Our clients

Many of our Australian clients seek our assistance when they are doing business internationally.  We also act for numbers of overseas clients when they are establishing business ventures in Australia and in the ongoing conduct of those businesses.  Our clients seek our assistance to resolve any disputes they may have in Australia or internationally.

If your matter is corporate, commercial, business or asset related, whether at the start-up stage or in the course of your established operations, Cowell Clarke will handle the matter exceptionally well.

When clients instruct Cowell Clarke on a dispute, they know two things about us.  First, if a commercial resolution of the dispute is possible, we will strive to achieve it.  Second, if a commercial settlement of the matter is not possible or is not the best option for our client, we will run the dispute hard and smart.

We provide expert assistance to our international clients across the range of legal and commercial issues that typically arise:

• Government consents and permits and other regulatory matters
• Corporate and business structures
• Investment requirements
• Foreign Investment Review Board advice and applications
• Employment law
• Tax issues in Australia and internationally
• Equity and debt financing including capital markets and banking
• Banking arrangements and international deal and share structuring
• Asset protection and liability limitation
• Intellectual property protection management and commercialisation
• Trade practices, anti-trust and competition law
• Product liability matters
• Manufacturing laws and requirements
• Real estate acquisitions and leasing
• General business and contract considerations.

For some examples of our international trade experience click on the following links:

Intellectual property

Corporate, business and tax advice

Manufacturing and construction

Wine industry

Product liability

Real estate and estate planning

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Why Cowell Clarke

We have much experience in advising and assisting both Australian based and international clients. For our international clients, we have the capacity to deal with matters throughout Australia. We are used to working with international time zones.

Accurate legal advice is axiomatic. We are also strategic, practical and astute. We know you need excellent communication. We know that you have targets and deadlines to meet and outcomes to achieve. We will help you to meet and achieve them. We have substantial cost advantages over the large Australian east coast law firms and we will deliver results cost effectively.