Your Deal Has Stalled. How Do You Get It Moving Again?
A transaction can look close to agreement for weeks.
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Practical perspectives on law and business.
Transactions
Selling Your Business? What to Agree Before You Accept an Offer
An offer to buy your business can be exciting, especially after years of building it.
Read articleBuying a Business? Look Beyond the Purchase Price
The purchase price is usually the most visible part of an acquisition.
Read articleToo Many Advisers, No Clear Next Step: Who Is Coordinating Your Deal?
A transaction can have excellent lawyers, accountants and financiers and still move slowly.
Read articleBefore You Sign a Term Sheet: Five Commercial Questions to Resolve
A term sheet can give a transaction direction.
Read articleEarn-Outs and Deferred Payments: Negotiating More Than the Headline Price
When buyer and seller disagree about value, a payment after completion may help them explore an agreement.
Read articleDue Diligence Has Uncovered a Problem. Should You Renegotiate or Walk Away?
Finding a problem during due diligence does not automatically mean the transaction should end.
Read articleBringing in an Investor? Agree on Control, Expectations and Exit
Investment discussions often begin with valuation and the amount of money required.
Read articleNegotiating Private Credit: What Matters Beyond the Interest Rate
An interest rate is easy to compare.
Read articleBuying or Selling Across Borders? How to Keep the Transaction Moving
Cross-border transactions add more than distance to a deal.
Read articleR&D Tax
Received an AusIndustry or ATO Enquiry About Your R&D Claim? What to Do Next
An enquiry about an R&D tax claim can arrive long after the work was completed.
Read articleIs Your R&D Evidence Strong Enough to Support Your Claim?
An R&D report may describe an impressive project while leaving a basic question unanswered: what evidence shows that the claimed activity actually happened in the way described?
Read articleA Large or Complex R&D Claim? When to Seek a Specialist Legal Review
A large R&D claim can involve several projects, multiple entities and expenditure that does not fit neatly into a standard worksheet.
Read articleInnovative Work, but Is It Eligible R&D? Questions to Ask Before Claiming
A business can create an excellent product without every development activity qualifying for the R&D Tax Incentive.
Read articleSoftware and AI R&D Claims: How to Explain the Experiment, Not Just the Product
A description of a software product often explains what users can do with it, the technologies it uses and why it is commercially useful.
Read articleCore or Supporting R&D? Why Getting the Distinction Right Matters
R&D projects involve more than experiments.
Read articleR&D Wages and Overheads: Can You Explain Your Apportionment?
A percentage in an R&D calculation is only useful if the business can explain how it was reached.
Read articleOverseas Parents and Related Entities: What They Could Mean for Your R&D Claim
An Australian company may conduct development work while receiving funding, instructions or intellectual property from an overseas group.
Read articleYour R&D Project Produces Saleable Goods. Does a Feedstock Adjustment Apply?
Some experiments consume materials without producing anything commercially useful.
Read articleAn R&D Claim Has Been Challenged or Rejected. What Are Your Options?
The next step after an R&D challenge depends on what has actually happened.
Read articleNotary Public
Need Documents Accepted Overseas? Check These Requirements Before Signing
An overseas bank, lawyer or government office has asked you to have a document notarised.
Read articleNotarisation, Apostille or Authentication: Which Does Your Document Need?
These terms often appear together in an overseas document request, but they describe different steps.
Read articleOverseas Power of Attorney: What to Prepare Before Your Notary Appointment
An overseas power of attorney may allow another person to deal with property, banking or other affairs on your behalf.
Read articleAn Overseas Authority Has Rejected Your Documents. What Should You Check?
A rejected document can interrupt a property transaction, banking arrangement or application.
Read articleBuying or Selling Property Overseas? Preparing for Your Notary Appointment
When an overseas property transaction requires documents to be signed in Australia, the appointment is only one part of the process.
Read articleSigning Company Documents for Overseas Use: What Should You Bring?
An overseas bank, counterparty or registry may ask for notarised company documents.
Read articleCertified Copies for Overseas Use: Do You Need a JP or a Notary?
The words certified copy do not tell you enough to choose a service.
Read articleForeign-Language Documents: What to Check Before Booking a Notary
A document in another language should be sent for preliminary assessment before a notary appointment is booked.
Read articleOverseas Study, Work or Migration: Preparing Qualifications and Identity Documents
An overseas application can require several documents with different certification requirements.
Read articleUrgent Overseas Documents? How to Avoid Delays Before Your Appointment
When a document is needed urgently overseas, the fastest useful first step is a clear description of the requirement.
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