Commercial, insolvency and white-collar criminal defence lawyers

Shareholder and director disputes including claims for shareholder oppression and breaches of director duties, derivative actions

Breaches of restraints and enforcement of obligations arising from confidential information

Business disputes

Debt recovery / enforcement

Disputes with the Australian Taxation Office and state revenue authorities in matters of income tax, capital gains tax, GST and Payroll Taxes

ASIC director and advisor banning orders

Professional and disciplinary tribunals

Applications for winding-up and sequestration orders

Acting for directors, shareholders, and liquidators in corporate insolvencies

Acting in disputes concerning creditors’ rights and recoverable property

Advising liquidators in relation to voidable transactions (including creditor defeating dispositions and unfair preferences)

Administrations, receiverships and Deeds of Company Arrangement (DOCA)

Acting in proceedings concerning the appointment of provisional liquidators or receivers

Public examinations

Acting in response to ASIC investigations and prosecutions

Company deregistration and winding up of trust structures

Acting in applications for the reinstatement of deregistered companies and for the appointment of a registered liquidator

Acting for purchasers and vendors in business and share sale transactions

Advising in respect of structuring and restructuring

Preparation of transaction documents including share sale agreements, business sale agreements, shareholders and unitholders deeds

Preparation of terms and conditions of sales and services, and product sales

Contract review

Loan documentation and review

Personal and director guarantees

Advising in respect of the Personal Property Securities Act

AUSTRAC AML/CTF compliance

Acting for financial planners including acquisitions and changes to licencees

Advising in respect of applications for Australian Financial Services licences

Acting in relation to loan recoveries and enforcement of security

Acting for employers and employees in a range of disputes under the Fair Work Act and associated laws

Advising in respect of Director Penalty Notices (DPN), ATO disputes and payment arrangements

Advising in respect of reviewing and negotiating leases and lease terms

Advising and acting in disputes between lessees and lessors

Advising in respect of easements and compulsory property acquisitions

Defending allegations and charges in relation to fraud and other white-collar crime:

o   Fraud

o   Money laundering

o   Insider trading

o   Bribery

o   Corruption

o   Corporations Act offences

o   Taxation offences

o   Proceeds of crime

Assisting with and conducting investigations of suspected fraud and other white-collar crime

Regulatory investigations including ASIC investigations, banning orders and prosecutions