Australian Commercial Legal Services

If you are doing business in Australia in this Section of our practice we can help you with the following services.

1. COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

As lawyers registered in Victoria and New South Wales we can represent you in any of the main courts, or in Tribunals such as VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal).

Examples of disputes include:

  • interpretation of commercial contracts
  • winding up companies
  • trade mark and licensing disputes
  • IT (Intellectual Property) contract disputes
  • commission/agency disputes
  • international trade disputes
  • debt collection
  • tax problems: objection, appeals.

2. COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS/ADVICE

Our main commercial law services are:

  • business structuring advice: advice on selecting the best business structure
  • taxation advice on business establishment, and conduct of business operations
  • trusts: advice on the best use of trust structures, and taxation implications
  • business contracts: we prepare all commercial contracts and agreements, such as agency, marketing, leasing, loan agreements, and licensing arrangements, as well as buy/sell agreements between business partners
  • trade contracts: we prepare trade contracts, within Australia and internationally
  • investment: advice on investment of funds, and buying and selling property
  • obtaining the consent of the Foreign Investment Review Board for your investment in Australia .

3. BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING

Business Succession Planning involves your planning for the orderly transfer of control of your assets.

Too often business owners do not have a plan to ensure the orderly continuation or transfer of their business in the event of illness or death.

Working with accountants specialising in this work, we can help you to:

  • design a business continuation and succession plan
  • select those persons who should take control, when and if you wish
  • set up all legal documents to transfer control
  • advise you on transfer and control without necessarily changing ownership (this can save tax!)
  • advice on funding techniques to enable the purchaser to finance the business buy-out when the time comes
  • advice on taxation consequences
  • protecting your assets.

A particular emphasis of our work is that we structure client affairs to ensure maximum asset protection.

The founder of our firm, Terry Johansson is an Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates with the Law Institute of Victoria.

We offer the first half hour free, so you can meet with our lawyers to discuss your issues. Just give us a call.