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We assist Accountants, Auditors, Solicitors, Insolvency Practitioners, Financial Planners, Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Valuers and other business consultants, and their clients.
Our professional services clients range from small partnerships to mid-size professional services firms and are typically focused on growth both in terms of partners and revenue, as well as the development and retention of key employees.
Managing co-ownership arrangements, including decision-making, profit distribution and partner or shareholder disputes.
Successfully managing growth through mergers and acquisitions.
Drafting and enforcing effective and complying client service contracts to avoid fee disputes, manage risk, and maximise legal rights when dealing with bad debtors.
Compliance with industry-specific laws that govern your profession, for example the Australian Financial Services Licence.
Protecting intellectual property, particularly around client lists and branding.
Managing employee relations and disputes, including performance management, termination and post-employment restraints.
Dealing with client disputes in relation to fees, poor advice or mismanagement.
We help professional service providers resolve shareholder and client disputes while ensuring their businesses are protected from future risks:
We provide advice on partnership or shareholder disputes, client payment disputes, and claims of professional negligence. Our approach involves taking careful and detailed instructions to prepare or respond to letters of demand and enforcing Shareholder Agreements and client contracts to protect your business.
We work to resolve disputes through negotiation, formalising agreements via Settlement Deeds or Exit Deeds that protect the business and clearly stipulate obligations in relation to releases, restraints and non-disparagement to avoid further problems.
If a commercial settlement is not on the table, we unleash the full force of our talent to diligently pursue favourable outcomes and position our clients to maximise their ability to recover legal costs.
We help you prevent disputes and manage risks by:
