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 Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021-2024

Corporate

Legal 500 - leading-firm-2024
‘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 practices commercial law and has extensive experience in sports and media contracts and commercial litigation.

Our team

John Bassilios

Partner & Fintech and Blockchain Lead

Eugene Chen

Partner & Head of China Practice

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Alison Choy Flannigan

Partner & Co-Lead, Health & Community

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James Deady

Partner & Technology and Digital Economy Co-Lead

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John Gray

Partner, Technology & Digital Economy Co-Lead and NSW Government Co-Lead

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Ben Hamilton

Partner & Technology and Digital Economy Co-Lead

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Oliver Jankowsky

Partner & Head of International Practice

James Bull

Special Counsel & Frank Lab Co-Lead

Jasmine Koh

Senior Associate & Frank Lab Co-Lead

Maddison Reznik

Senior Associate & Trade Marks Attorney

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Peter Jones

Senior Commercial Counsel

Related thinking

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.

Corporate & Commercial| 06 Mar 2024

ASIC pushes the envelope on litigation in 2024

ASIC’s greater appetite for riskier litigation, coupled with the prospect of more enforcement proceedings, raises the litigation risk for all financial services providers.

Corporate & Commercial| 06 Mar 2024

Wholesale client tests – what’s the latest news?

Elliott Stumm and Jordan Beveridge outline why it’s still unclear what (if any) changes will be made to the wholesale client tests as part of Treatury’s review into the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes.