Commercial
- Acted for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in connection with the acquisition of rights worldwide for a document management system
- Providing contract and commercial advice, and an “outsourced” office of legal counsel for a major Australian public company
- Advised on all aspects of the acquisition of a multi-million dollar financial services business
- Acted on conversion of a national distribution business to a franchise involving in excess of 100 franchisees
- Acted in a major, long-term facilities management contract
- Acted for service providers delivering services under a long term contract to a large municipal council
- Acted for the manager responsible for electricity transmission in a joint venture with respect to all contractual and commercial matters
- Acted for the operator of a major Australian tourism event, with responsibility for all contract and commercial matters
- Representation on a number of Part IV disputes and provision of advice to merchant bankers and corporate advisers on Part IV issues
- Provision of advice regarding a high profile merger, including the application for authorisation to the ACCC and the terms of the undertaking proposed
- Advice on the Code of Conduct for copyright collecting societies and the ACCC authorisation
- Advice to a number of joint venture parties, including government-owned corporations
- Trade practices audit for Queensland Generation Corporation
- Advice to franchisor on expansion of franchise into Australia from New Zealand, as well as ongoing franchise matters
- Advice on master franchise and sub-franchise agreements and compliance issues
- Acted on shareholder and structuring agreements for significant private equity investors and corporate advisory firms