Corporate/M&A Expertise

We are regularly engaged to advise on and provide representation in a broad range of corporate matters, including:

• initial public offerings
• mergers and acquisitions
• takeovers by offer or scheme of arrangement
• public and private capital raisings
• private equity
• management and leverage buyouts
• corporate reconstructions
• joint ventures
• corporate governance
• ASX and Corporations Act compliance
• advice on all aspects of the Competition and Consumer Act
• dealings with the ACCC and other regulatory bodies
• marketing and advertising compliance
• development and implementation of Competition and Consumer compliance programs
• acquisition and disposal contracts, commercial agreements, loans and security documents
• employment agreements, release and indemnity deeds, confidentiality agreements, joint venture agreements, project contracts, services contracts
• establishment of trade practices risk and compliance programs
• managing relationships with regulators including ACCC, ATO, Fair Work Australia, Workplace Health and Safety, Customs, AQIS and ASIC
• managing industrial and employment issues including dismissals, redundancies and claims by employees
• company secretariat function, including maintenance of the company registers and statutory filings
• formulation and drafting of policies, procedures and administrative practices
• company/business constituent documents including shareholder agreements, trust deeds and business succession agreements.