­er­ship struc­tures for asset protection

  • Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Reg­is­ter (PPSR)

  • Part­ner­ship & joint ven­ture agreements

  • Pur­chase or lease of busi­ness premises

  • Retail / Commercial leases

  • Share­hold­er agreements

  • Ser­vice agreements

  • Gen­er­al com­mer­cial advice

  • Com­mer­cial / business lending

  • Property, equipment and/or trade finance

  • Advis­ing bor­row­ers / guar­an­tors in finance matters

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