Contracts, structures and transactions, drafted to be used.
Practical commercial counsel for founders, small business and established enterprise. We structure, document and, when needed, defend the decisions that shape your business, on fixed fees wherever the scope can be defined.
Commercial counsel across the cycle.
From the first contract to the sale of the business, with the same team and the same file.
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Contracts and agreements
Drafting, review and negotiation of services, supply, distribution, licensing and confidentiality agreements, in plain English that a counterparty can sign.
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Business structuring
Companies, trusts, partnerships and joint ventures set up for asset protection and later capital events, coordinated with your accountant.
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Business sales and acquisitions
Buy-side and sell-side support for share and business sales: due diligence, sale agreements, transition documents and completion.
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Shareholder and joint venture agreements
Shareholders agreements and unit-holder deeds with governance, deadlock, drag-along and exit mechanics written before they are needed.
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Employment and contractors
Employment contracts, contractor agreements, restraints and policies, aligned with sponsorship obligations where the employee holds a visa.
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Commercial disputes
Pre-litigation negotiation, letters of demand, mediation, and instructing counsel where proceedings are unavoidable.
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Leasing and property
Commercial and retail leases for tenants and landlords, and the property side of a sale of business with premises.
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Ongoing counsel
A retainer for businesses that want a lawyer on call without an in-house team: priority access, agreed monthly scope.
Start with these.
Guides from the practice, with the figures we use in consultations.
All insights- 01
Voluntary administration with sponsored staff on the roster: what pauses and what does not
A sponsor in voluntary administration in 2026: 28 days to notify, wages after appointment paid by the administrator, and a $79,423 floor that never pauses.
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Employee share schemes for staff on temporary visas: vesting, leaver terms and the salary that still has to be paid
Employee share schemes for sponsored staff in 2026: equity sits outside the $79,423 nominated salary, vesting on the visa calendar, a visa leaver clause.
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Trust structures and the business behind a visa nomination: who the sponsor actually is
When a trust trades, the trustee sponsors for $420 in 2026, in the name on the deed with the trust ABN. A change of trustee can change the sponsor.
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Partnership agreements for professional firms hiring from overseas: the three clauses the visa depends on
A partnership can sponsor for $420 in 2026, but without a continuity clause a partner change can end the sponsorship, and equity must wait for PR.
The handover that does not happen.
A business sponsoring an overseas worker needs the migration strategy and the employment documentation to agree with each other. A founder building a global team needs corporate structuring that respects visa conditions. Both practices sit in one office, so the nomination, the salary in the contract and the sponsor obligations are written by people who talk to each other.
Migration practiceGet the right structure before the deal.
Whether it is a first contract or the sale of a business, a consultation with the commercial team gives you direct advice and a fixed fee quote.