Services

Business Law covers a wide field of legal work.

Are you selling your business,  thinking about buying a business or going into a partnership?

Need help with a commercial lease, an employment contract or a commercial dispute?  We can provide advice on the laws that affect you.

Peter Chapman has been an Accredited Specialist in Business Law since 2005. Our firm handles all types of commercial contract transactions.

Our aim is to explain the laws relevant to your business and help you to navigate them. We provide services in the following areas:

Business & Commercial Law

  • All types of commercial contract review and negotiation
  • Sale and purchase of businesses and companies/shares.
  • Ownership agreements -  shareholder agreements, unitholder agreements, partnership agreements.
  • Employment law and contracts
  • Intellectual property and information technology.
  • Corporations Law matters, director's duties and compliance.
  • Creation of Trusts.
  • Business succession planning including buy/sell agreements.
  • Entertainment law.
  • Insolvency - advice and litigation.
  • Asset protection and risk management.
  • Finance, capital raising, loan and security documents.
  • Trade practices (Competition & Consumer Act and The Australian Consumer Law).
  • Estate planning.

Property & Development Law

  • Transaction structuring.
  • Property acquisition.
  • Development management.
  • Asset disposal.
  • Commercial leasing.

Commercial & Civil Litigation

  • Strategic planning and early intervention.
  • Litigation in all jurisdictions in Australia.
  • Partnership disputes.
  • Insolvency litigation.
  • Competition and Consumer Claims.
  • Taxation appeals.
  • Professional indemnity and professional negligence claims.