BUSINESS

DBA's focus is on small to medium enterprises, especially family businesses. We assist many families with their wealth management given our coverage of superannuation, taxation and succession planning. We have also assisted many families in relation to their succession plans involving both their business, investment and personal interests.

DBA has a team dedicated to providing cost effective, timely and professional services in the following areas:

• establishment of companies, trusts, partnerships (including partnerships of trusts) and joint venture agreements;
  
  
• commercial and taxation implications of restructuring businesses including mergers, demergers, reorganisations and CGT rollovers;
  
  
• drafting sale of business agreements and associated documentation and attending to all matters through to completion;
  
  
• drafting share and unit sale agreements;
  
  
• drafting buy/sell agreements for succession to unit trusts, companies and partnerships;
  
  
• drafting shareholder and unitholder agreements;
  
  
• advice on bankruptcy law issues and asset protection strategies for clients;
  
  
• succession to family businesses and preparation of ‘Family Constitutions’;
  
  
• business sales and restructuring (including due diligence in relation to mergers and acquisitions);
  
  
• business and commercial advice including Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) advice;
  
  
• drafting management, service, loan and licence agreements and put/call option deeds;
  
  
• business and investment structuring for particular professions including medical, accounting and legal.

Experience

Many of our lawyers have worked for large accounting and commercial law firms and so have been exposed to a wide range of transactions and commercial issues. That experience coupled with DBA’s technical ability in our other core practice areas of superannuation, succession planning and taxation means that our clients have access to a well balanced team to handle their business needs.

Quality & Practical Solutions

The DBA business law team includes several senior, highly qualified advisers. Our key strengths are the depth of our experience, our focus, dedication and commitment to our clients and ability to offer personalised service at a reasonable price.

We understand our clients better, deliver value-added services and are in a great position to assist advisers and businesses with quality and timely solutions.

Commitment

We invest a significant amount of time in regular training and professional development of our businessl law team. Our lawyers regularly present at seminars, attend discussion groups and participate in a number of professional bodies and committees. This involvement demonstrates our commitment to ensuring we provide the highest level of service to our clients.

Agreements & Services

DBA offers a range of agreements and services. While many commercial assignments are unique and, therefore, do not involve set prices or standard products we do offer some fixed price products. Click here for further information.

Where an assignment involves various steps and different deeds or agreements being prepared we do of course provide a fee estimate and keep you informed of costs incurred along the way.

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