Legal Advisory

Corporate and governance advice for boards and the people who support them.

Legal work where senior judgement and practical corporate experience matter most. Clear written advice, sized to the question.

Areas of advice

Corporations Act & Listing Rules

Continuous disclosure, related-party matters, reporting obligations and dealings with ASX.

Directors' duties

Conflicts, delegations, board conduct and the record of how decisions were made.

Constitutions & shareholder arrangements

Drafting, review and amendment of constitutions and shareholders' agreements.

Company meetings

AGMs and general meetings: notices, resolutions, proxies and chair's scripts.

Corporate transactions

Board approvals, corporate records and the governance workstream within a larger deal.

Corporate documents

Execution, powers of attorney and certificates, including for use overseas.
Where we fit
Well suited
Advice the board needs before its next meeting
A second view for a General Counsel
Corporate matters with a governance dimension
Documents that need to be right the first time
Better placed with a specialist firm
Litigation and disputes
Large M&A needing a full deal team
Specialist tax, employment or IP advice
High-volume transactional work
When a matter needs a larger or more specialist firm, we will say so early.
We will help you brief the right firm, and stay involved on the governance side if that is useful. Knowing where our work ends is part of the advice.

Have a question for counsel?

Tell us briefly what the board or the business is facing. We will say quickly whether we are the right fit.