Business Set Up

Company Structures are important and are the perfect way to protect your assets and can potentially help with tax effectiveness. Getting advised from the outset will help you not only in the start-up phase but will set you up well for future business growth. Company structure is the foundation of your business.

Depending on the type of business you may need a variety of contracts and agreements to be used throughout the course of your business.

These include:

• Employment Agreements
• Contract Advice for Contracts you are entering into or general contracts
• Shareholder Agreements
• Distribution Agreements
• Partnership Agreements
• Terms of Trade
• Mortgage & Loan Agreements

There are many considerations that you should consider when looking at a commercial lease and premises. Our lawyers can assist in providing commercial property and leasing legal advice for a range of premises and uses.

We not only provide commercial leasing and property advice but, we litigate in these areas as well and understand the contentious points that can add great value to your dealings. The premises which your business operates from will be one of your business’ major expenses and commitments. It is important to get the right advice before you make these commitments.

Some of our Commercial Property Services:

• Commercial Lease Advice 
• Commercial Property Disputes 
• Commercial Property Conveyancing
• Shopping Centre Advice
• Service Stations
• Permits & Licences

Intellectual property is key for some businesses and when you are starting a franchise or sophisticated business or a business that has rapid growth. Protecting your intellectual property will be key to preventing others from profiting from copying your ideas, designs and passing off as you. Protecting your identity adds value to the valuation of your business ultimately. Without this protection being carefully considered you will have a hard time to carve out your brand.

As experienced employment lawyers we can advise and represent you in many different types of employment related matters. We advise on employment contracts and represent business owners in workplace disputes such as unfair dismissal claims. It is important to have the right advice and ensure that your employment contracts and processes are going to protect you in your business and do reflect the type of agreement that you have with your employee. Bad employment relations can lead to many disputes and poor public relations. It is important that your business is adequately protected from employees conduct both during and after their employment.

It may not be the first thing on your mind when starting a new business but having a clear idea on your terms of trade and how you are going to follow up clients for payment is crucial to the success of managing your businesses cash flow. Our business lawyers can advise you on the best protections you can put in place to ensure that get paid and have PPSR registrations in place if appropriate. We can also advise you on how to get your debts collected faster.

Different types of industries and types of business have different legal needs. If you have an e-commerce business your needs will be quite different from a distribution business. We understand the full range of business law requirements and how the many different laws apply in reality. We handle business disputes and commercial litigation and this experience and knowledge in commercial transactions will benefit you in the business advice we give. Our business law advice is commercially-minded and we make sure that our agreements and advice is applicable to your individual circumstances.