Achieving success in the commercial world requires experience, imagination, passion and hard work. Our clients value our thoroughly commercial approach to their matters.

Our clients range from small/medium enterprises and family businesses to public listed companies. They are located in or do business in Australia and internationally.

Cowell Clarke advises in the following matters:

• business structures
• business transactions
• mergers and acquisitions
• directors, shareholders and joint venture agreements and disputes
• capital raisings, equities and securities dealings
• due diligence investigations
• directors’ duties and corporate governance issues
• disputes relating to oppressive and unfair dealings by majority shareholders
• corporations and security law compliance
• ASX listing rules issues
• Corporations Act issues
• Australian Foreign Investment Review Board applications
• business succession planning and implementation
• franchise agreements
• directors', officers' and professional advisers' liability and indemnity insurance
• pre-dispute advice to directors, auditors and corporate officers