Legal

Our commercial law services cover a wide range of legal issues that arise in the course of doing business, such as:

• Business formation: Our commercial lawyers help clients to establish and register different types of business entities, such as corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships, trusts and unit holder entities. They assist in preparing and filing the necessary documents and complying with the relevant laws and regulations.
• Contracts + agreements: Our commercial lawyers, review, and negotiate various types of business contracts and agreements, such as business sale agreements, lease agreements, licensing agreements, service contracts and terms of commerce. 
• Intellectual property: Our commercial lawyers help clients to protect and manage their intellectual property, and can provide assistance with filing trademark applications, enforcing rights and drafting complex licensing agreements.
• Compliance + regulatory matters: Our commercial lawyers help navigate the complex legal and regulatory frameworks that govern their industries. They can advise on compliance with laws and regulations and assist with government investigations and enforcement actions. 
• Rent roll transactions: Our expert rent roll lawyers can assist with all aspects of rent roll transactions from negotiation through to post completion matters. 
• Loan agreements + security: Our team provides practical and business-focused legal support to lenders, borrowers, guarantors and security providers, financial institutions, and private investors across a wide range of financing arrangements. Whether it’s commercial, real estate, or asset-based lending, we deliver strategic, practical guidance tailored to your needs. We deliver clear, strategic advice to protect your investment and help your business thrive.
  
• Franchising: The team has extensive experience in all types of franchising matters, having acted for franchisors and franchisees throughout Australia. Whether you are looking to start a new franchise, transition an existing business into a franchise system or looking to buy a franchise business, our team are well placed to assist you.    

We offer a range of estate planning services to ensure your assets are distributed according to your wishes, and in the most tax-efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Our estate planning services can include:

• Wills + trusts: A will is a legal document that outlines a person’s wishes for the distribution of their assets after their death. A trust is a legal entity that can hold and manage assets for the benefit of designated beneficiaries.
• Powers of attorney: A power of attorney is a legal document that designates a trusted person to make decisions on behalf of the person who created it if they become incapacitated.
• Advance healthcare directives: Advance healthcare directives are legal documents that outline a person’s wishes for medical treatment if they become unable to make decisions for themselves.
• Probate + estate administration: Probate is the legal process of settling a person’s estate after their death. Estate administration involves the management of a person’s assets and property during their lifetime and after their death.
• Tax planning: Estate planning can also involve tax planning strategies to minimize the tax liability of an estate and its beneficiaries.

Our lawyers are experts in conducting M+A transactions and can help with:

• Due diligence: Conducting thorough due diligence on the target company to identify potential legal issues and liabilities.
• Negotiating + drafting transaction documents: Preparing and negotiating transaction documents such as letters of intent, purchase agreements, share sale or asset sale agreements and ancillary agreements such as confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
• Regulatory compliance: Advising on and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations governing mergers and acquisitions, including antitrust and competition laws.
• Corporate governance: Advising on corporate governance matters such as board composition, director duties, and fiduciary obligations.
• Tax advice: Providing tax advice on the structure of the transaction and potential tax consequences.
• Intellectual property: Reviewing and assessing intellectual property ownership and licensing arrangements.
• Loans + securities: Our team can review, prepare and advise on complex lending arrangements Including vendor finance agreements, general security agreements and various loan agreements. 
• Post-closing integration: Helping with post-closing integration, including the transfer of assets and employees, and the implementation of post-closing restructuring plans.

Our property law experts can help you with:

• Residential conveyancing: Our property experts provide services for buying and selling property in QLD and NSW. 
• Property development + subdivision: Our expert property development lawyers assist with all aspects of property development from site acquisition through due diligence and structuring and preparation of off the plan contracts.
• Commercial property transactions: Whether you’re buying, selling, or leasing commercial property, our team brings deep extensive industry knowledge and experience to the table, ensuring your transaction proceeds smoothly and efficiently. 
• Rural property transactions: Our team is well-versed in handling these complexities, providing you with expert legal support every step of the way and can help with leasing or transferring water assets as well as providing comprehensive support throughout the transaction. 
• Retail commercial leasing: Preparation, negotiation and review of retail and commercial leases Australia wide, including deeds of assignment, variation and other ancillary documents.
• Manufactured home parks: Having acted for the operator of one of Queensland’s largest Manufactured Home Parks [including their sale to a multinational organisation], our team are experts in acting for both operators and residents in reviewing, preparing and negotiating home and site agreements. 
• Retirement villages: Our team can help with preparing and reviewing retirement village leases and provide advice on the obligations under the various regulatory requirements. 
• Community title + strata title: Our property experts can assist with establishing new schemes, amending schemes and advising on contravention of by-laws.  
• Easements + covenants: Our team can prepare easements and covenants as well as advise on the impact of the same on future projects.