Advising clients (including NFPs) on a range of commercial and governance matters, including:• contract review in several industries, including national and international services/supply/agency agreements, MSA, T&C, including medical, technology, and consulting • business sales, share sales, asset sales, sales of partnership interests and unit sales, to third parties or as part of a restructure, in several industries, including consultancy firms, physiotherapy and veterinary practices, childcare centres, pharmacies, real estate agencies & rent rolls• M&As in various industries, including cyber-technology, patents, dealerships agreements with real estate, building contracts under hotel management agreement, mining, quarrying and civil construction projects, worth up to $180m• start-ups, corporate structures and succession plans• shareholders and partnership agreements• advising schools and sporting clubs• IP protection, including trade mark registration, IP licences and assignment• advising on privacy compliance and privacy policies• licensing and distribution arrangements• Competition and Consumer Law and unfair contract terms regime • advising incorporated associations in their conversion to companies limited by guarantee • advising national and international franchisors and licensors on compliance with the Franchising Code of Conduct • grant, renewal, transfer, surrender, variation and termination of franchise agreements• enforcement procedures and dispute resolution, including mediation, involving disputes concerning businesses, shareholders, franchising, leasing, employment, and deeds of settlement and release• setting up and registering charities with the ACNC, and advising on and applying for tax concessions, including DGR endorsement• transferring charities and NDIS services agreements

General commercial workAdvising clients on a range of commercial matters, including:o business sales, share sales, sales of partnership interests / units in unit trusts, redemption of units;o corporate structures, restructures and succession plans;o shareholders agreements and partnership agreements;o trade mark advice and registration, intellectual property protection, licensing and assignment;o national and international service/supply agreements, terms and conditions in various industries, including medical, building and construction;o software licence arrangements, confidentiality deeds including restraints;o commercial lease agreements with national landlords;o on Unfair Contract Terms, Vulnerable Workers and Competition Law.Advising Not-for-Profit organisations on a range of matters, including:o Setting up and registering charities with the ACNC;o Advising on and applying for tax concessions, including DGR endorsement;o Advising on governance issues and updating governing documents;o transfers of charities’ operations to other charities, including transferring real property and personal property, assigning occupancy agreements, employees and NDIS services agreements.Dispute resolution workActing in relation to:o dispute resolution procedures, mediation in disputes involving businesses, shareholders, franchising, leasing and employment (including COVID-19 related disputes), and deeds of settlement and release;o disputes and breach notices;o debt recovery matters - letters of demand;Other work includes:o Secondment work for an Australian-owned, multi award-winning, global provider of innovative healthcare solutions across a diverse range of sectors and clients; o advising franchisors and licensor clients on the Franchising Code of Conduct and strategies to reduce risk of non-compliance; ando work in connection with grants, renewals, transfers, surrenders, novations, variations and terminations of franchise / licence agreements.

My practice is focused on commercial matters relating to franchisors across a wide variety of industry sectors. My experience ranges from advising major Franchisor clients on compliance with the Franchising Code of Conduct and other laws applicable to the Franchising industry, including Unfair Contract Terms and Vulnerable Workers legislation, to advising on intellectual property protection, competition issues (including Ipso Facto) and commercial leases. My daily transactions include grants, renewals, transfers, surrenders, novations, extensions, variations and terminations of franchise/licence agreements. My recent commercial experience includes assisting a client in a major private equity acquisition of about 35 franchised businesses, acquisitions of majority shareholding of national franchisors and advising national financial institutions on franchisor accreditation for franchisee finance. As part of my general practice, I also advise clients on business sales, corporate restructure, debt recovery and franchise dispute matters. I am highly appreciated by clients for my practical advice, efficiency and general understanding of issues affecting franchisors.

Providing commercial advice in the course of business, including media services, deliverables and agency arrangements provided by partner companies.

Managing general corporate and commercial matters, including corporate structure advice, shareholder, approved supplier and agency agreements, commercial lease negotiations, business sale/purchase, debt recovery, franchisor/franchisee dispute resolution and enforcing foreign judgments in the Supreme Court of NSW.Role also involved developing the firm’s template documents and tailoring each to meet client needs. Including franchise agreement, disclosure document and joint-disclosure document, licence to occupy, step-in deed, IP licence deed, prior representations deed, statement of independent advice, schedule of advice for commercial leases and franchise documents, shareholder’s agreement, business sale agreement, approved supplier agreement, manufacturing agreement, agency agreement, joint venture agreement, deed of settlement/surrender and release, deed of assignment of IP.