Corporate & Commercial
Our corporate and commercial team is known for its energy, business insight and legal expertise – nationally and internationally. We give clients commercially focused legal advice on all aspects of corporate law and regulation affecting public and private companies, private equity firms and management teams.
Our expertise spans:
- commercial contracts;
- compliance, including regulatory, corporate governance and directors’ duties;
- intellectual property;
- mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders arrangements, MBOs and MBIs;
- privacy; and
- industry focus, including sports and entertainment, and technology and digital economy.
Our clients range from large multinational corporates through to ASX-listed companies and innovative start-ups. They include Carlton and United Breweries, Arena REIT, BMW Financial Services and Australian Unity. We are also trusted advisors to various corporate advisers and accounting firms.
CCIVs: what are they and how do they compare with managed investment schemes?
Head of Frank Jasmine Koh discusses the challenges facing startups, including access to capital, which becomes more acute in a softening economy, and a war on talent as founders compete for talented people.
Awards and recognition
‘The “brilliant, efficient, client-focused” team at Hall & Wilcox is “very thorough, knowledgeable”, and has “great strength in depth”. It counts IT, sports, financial services and real estate as sector strengths.’
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018
Key contact
Martin Ross
Partner
Martin practices commercial law and has extensive experience in sports and media contracts and commercial litigation.
Our team
Related thinking
Corporate & Commercial| 12 Apr 2024
Mandatory merger clearance regime announced: issues and areas to watch
Treasury has now published details of its proposed changes in its Merger Reform Paper.
Corporate & Commercial| 25 Mar 2024
Financial Services in Focus – Issue 91
Catch up on the latest financial services news, including ASIC’s and APRA’s cross-industry information package on the Financial Accountability Regime.
Corporate & Commercial| 14 Mar 2024
Reminder: is your cleansing notice compliant with the Corporations Act?
We have observed in the market some listed companies are continuing to use outdated templates to prepare their cleansing notices, making them technically non-compliant with the Corporations Act.
Corporate & Commercial| 06 Mar 2024
Cross-marketing products: navigating the legal issues
We consider some of the key issues and strategies to deal with them.