Business sales, purchase & franchising

Selling or buying a business is a stressful time and it is important to have timely and responsive legal advice throughout the process.

We frequently handle the purchase and sale of small to medium-sized businesses in a wide variety of industries and structures including companies, partnerships, and trusts.  We handle everything from the sale of financial planning and accounting businesses, to vet and pharmacy groups and trucking companies.

See below for a list of the services we provide to business owners, franchisors and franchisees

Business sales, purchases & franchising

• Business conveyancing - sale and purchase

  Our experience includes a deep understanding of the processes involved to ensure that matters settle promptly and that you can be properly advised in relation to any issues that arise:

  • pre-sale planning
  • business structuring for asset protection and tax minimisation 
  • purchaser enquiries and due diligence 
  • preparing and negotiating business sale agreements and share sale agreements 
  • put and call options and joint venture agreements 
  • lease reviews and assignments 
  • acting for franchisors and franchisees in the sale or purchase of a franchised business 

  We adopt a commercially focused and practical approach to ensure that we are expediting the sale process, rather than putting roadblocks in its path.

• Advice to franchisees

  • advising franchisees in relation to their rights under the Franchising Code of Conduct
  • advising franchisees in relation to draft Franchise Agreements
  • advising on and negotiating terms of Leases and Licences to Occupy
  • providing Legal Advice Certificates

• Advice to franchisors

  • advising franchisors in relation to strategies to protect and licence intellectual property within franchises
  • acting and advising in the establishment of new franchises or transfers of existing ones
  • preparation of Franchise Agreements, disclosure documents and all related documents required under applicable legislation
  • advising in relation to compliance with the Franchising Code of Conduct and other trade practices issues
  • assisting your franchise business in the introduction of an internal compliance strategy