Client Solution

I recently acted for a licensed sporting club that had a successful business but limited opportunities for future growth on its Council leasehold land; while a nearby bowls club was struggling to stay solvent despite owning its own freehold land. I chaired several meetings with the parties to work out how to achieve their respective […]

A man and his wife were visiting Brisbane and decided to drop by my office to see if they had any options for migrating to Australia. They had previously approached other migration firms but were told that they did not meet any of the eligibility requirements due to their age. After a brief discussion, I

A recent case for my client, a large workers’ compensation insurer, involved the negligent use of a drag line cable at a mine site. There were several issues to work through. The Claimant suffered PTSD following an incident where the drag line cable snapped, however, there were conflicts between the reports of the operator lowering

For a client’s shopping centre development in northern NSW, I was instructed after purchase to act through all stages of construction, leasing and operation until its eventual sale. It was a complex transaction, requiring inter-jurisdictional collaboration and expertise, and ongoing asset management. After completion, my client was able to sell the centre with minimal due

I was approached by an operator looking to divest its portfolio of eight retirement villages and aged care facilities before leaving the industry. I worked with the accountants to perform vendor due diligence, populate the electronic data room, prepare transaction documents and run a competitive tender. The client relied on my team’s broad expertise in

Recently, a client who had been operating their business through an extremely complicated structure (over 20 different trusts and various other entities) came to me for help after other lawyers had told them their structure was too hard to unwind. I was able to simplify and streamline their structure to make it more manageable, and

A client in the pubs industry needed assistance with a sexual harassment claim made against them. Working with the client, I obtained expert evidence which uncovered contributory conduct by the applicant. This conduct only came to light after we commissioned a robust review of the client’s records. It enabled us to settle out of court

Recently a client contacted me, wanting to discuss ways to ensure that his company shares were protected from possible future creditors while reducing the tax payable on dividends. I recommended a discretionary trust with terms that properly considered issues around appropriate trusteeship, and managing roles and succession in relation to control of trust assets. Following

I worked with a client whose father had a large property portfolio but could no longer make decisions for himself. As the QCAT appointed Administrator for her father, my client needed to sell the properties. However, we discovered (amongst other complexities) that the properties were registered in another family member’s name and there were potentially

I was chatting to an acquaintance one day who mentioned his companies were not trading well and that he had appointed insolvency practitioners. This process was not proceeding as he had hoped. He mentioned that a related company not in administration would be paying out the bank, which would leave him and his business partner