Our Commercial team drafts, reviews, and negotiates various types of contracts, including agreements with your clients, suppliers, partners, and employees. They ensure that contracts are legally sound, protect your interests, and address any potential risks.
Our Commercial lawyers assist in the formation and structuring of businesses, such as companies, partnerships, joint ventures, shareholder agreements as well as financing and security agreements. We help you choose the appropriate business entity, comply with legal requirements and draft necessary documents.
Our Commercial lawyers help your business to navigate complex regulatory frameworks and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. We provide guidance on issues such as data protection, intellectual property, consumer protection, employment laws and environmental regulations.
Our Commercial lawyers play a crucial role in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. We conduct due diligence, negotiate terms, draft agreements, and handle the legal aspects of the transaction to protect your interests.
Our Commercial lawyers advise your business on intellectual property matters, including trademark registration, copyright protection, and trade secret confidentiality. We help you develop strategies to protect your intellectual property rights and enforce them if necessary.
Our Commercial lawyers identify and assess potential legal risks that your business may face. We develop strategies to mitigate these risks and protect your from legal disputes, regulatory penalties, and financial liabilities.
In the event of business disputes, our Commercial lawyers represent you in negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and litigation. We aim to resolve conflicts efficiently and favourably, safeguarding your interests.
Our Commercial lawyers provide ongoing legal counsel to businesses on a wide range of day-to-day matters. We offer guidance on corporate governance, including corporate resolutions and minutes of meetings, employment issues, contract interpretation, compliance, and other legal aspects relevant to your business operations.
This is just an overview of the tasks and responsibilities of our Commercial team. The specific areas of focus and expertise will be tailored to your needs and the commercial matter at hand. If you have any specific questions or need further assistance regarding commercial law, feel free to call us and ask.
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The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is a national law that provides consumer protections and regulates business conduct. It covers areas such as product safety, warranties, and prohibitions on misleading or deceptive conduct. The ACL applies to businesses of all sizes across Australia and also in most cases to individuals.
Under the Corporations Act 2001, directors have a range of duties, including acting in good faith, ensuring the company complies with laws, avoiding conflicts of interest, and exercising care and diligence. Breach of these duties can result in legal penalties, including fines and disqualification.
Misleading or deceptive conduct, regulated by the ACL, can result in significant penalties, including fines, compensatory damages, and injunctions. Businesses are prohibited from engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct including making false or misleading claims about their products, services, or prices to consumers.