Legal Clearance

Commercial legal support,
without the over-engineering

Contract reviews, supplier and customer agreements, entity structure advice, and compliance checks — commercially focused, plain-language, and sized for where your business actually is.

Contract Reviews

Most founders sign contracts they haven't properly read — or hand them to a lawyer who bills six hours to review a two-page agreement. We review commercial contracts with a business lens: what the risks are, what you should push back on, and what actually matters.

What's included

  • Commercial contract review with written commentary
  • Risk identification and plain-language summary
  • Recommended amendments and negotiation points
  • Payment terms, liability caps and indemnity analysis
  • Termination, renewal and exit clause review
  • Intellectual property and confidentiality provisions
  • Governing law and dispute resolution assessment

How we approach it

  • Commercially focused — we flag what matters, not everything that could matter
  • Written summary in plain language, not legal jargon
  • Turnaround sized to your timeline, not a law firm's billing cycle
  • We tell you when something needs a specialist — and when it doesn't

Expected outcomes

01
You know what you're signing before you sign it
02
Negotiation points identified before you're committed
03
Liability exposure understood and documented
04
No nasty surprises buried in the fine print

Supplier & Customer Agreements

A handshake and an email chain is not a commercial agreement. We prepare supplier and customer contracts that set clear terms, protect your position, and reduce the risk of disputes — without producing a 40-page document nobody reads.

What's included

  • Master services agreements (MSA) and statements of work
  • Supply and procurement agreements
  • Terms and conditions of sale or service
  • Service level agreements (SLAs) and KPI schedules
  • Distribution and reseller agreements
  • Heads of agreement and letters of intent
  • Contract template library for repeat engagements

Why it matters

  • Verbal agreements are almost impossible to enforce
  • Standard terms from the other side are written to protect them, not you
  • Payment terms left vague become the first point of dispute
  • A template library pays for itself the second time you use it

Expected outcomes

01
Commercial relationships documented and enforceable
02
Your standard terms protect your position from the outset
03
Reduced risk of payment disputes and scope creep
04
A contract template library your team can use independently

Entity Structure

The structure you start with often isn't the right structure as you grow. We review your current entity setup and advise on whether it still makes sense — from a tax, liability and operational perspective — and what a better structure might look like.

What's included

  • Current entity structure review and assessment
  • Company, trust, partnership and sole trader comparison
  • Asset protection and liability separation advice
  • Tax efficiency review across entity types
  • Holding company and operating company structures
  • Restructure planning and sequencing advice
  • Shareholder and unitholding agreement review

Common situations we see

  • Founders operating as sole traders who've outgrown the structure
  • Businesses with personal assets exposed through the operating entity
  • Multiple shareholders with no formal agreement in place
  • Structures set up years ago that no longer suit the business or its owners

Expected outcomes

01
Clarity on whether your current structure is still fit for purpose
02
Personal assets better protected from business risk
03
Tax position understood across the full structure
04
A restructure roadmap if change is warranted

Compliance Checks

Compliance obligations change as your business grows, and most founders don't know what they've missed until it becomes a problem. We conduct a structured compliance review — identifying gaps, prioritising what needs attention, and giving you a clear action plan.

What's included

  • Business registration and licensing review (ASIC, ABN, licences)
  • Director and officeholder obligations under the Corporations Act
  • Privacy Act and data handling obligations
  • Australian Consumer Law (ACL) — terms, warranties and guarantees
  • Industry-specific regulatory requirements
  • Statutory document and record-keeping obligations
  • Annual compliance calendar and lodgement schedule

What founders often miss

  • Privacy policies that don't match how data is actually collected or used
  • Director duties that apply from the day the company is incorporated
  • Licence requirements that vary by state and activity
  • ACL obligations that override whatever your contract says

Expected outcomes

01
A clear picture of where your compliance gaps are
02
Prioritised action plan — what to fix now and what can wait
03
Director obligations understood and documented
04
An annual compliance calendar so nothing slips through again