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Areas of Practice 

General Commercial Law & Contracts

Corporate & M&A
(Outbound & Inbound)

Energy & Resources

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  • corruption and anti-bribery advice;

  • COVID-19 issues;

  • document and precedents services;

  • drafting, reviewing, amending contracts, and associated contract advice;

  • Fintech;

  • franchises and franchising;

  • general commercial law and advice;

  • outsourced and remote in-house legal services;

  • regulatory and administrative assistance; 

  • technology; and

  • transactional support.

Employment

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  • cross-border and domestic employment (dismissals, redundancies, stand-downs, investigations, and trade unions);​

  • drafting and reviewing employment contracts, policies, manuals, and associated documentation;

  • employment law advice and assistance;

  • international and domestic critical incidents;

  • investigations (including human, BI and other investigations);

  • labour disputes; and

  • redundancies, mass redundancies, and redundancy related advice.

Asia, Domestic & International Practice

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  • We advise Australian and foreign companies and private investors on business expansion, divestments and new projects in Australia, Asia and internationally (including asset acquisitions, joint ventures, new market entries) and investigations, and compliance matters. 

  • AI;

  • acquisitions and divestments;

  • corporate governance;

  • domestic and foreign investment;

  • emerging market investment;

  • emerging technology;

  • Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) matters;

  • general corporate;

  • international and Australian market entry (including inbound and outbound investment);

  • international business transactions;

  • investor strategies;

  • M&A (public and private); 

  • joint ventures, partnerships, restructures;

  • offshore incorporation;

  • private investments offshore and onshore; 

  • shareholder issues and disputes;

  • small to large asset and business sales and purchases; 

  • structuring advice;

  • TMT; and

  • venture capital.

  • asset due diligence;

  • industry contracts;

  • land access;

  • mining, natural resources, oil and gas, and renewable and non-renewable energy advice;

  • projects, development, and sales; and

  • tenement and permit sales.

Business Consultancy

Crisis Management & Compliance

 Property Law

  • We assist clients on:

    • drafting and advising on sublease, leasing, and licensing agreements;

    • assignments, variations, surrenders, and extensions; and

    • commercial documentation associated with sales and searches of land, commercial and industrial properties.

  • We assist clients:

    • to improve and develop compliance and risk management systems;

    • to respond to compulsory production notices from regulators;

    • with regulatory and non-regulatory investigations and audit;

    • with crisis management; and 

    • implementing compliance systems and change management processes.

Native Title, Heritage & Indigenous Business Advisory

  • business structures;

  • business succession planning;

  • consultancy on investing in Asia and internationally;

  • general business advisory services;

  • government relations;

  • legal, board, and business training in a range of areas (including employment, new laws, bribery, and anti-corruption);

  • stakeholder engagement;

  • start-up assistance; and

  • strategic business and management advice.

  • cultural heritage advice;

  • heritage managements plans;

  • indigenous business advisory;

  • land use and tenure advice;

  • native title advice and representation;

  • sector contracts; and

  • trust advice and implementation.

Construction & Projects

• Construction contract advice, drafting, management, compliance, risk avoidance and dispute resolution;

• Major projects (construction, engineering, IT, mining, transport and logistics and shipping) and project development.

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Dispute Resolution & Investigations

  •  Australian and international dispute resolution, avoidance and de-escalation, including trial and appellate advocacy, domestic and cross-border arbitrations, mediations, expert determinations and expert briefings (inbound and outbound);

  • provision of internal and external investigation services in Australia and internationally;

  • compulsory production notices from Australian and foreign regulators;

  • representation at creditors’ meetings;

  • maximising recovery under Deeds of Company Arrangement;

  • statutory demands against corporate debtors; and

  • applications to wind up corporate debtors in insolvency.

Asia Pacific Legal only provides legal and advisory services on Western Australian and Commonwealth law and does not advise on the laws of any foreign jurisdiction.

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