Business Creation & Legal Structure

We provide advice on:

• Legal structure
• Company incorporation
• Private companies
• Public benefit companies ("B Corps")
• Companies limited by guarantee (not for profit companies)
• Discretionary trusts
• Unit trusts
• Sole traders
• Partnerships
• Unincorporated associations
• Incorporated associations
• Co-operatives
• Business succession
• Purchase and sale of business

We draft deeds and agreements such as:

• Shareholders agreement
• Unit trust deed
• Discretionary trust deed
• Private company constitution
• Public company constitution
• Partnership agreement
• Sale of business agreement

Business Succession

• Business succession planning
• Business succession disputes

Purchase and Sale of Business

• Purchase and Sale of Businesses

Contracts

We draft contracts tailored to your specific circumstances and needs.

Business Names and Domain Names

• Application and transfer of business names
• Application and transfer of domain names
• Domain name disputes

Intellectual Property

Click on Intellectual Property and Regenerative Agriculture for more information.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Click on Litigation & Dispute Resolution for more information.

Resources

Corporations

• Corporations Act 2001
• Corporations Regulations 2001
• Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)
• ASIC Connect - business names
• Australian Business Register (ABR)

Co-operatives

• Appendix to Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 = "Co-operatives National Law"
• Co-operatives National Regulations
• Fair Trading NSW - Co-operatives
• International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)

Equity Fundraising

• Chapter 6D Corporations Act 2001

• Section 708 Corporations Act - offers that do not need disclosure, such as small scale offerings (subs 1) and offers by exempt bodies (subs 20)
• Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB)
• Crowd Sourced Equity Funding Report, CAMAC, May 2014
• Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - Discussion Paper, CAMAC, September 2013
• Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - Submissions received by CAMAC
• 12-196MR ASIC guidance on crowd funding

Financial Services

• Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)

Domain names

• .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA)
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Consumer Law

• Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) = "Australian Consumer Law"
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

Contact Ludwig Lawyers

To find out about effective and efficient solutions to your legal problem, please call us on 0410 583 550 or send an email to  info@ludwiglawyers.com.