Sales of businesses, asset and stock purchases, joint ventures, financing, and the document review that keeps the deal from coming apart later.
Transfers to the next generation, buy-sell agreements, trusts, and the careful work of making sure the company outlasts its founder.
Acquisitions, leases, easements, and land-use matters for commercial property owners and small developers.
When negotiation has run its course: contract claims, partnership disputes, and litigation in the Queensland and Federal courts.
We answer the phone. We send you the bill we promised, on the schedule we promised. When a matter is straightforward, we say so. When it isn't, we explain what's actually at stake and what it will cost to find out.
Most of our work comes from clients who have been with the firm for fifteen years or more, and from the lawyers and accountants who refer them to us. We think that says more than anything else we could put on this page.
Business transactions and succession. Thirty-two years at the firm, twenty-two as a partner. UQ Law, 1985.
Property and land use. Joined the firm in 2001. QUT Law, 1998.
Commercial disputes and contract litigation. Joined the firm in 2014. Griffith Law, 2010.
Transactions, with a focus on closely held company sales. Joined the firm in 2022. ANU Law, 2021.
Level 1, 73 Bloomfield Street
Cleveland, QLD 4163
By appointment. New matters reviewed within two business days.