Commercial Corporate and Property

 

Our firm has a strong background in providing legal services to property and commercial sectors.

We have strong skills in property development, with both horizontal and vertical sub divisional work, town planning, leasing, property syndication and property transactional matters.

We are commercially focused and are outcome driven for the clients.  Our services include and cover the sale and purchase of retail, commercial, industrial and residential properties and development of commercial and residential properties.

Our firm has particular knowledge of the due diligence processes required in these matters and the commercial outcomes that our clients wish to achieve.

We also undertake the following work:

• Negotiating joint venture agreement and contracts;

• Major commercial and residential building contracts;

• Commercial and retail leasing;

• The development of commercial and residential properties;

• Purchase and sale of Commercial and industrial properties; and

• Setting up companies and fixed and non-fixed Trusts.

 

MGA Lawyers has also considerable experience in the acquisition and disposition of business, from large business carried on by listed public companies to private enterprises.

 

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Our partners are actively involved, when litigation is unavoidable, in managing court proceedings to achieve the best possible outcomes.

An essential ingredient in the working philosophy of MGA is to comprehensively understand our client's matter and the desired outcome to be achieved.

MGA is well placed to handle litigation ranging from:

• broad commercial litigation to insolvency, both corporate and personal

• issues under the Competition and Consumer Act

• intellectual property disputes

• contractual disputes

• matters under the Corporations Act

• building and construction disputes (both commercial and domestic) and arbitrations

• contested Wills and Estates including testator family maintenance applications

• commercial lease disputes

• mortgage and debt recovery

 

 

 

Private Client Services

 

Our firm works with individuals, family groups, privately owned organisations and family trusts on a full range of legal issues.

We advise in the areas of:

• Property and Conveyancing

• Employment Law

• Taxation and Superannuation

• Succession Planning

• Powers of Attorney

• Family Law

• Wills and Probate

• Estate and Trust Litigation

• Trusts

 

As many of our clients have grown over the years from small businesses to larger entities, we are well aware of the importance of appropriate corporate structuring.  Our firm will assist in:

• Asset protection;

• Fund raising;

• Taxation issues; and

• Superannuation issues.

Whilst we are not taxation and superannuation specialists, we work closely with accountants, financial advisors and other appropriate experts to ensure that our clients obtain the best possible advice and achieve outcomes in the most effective manner.

 

 

Estate, Succession Planning and Probate

 

Our firm has had considerable experience in estate and succession planning advice.

Our emphasis in this area, in addition to the matters listed, also concern the following matters:

• Clear plan for the future in respect of succession, especially for small medium enterprises which are family orientated;

• Having proper or adequate key person insurance;

• Having funding agreement in place;

• Ensuring that control of the corporate structures will allow ease of transfer in succession; and

• Preparation of wills.

• We offer a comprehensive service in all matters relating to estate planning, wills and probate and associated litigation including maintenance claims.

 

Our experience covers preparing wills (testamentary trusts), testamentary planning, ensuring that business succession plans are incorporated into personal estate planning arrangements, powers of attorney and advising and assisting executer in administration of estates.

 

 

Family Law

Our firm provides advice to clients in a broad range of family law matters including:

• Financial matters;

• Property matters; and

• Matters involving children.

 

We have experience acting for clients in complex dissolution of marriage proceedings involving significant and diversified asset pools. Additionally, we are adept at negotiating non-litigious outcomes which are tailored to our client's individual financial and personal circumstances.