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.
Judgments and tribunal outcomes, transactions completed, appointments taken, and the conversations we are part of in Australia and in Germany.
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.
The industries we act for
Twelve sectors we work in often enough to know the contracts, the regulators and the failure points before you describe them.
Sydney · Canberra · Frankfurt a.M.
An industry page starts from what your business does and works back to the law that touches it.
Find your sector below. Each one sets out the work we actually do in it and the areas of law that carry it. If your business sits across two of them, or across none of them cleanly, tell us what you are trying to do and we will tell you what is involved.
The contract comes first
Most of the work in any sector is done before anything goes wrong. Knowing an industry means knowing which clause gets argued about later.
Regulators differ by industry
A medical device, a financial product and a defence component answer to different regulators under different statutes. The area of law is the same. The answer is not.
Two legal systems, one team
Much of this work runs between Australia and the German-speaking market. We work in both, in German and in English, from term sheet to enforcement.
The twelve industries we act for
Financial Services
A regulated business, on solid legal footing.
We advise Australian financial services and credit businesses on obtaining and keeping their licence: Australian financial services licence applications and authorisation scope, whether a product or a service is in fact a financial product, responsible manager, disclosure and reporting obligations, and the consumer credit regime under the National Credit Code. We advise on anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing programs, customer identification and reporting obligations, and privacy compliance. We also do the transactional work that sits alongside it: facility and loan agreements, security deeds and PPSR registration, guarantees, intercreditor and subordination terms, and enforcement when a facility goes into default.
Areas of law
Sites, leases and buildings, from acquisition to completion.
We act for owners, developers, investors, landlords, tenants and builders across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Our work covers commercial and residential acquisitions and sales, due diligence on title and contract, ACT crown lease issues including surrender and loose fill asbestos affected land, and the revenue position on transfer duty, land tax and withholding. On leasing we act from heads of agreement through rent review, assignment and make good. On development we advise on feasibility, development approval strategy and agreements for lease. On construction we draft and negotiate building contracts and act on variation, delay, defect, security of payment and adjudication disputes.
Areas of law
When goods travel the world, liability travels with them.
Areas of law
Government and Defence
Supplying government and the defence industry.
Areas of law
From the shelf to the checkout, sell with certainty in two markets.
We advise manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers on the terms that move goods from a factory to a shelf or a doorstep in either market: distribution, supply and agency agreements, exclusivity and minimum volume commitments, online and marketplace platform arrangements, and the consumer guarantee and unfair contract terms regime under the Australian Consumer Law. We register and enforce trade marks, and we review labelling, country of origin and advertising claims before they become a regulator’s problem. Where a direct to consumer channel collects customer data, we deal with the privacy and marketing rules that attach to it, and we act when a distribution relationship is terminated.
Areas of law
Automotive and Mobility
Contracts for an industry in transition.
The industry is rebuilding its supply chains faster than its contracts. We advise component suppliers, importers, dealers and mobility operators on supply and tooling agreements, long term pricing and volume commitments, distribution and dealer networks under Australian competition and consumer law, and the battery and raw material arrangements that now connect Australian mine sites to European production lines. We advise on the recall, defect and product liability exposure that sits behind those arrangements, and on the joint venture and investment structures used to enter either market. Where a supply relationship fails, we pursue or defend the claim.
Areas of law
Mining, Resources and Critical Minerals
Australian resources, European industry, contracts that hold.
Areas of law
Medical Technology and Life Sciences
Your innovation heals. We keep the path clear.
Areas of law
Manufacturing and Industrial Equipment
Your machines run worldwide. Your contracts should too.
We advise manufacturers and plant builders on the contracts that carry equipment from a German or an Australian factory to a site on the other side of the world: export supply terms, installation and commissioning, retention of title and payment security, and the warranty and product liability position under two legal systems. We set up and document distribution, agency and service networks in Australia, including spare parts and field service obligations. When a project runs late, a machine underperforms or a customer withholds payment, we recover the money or defend the claim, in court or in arbitration. We work in German and in English, so one team takes you from the term sheet through to enforcement.
Areas of law
Your product scales digitally. Your contracts have to scale with it.
A product that scales digitally needs contracts that scale with it. We advise software, SaaS and technology businesses on subscription, licensing, reseller and development agreements, on service levels and support commitments, on ownership of intellectual property in commissioned and jointly developed code, and on the liability and indemnity positions that decide whether one outage becomes an existential claim. We advise on privacy and data compliance under the Australian Privacy Act and the GDPR, including cross-border transfers and breach notification. For companies growing into a second market, we handle the entity, employee incentive and capital raising work that goes with it.
Areas of law
Agribusiness and Food
From the Australian vineyard to the German shelf, contracts that deliver.
Areas of law
Renewable Energy and Hydrogen
The energy transition is a body of contracts. We help write it.
Areas of law
Expertise
Thirteen areas of law, from corporate and commercial through to notarial services. The industry pages say who we act for. The expertise pages say what we do.
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.
Tell us your industry and what you are trying to do. We will tell you what is involved.
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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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