Before you get appointed, get prepared
Who wants to be a director? Not an easy question to answer these days, with over 700 laws that can make you personally liable for various actions (or inactions) of your company. This article provides some handy safeguards to consider before you agree to become a director.
What is a ‘Company Power of Attorney’?
Have you thought about what would happen to your company if you became incapacitated, or worse, if you died? Who would pay the bills, and enforce the company’s rights?
What should be in a ‘Heads of Agreement’?
Businesses often enter into ‘heads of agreement’, ‘letters of intent’, or a ‘memorandum of understanding’ in the course of negotiating a deal, often without input from a lawyer. So which of these are binding, and which aren’t?
Are your standard contracts valid in Australia? ‘Australianising’ your foreign contracts
We are commercial lawyers with a wealth of experience in tailoring foreign commercial contracts to ‘play nicely’ in Australia.
Are you going to be personally responsible for your company’s debts?
The personal consequences of insolvency for directors continue to deepen. Set out in this article are some indicators of when you should be taking advice on your potential exposures.
Testimonial: “Our expectations were high and in fact, Andrew exceeded them.”
We recently invited Andrew to present to our staff on investment, superannuation and business structures. Our expectations were high and in fact, Andrew exceeded them..
What is ‘Business Succession’?
You spend most of your time working in your business. But how much time have you recently spent thinking about how to protect the wealth that you are building in your business, or how to realise and pass this wealth on?
Proactively choose the terms on which you do business
The beauty of business is that – subject to a couple of important exceptions – you get to choose (or at least negotiate) the terms on which you do business.
How to keep an eye on your debtors and competitors
Did you know that there are free tools available which allow you to monitor the corporate and security activities of companies?