Clients invariably ask two very fair questions when we suggest a share or unitholder agreement: What does it do? Why not just vary the constitution or trust deed?
Business & Commercial Law
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Business & Commercial Law
Our Accredited Business Law Specialist provides expert support for your commercial transactions.
The practice’s business and commercial law work centres on mergers and acquisitions of all kinds. Allied to this are issues such as confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, heads of agreement, legal due diligence, business structuring and securitisation.
We assist our clients and their businesses through all transactions, from the sale or purchase of a company or a business, a restructure of corporate entities, and drafting or reviewing agreements.
Our firm has particular experience in relation to professional practices, including medical, pharmacy, accounting and financial planning. This includes practice structuring, mergers, partnership admissions and retirements, as well as service and other associated entity arrangements.
Fleming Muntz also has particular experience and expertise in trust compliance and transactions, including vesting and resettlement issues. We also provide specific advice to other lawyers on unusual trust issues, ensuring that lawyer retains the relationship with his or her client.
Latest Publications
The NSW Supreme Court gave a useful judgement some years ago about how wrong a notice given under a trust deed can be, yet still have effect.
Most clients look very closely at their personal estate planning, but often overlook considering what we term “business succession planning”. What’s changed? It is important to plan for the time when they are no longer involved.