We help business owners
We help business owners resolve their disputes so they can protect their bottom line.
We help business owners grappling with complex financial services and
company and insolvency laws.
We advise clearly and concisely
on compliance with those laws, to help them make the right risk-based commercial decisions.
We help business owners seeking to review government decisions that
adversely affect their business.
We help with internal department reviews and externally ombudsman or tribunal.
Governance & Compliance
We help business owners manage their compliance risk. We make sure that regulatory obligations are met, review existing contracts against statutory obligations, and help put policies and procedures in place.
We have particular expertise in advising on the Corporations Act, able to advise directors and shareholders on their duties and rights and what steps need to be taken to reduce legislative risk.
Directors
We held directors by advising them on their rights and obligations and by putting in place frameworks to reduce risk.
When their are board disputes we advising directors on their rights and how to break the deadlock.
We help trade debtor disputes, including advising them on debtor insolvency risk.
Shareholder Meetings
We help shareholders when they are seeking to have issues added to the AGM agenda and when a dispute with other shareholders is looking likely.
We advise shareholders on their rights under the shareholders' agreement, under the constitution and the Corporations Act.
Shareholder Rights
We review shareholders' agreements, advising shareholders on their rights and how they can be better protected.
We help minority shareholders exercise their rights when they are excluded from management, including negotiating the right board and shareholder outcomes.
Trade Disputes
We help business owners resolve their disputes with trade creditors, advising them on service and supply agreement obligations and how mediation and settlement conferences can be utilized to achieve the right outcomes.
Creditor Disputes
We held business owners recover money owed to them including issuing letters of demand and resulting negotiations
We advise business owners on their rights when a debtor is at risk of insolvency
Debtor Disputes
We help business owners defend creditor claims brought against them
We advise them on their contractual rights and on the right dispute resolution outcomes
Consumer Rights
Business owners frequently have consumer rights
We advise on those rights when there is a trade supplier dispute and how those rights can be asserted to achieve the right outcomes
Government Decisions
Governments decisions are also increasingly impacting business owners, licensing and approval are crucial to being able to trade and to make sure that businesses are profitable. We help business owners seeking to review government decisions, whether it is a licensing decision that has gone against them or an employee approval that is rejected
Internal and Ombudsman Review
We help our clients with the external review of government decisions, including making complaints to state and federal ombudsmen and then assisting them with the ombudsman investigation process
Tribunal Review
When all other review options are exhausted, we also represent clients in state and federal tribunals, including QCAT and the AAT, seeking fair and just outcomes