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We are a leading specialist business and litigation law firm delivering accessible big firm expertise with a personal client experience that is first class.
We are committed to building a reputation throughout Australia for not only solving complex business legal problems but for being a proactive law firm with expertise in helping SMEs plan and execute astute legal strategies that reduce legal risks and act as foundations for executing enterprise growth.
Our mission is to serve our clients by
turning complexity into clear legal solutions.
We do this by:
A note from our Managing Partner, Sam Roberts.
We recently undertook a review of our firm’s mission and vision and, in the process, looked deep into our psyche, history and culture to Start With Why we do what we do at all.
After reflecting on cases and outcomes that we have been most proud of over the years, the why emerged. What also crystalised was our track record for tackling complex legal problems and delivering outcomes that changed our clients’ lives and businesses.
Incidentally, we discovered that 3 of our Principal Lawyers had studied 4 Unit Maths for their High School Certificates, which partly explains our knack for solving complex problems.
As an organisation our core purpose is to help clients solve complex legal problems, and protect and improve their businesses.
In fact, we love solving complex legal problems for our clients and believe that we can assist businesses most effectively by helping them proactively address legal issues.
Because we are specialists in solving business legal problems, we have expert insights in relation to what businesses should do to avoid them.
We firmly believe that by helping SMEs think and act proactively in relation to legal issues they will be:
Whilst we specialise in Commercial Litigation, Building & Construction Law, Business & Company Law, Work Health & Safety, Employment Law and Corporate Insolvency, what we do for clients in these area can be succinctly stated as follows:
Solve Problems
We find workable solutions to complex legal problems.
Timely Advice
We provide clear, accurate and timely legal advice so that clients can make the right decisions.
Planning & Strategy
We help businesses think and act proactively to maximise opportunities, strengthen their organisation’s foundations, execute strategic transactions and agreements and reduce legal risks.
Supporting our Solicitors to develop and maintain specialist skills and expertise in their niche practice areas so that they can effectively evaluate complex issues and develop astute legal solutions when needed.
Working collaboratively so that clients benefit from the collective expertise of each of our specialist lawyers.
Communicating in plain English and setting and delivering on crystal-clear expectations.
Providing clients with direct access to our specialist lawyers thereby empowering them to obtain timely expert advice and to make important decisions or react to situations quicker and with greater confidence.
Getting to know our clients’ businesses so that we are able to offer legal insights and develop proactive risk management strategies that act as foundations for executing enterprise growth or project success.
Delivering value through innovative legal solutions including; our Virtual In-House Counsel Solution, Standard Form Business Contract Solutions, Security of Payment Assessment Service, Best First Step Debt Collection Service and Free Case Evaluation.
Recognising that there is always room to improve, acting on feedback and continuously improving.
Underlying our approach is a deliberate focus on maintaining a collaborative team of specialist lawyers who share common values and a common vision for our future.
We are extremely proud of the loyalty our clients display and strongly believe that our reputation as a force to be reckoned with in the Australian legal marketplace is held in our clients’ hands. We will continue to strive to offer that powerful mix of expertise, understanding and tenacity to deliver the best outcomes to our clients.
We focus is on maintaining a collegiate environment where Specialist Lawyers who share common values and a common vision for our future work collaboratively to resolve complex legal problems for clients.
Our Core Values form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves.
We are a people business and rely on our people to deliver specialist legal services and a first-class client experience.
Our success and the success of our clients depends on the quality and engagement of our people and the relationships we nurture.
We focus on attracting the right people, developing talent and fostering genuine long-term relationships.
We enjoy friendly competition and encourage social interaction, genuine friendships and laughs at work while always being respectful of our clients and each other.
We celebrate individual and collective achievements and maintain employee incentive programs that deliver real rewards and reasons for winners to smile (while on a free holiday).
We help our clients to pursue realistic expectations by understanding their objectives and providing practical and timely specialist advice.
We deliver when we say we will deliver, keep our clients informed and unleash the full force of our talent to help our clients achieve the outcomes they deserve.
We strive to be the best we can and recognise that this is a process of continuous improvement.
We utilise our experiences and expertise to help our clients to think and act proactively to avoid foreseeable legal problems and/or strengthen their position if problems arise.
We recognise that our reputation as specialists in solving legal problems is held in the hands of our clients and is dependent on their overall client experience.
We strive to exceed our clients’ expectations and create an ever increasing and loyal base of repeat clients and referrers.
