Business Structuring
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07 Jul 2025
How to Protect your Personal Assets as a Business Owner
Introduction As a business owner, you put a lot into your work. Time, effort, and money are the main foundations of a...
16 Dec 2024
Starting a New Business: Companies, Trusts, Partnerships, Sole Traders, and Joint Ventures
Starting a new business is exciting. It’s an opportunity to weave your commercial ideas into something tangible, and...
13 Jun 2022
Partnership and Shareholders’ Agreements: What You Need to Know
Businesses often start as an idea. Sometimes, they start as a personal idea that you have cultivated and pursued over the course of...
07 Jan 2019
What is a Guarantor?
Introduction In any commercial agreement or transaction, financial security is key. All parties to an agreement want...
07 Nov 2018
What is a Company Constitution?
Introduction Most people are familiar with the term constitution. However, that’s normally in the context of...
05 Sep 2015
Succession Planning for Your Business
Why Plan for the Future of your Business? Two out of three Australian businesses are family owned, yet it’s estimated...
26 Feb 2013
One Million Dollars – A Lot of Chocolate for a Company Director
The introduction last year of laws making company directors personally liable for their company’s outstanding PAYG...
03 Sep 2012
How To Get Redundancy Right!
Making employees redundant is another legal minefield with dangers for the unwary. As an example, in a recent case...
25 Sep 2011
Partnership Agreements: Getting Them Right
What are the important terms of a partnership or shareholders agreement? It is often said that partnerships can make...
21 Sep 2011
The Importance of Legal Risk Managment
What is Legal Risk Management? Effective legal risk management involves the development of suitable strategies to...
15 Sep 2011
Building a Business: Structure for Success
Quite often when setting up your own business, one of the most important decisions to be made is what type of...
15 Sep 2011
A handshake isn’t enough - Partnership Agreements
Business partnerships are often settled with fingers crossed – and faith that friendship will overcome all hurdles...
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