Corporate / Commercial

Civic Legal has experience in most aspects of corporate and commercial work, including but not limited to:

• incorporation of companies;
• strategic advice on corporate shareholding structures;
• advising on corporate governance and directors’ duties;
• mergers, acquisitions and disposals of corporations;
• boardroom and shareholder disputes;
• flotation of companies on the Australian Stock Exchange;
• advising corporations on administrations, receiverships and liquidations;
• acting for administrators, receivers and liquidators;
• creation of trusts;
• preparation of shareholder agreements;
• preparation of joint venture agreements;
• preparation and/or review of franchise documents;
• advice on franchising;
• leases of commercial and industrial premises;
• preparation of standard terms and conditions of business;
• contracts for the sale of goods and services;
• intellectual property work including:
• advice and registration of trade marks;
• advice on copyright;
• trade secrets;
• business names and domain names;
• preparation of fixed, unit and discretionary trusts;
• compliance with Trade Practices Act, Fair Trading Act and other commercial laws;
• compliance with Financial Services Reform Act;
• mergers, acquisitions and disposals of corporations or shares therein.