Gold Coast & Brisbane Lawyers

Business & Commercial

When starting any business there are important steps we can help with. Structuring for start-ups as sole traders, partnerships companies, trusts or even Joint Venture’s is our specialty.

Have you considered the protection of your Intellectual Property? Further to when you are starting out or even when you realise it is an essential requirement you can come to us for support in copyright, trademarks, designs and IP licensing.

Growing everyday, the scale of tech and the way in which it impacts our lives is becoming a regulatory mind-field to manage. Emerging and disruptive systems like Blockchain, AI and Cloud economies to name a few, all have a potential part to play – but how? With our finger on the pulse of technology and the requirements necessary to support this digital transformative era, we have expanded our practice to include entrepreneur law. It’s an innovative space we are proud to have launched and will ensure savvy entrepreneurs are well supported.

Whether you are a corporation or a person that owns a trademark and business model to operate or you’d rather pay a fee to be allowed to use someone else’s business systems, we can support in all matters from set-up to licensing and negotiations. We are agnostic, providing franchising legal services for both franchisor or franchisee.

Corporate

We offer start-ups and structuring for more complex organisations including shareholder structuring, share issues and subscriptions and investments by third parties.

Mergers and acquisitions of businesses, shares by investors and or other businesses can all be managed by our law firm. We also provide for share transfers, drag and tag along transfers as well as exit events.

Across the board, our commercial lawyers execute your business and corporate needs with meticulous attention to detail and can advise on any commercial matter.

We are experts at Commercial Law offering extensive experience in:

• Business structures and operational advice
• Joint venture and partnership arrangements
• Drafting of a wide range of commercial legal documents (including but not limited to partnership advice, business structures including trusts, joint ventures, franchising, distribution agreements, agency arrangements, production and management)
• Extensive due diligence enquires
• Licensing, acquisitions and the sale of public and private companies
• Providing advice regarding liquor licensing and privacy
• Drafting shareholder agreements, foreign investment, mergers and takeovers, prospectuses, ASX listings, underwriting and equity raising
• Government lobbying