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5 key steps to prepare your business for sale

5 key steps to prepare your business for sale

So, you’ve built up a successful business and have now decided to sell, or been approached by a prospective buyer. Selling...

Commercial Law, Corporate Law

27 • 01 • 23

Start-up capital raising using a SAFE note

Start-up capital raising using a SAFE note

A common issue for most start-up businesses is that they are cash hungry. Securing investors in the early days can be...

Commercial Law, Corporate Law

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10 tips for developers to minimise settlement risk in off-the-plan sales

10 tips for developers to minimise settlement risk in off-the-plan sales

With changing market conditions, including higher interest rates, increased construction costs and softening property prices,...

Property Law

26 • 09 • 22

The importance of shareholders agreements

The importance of shareholders agreements

A shareholders’ agreement is a written agreement between the shareholders of a company. It sets out the relationship...

Commercial Law, Corporate Law

03 • 08 • 22

Courts cautionary warning to developers

Courts cautionary warning to developers

A developer told a couple their off-the-plan unit would not be built as promised. The couple had purchased a unit in South...

Property Law

03 • 06 • 22

Corporations law embraces technology

Corporations law embraces technology

The electronic signing of documents by companies and the conduct of shareholders’ meetings via electronic means is now...

Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Property Law

02 • 03 • 22

The employee/contractor distinction in M&A transactions

The employee/contractor distinction in M&A transactions

If you assumed that engaging workers as independent contractors by mutual agreement, as opposed to employees, would relieve...

Commercial Law, Corporate Law

19 • 01 • 22

Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme extended in Victoria… again

Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme extended in Victoria… again

On the very day the Victorian Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme (‘CTRS’) was scheduled to end (15 January 2022), the...

Property Law

18 • 01 • 22

What you need to know about Victoria’s new ‘Windfall Gains Tax’

What you need to know about Victoria’s new ‘Windfall Gains Tax’

As part of the Victorian Budget 2021/22, a new property tax, the windfall gains tax (WGT), will be applied to land...

Property Law, Tax Law

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