Partnerships, Shareholders and Joint-Ventures

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It is vital that you document the terms of your business relationship thoroughly to avoid disputes and litigation. Our experienced commercial lawyers can provide advice and assist individuals and businesses with shareholders, partnership and joint-venture agreements on a fixed fee basis.

Partnership Agreements

Every partnership involves unique considerations. We can assist in preparing, reviewing and advising on a partnership agreement to suit you and your partner’s situation.

We can help you in determining the terms of the partnership agreement, including:

  1. Capital investment structures
  2. Division of profits
  3. Decision making protocols
  4. Dispute resolution and dead-lock solutions
  5. Mechanisms to add additional partners and remove existing partners

Shareholder Agreements

Shareholder Agreements govern the relationship between shareholders and directors. Our experienced lawyers can assist you with drafting and reviewing shareholders agreements.

It is vital for a Shareholders Agreement to be customised to your situation and needs. A Shareholders Agreement provides a distinct advantage over the replaceable rules in the Corporations Act or a standard form company constitution.

We can assist you with:

  1. Drafting a Shareholder Agreement
  2. Reviewing a Shareholders Agreement
  3. Amending clauses in a Shareholders Agreement
  4. Resolving disputes and issues between shareholders and directors
  5. Advising on share issues and transfers

Joint-venture Agreements

A Joint-Venture Agreement is between two or more individuals or entities who plan to undertake a once-off project instead of a long-term continuing business (such as a partnership) and decide to mutually share the profit or loss at the conclusion of that project.

Our experienced lawyers can assist you with drafting and reviewing Joint-Venture Agreements, including:

  1. Contractual Joint Ventures: where the terms, obligations and liabilities of the parties are set out in a written instrument signed by both the parties
  2. Corporate Joint Venture: where the terms and liabilities are set out in a written agreement, however, the agreement is much more extensive and it incorporates the Joint Venture as a separate legal entity
  3. Unit Trust Joint Venture: where a Unit Trust is established to combine some of the features of a Contractual Joint Venture as a separate legal entity.

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