Commercial Law

We understand the unique legal challenges faced by small and medium-sized businesses, particularly around business succession.  After all, we’re a small business ourselves.The commercial law advice we give will be tailored to your specific needs, ensuring it is practical, relevant and individual.Our commercial services include:

• business formation, acquisitions and sales
• business succession
• taxation and structuring advice
• workplace issues covering
  • awards and enterprise agreements
  • anti-discrimination, harassment and equal opportunity
  • unfair dismissal
  • health and safety
• directors’ duties and liabilities and governance advice
• intellectual property protection, including business names, trademarks, copyright and design
• information technology contracts
• franchising negotiations and agreements
• partnerships and joint ventures
• competition and consumer law
• privacy

If you are interested in establishing a company or registering a business name, please download the relevant form:

• establish a company
• register a business name

Links

• Office of Fair Trading  Queensland Government
• Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
• Australian Tax Office
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Australian Securities and Investment Commission

Contact one of our experts to see how we can assist:

Paul Paxton-Hall
Director

Robert Cunningham
Special Counsel

Stephen Tonge
Special Counsel

Nicole Shenfield
Senior Associate