Contracts, structures and governance for businesses that need the paperwork to hold when something goes wrong.
Buying or selling a business, from the term sheet and due diligence through to completion and the restraints that follow.
Commercial disputes in the NSW, ACT and Federal courts, resolved early where that is possible and run properly where it is not.
Your product scales digitally. Your contracts have to scale with it.
Where the law changed, what it now requires, and what a business has to do about it.
One question worked through end to end, with the provisions and the decisions it rests on.
What a judgment decided, and what follows from it for anyone in the same position.
A German desk for businesses moving between Australia and the German-speaking market.
Singapore law where it governs the contract, and the arbitral seat that carries much of the region’s work.
Expertise you can trust
Commercial law for the transactions that build a business and the disputes that threaten one.
Sydney · Canberra · Frankfurt a.M.
Boettcher Law is an Australian commercial law firm, working with businesses, their founders and their boards from Sydney, Canberra and Frankfurt.
Find the area closest to the problem you have. The specific work sits beneath each one, and if none of them is obviously right, tell us the problem and we will tell you who should handle it.
Principal-led
Your matter is run by a principal, not passed down and reported back.
Cross-border by default
For work that starts in one legal system and has to land in another.
Disputes resolved early
We look for the commercial way out first, and litigate properly when there is not one.
13 practice areas.
Corporate & Commercial
Contracts, structures and governance for businesses that need the paperwork to hold when something goes wrong.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Buying or selling a business, from the term sheet and due diligence through to completion and the restraints that follow.
Employment
Hiring, managing and ending employment, and defending the claims that follow when a departure turns contentious.
IP & Technology
Protecting what your business has built, and licensing it to other people without giving it away.
International Trade
Moving goods, money and risk across borders, and the regimes that decide whether you can.
International Arbitration
Cross-border disputes under SIAC, ACICA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules, as counsel and as arbitrator.
Banking & Finance
Lending and security on either side of the table, from facility terms to PPSR registration and enforcement.
Insolvency & Restructuring
Recovering what you are owed, and responding when a counterparty, or your own company, runs out of time.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Commercial disputes in the NSW, ACT and Federal courts, resolved early where that is possible and run properly where it is not.
Building & Construction
Contracts, variations, defects and payment claims across the security of payment regimes in NSW and the ACT.
Property
Commercial and residential property, from the contract for sale through leasing to the ACT crown lease questions nobody else asks about.
Wills & Estates
Wills, estate administration and the disputes that follow, including estates with assets in more than one country.
Notarial Services
Documents that have to be recognised overseas, notarised and authenticated for the country that will receive them.
Practice area
Employment
Hiring, managing and ending employment, and defending the claims that follow when a departure turns contentious.
What that covers
Employment contracts · Termination and redundancy · Restraints · General protections
Related expertise
From the library
Practice area
Banking and Finance
Lending and security on either side of the table, from facility terms to PPSR registration and enforcement.
What that covers
Facility agreements · Security and PPSA · Guarantees · Intercreditor arrangements
Related expertise
From the library
Practice area
International Arbitration
Cross-border disputes under SIAC, ACICA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules, as counsel and as arbitrator.
What that covers
Arbitration clauses · Commencing arbitration · Enforcement and challenge · Investment treaty
Related expertise
From the library
Practice area
International Trade
Moving goods, money and risk across borders, and the regimes that decide whether you can.
What that covers
CISG and supply contracts · Carriage of goods · Trade finance · FIRB and sanctions
Related expertise
From the library
Practice area
IP and Technology
Protecting what your business has built, and licensing it to other people without giving it away.
What that covers
Trade marks · Copyright · Software and SaaS · IP in transactions
Related expertise
From the library
Practice area
Notarial Services
Documents that have to be recognised overseas, notarised and authenticated for the country that will receive them.
What that covers
Notarial certificates · Apostille and authentication · Corporate documents
Related expertise
From the library
Industries
Twelve sectors we work in often enough to know the contracts, the regulators and the failure points before you describe them.
International Desks
A German desk and a South East Asia desk, for work that starts in one legal system and has to land in another.
Not sure which area you need? Describe the problem and we will tell you who should handle it.
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- Real Estate and Construction
- Retail, Trade and Consumer Goods
- Technology and Software
- Transport, Logistics and Shipping
- Manufacturing and Industrial Equipment
- Financial Services
- Government and Defence
- Automotive and Mobility
- Mining, Resources and Critical Minerals
- Medical Technology and Life Sciences
- Agribusiness and Food
- Renewable Energy and Hydrogen
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