Our practice areas has:
- represented directors involved in “shareholder oppression” Supreme Court proceedings after a business dispute,
- advised franchisees and business owners on their acquisitions and structured their business partnerships, and
- represented business co-owners in relation to various co-ownership disputes and operational issues.
OUR CORPORATE AND BUSINESS TEAM
Stuart Wilson
Peter Lumb
Andrew Lumb
Nathan Xu
Topics We’ve Written About
What Happens When Partners In A Business Don’t Get Along?
Just like friends and family members, business owners don’t always agree on everything. Most of the time we can have a discussion and map a logical way through the confusion, but sometimes one of the parties to the conversation (or perhaps it’s because they aren’t...
Buying Or Selling A Business – Important Considerations With Respect To The Lease
Whether you are the vendor or purchaser of a business, often the business will operate from a leased premises. The contract will inevitably provide that the sale of the business is conditional on the lease being taken over by (or a new lease granted to) the buyer. As...
Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme
The Victorian Government intends to introduce a new round of rent relief for some commercial tenants, as well as some support for complying landlords. This scheme is another chapter in the continuing Government support structures which commenced with the original...
The Pandemic Effect On Leases – A Lesson From The US
A recent case in the US dealt with matters which are currently hot topics in Australia – namely the rights of tenants who are suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic. Valentino U.S.A., Inc. v. 693 Fifth Owner LLC - Background Italian fashion brand Valentino and its...
The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) requires entities based, or operating, in Australia, which have an annual consolidated revenue of more than $100 million, to submit annually a Modern Slavery Statement on the risks of modern slavery in their operations and supply...
Changes to Victorian Retail Leasing
Retail leasing is quite strictly regulated with statutory procedures, which are mostly for the tenant’s protection. New legislation is now in place which makes a number of key changes to the retail leasing framework in Victoria. Unsurprisingly, most of these changes...
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