Home > Services > Corporate & Commercial

Corporate & Commercial Law

At Cooper Grace Ward we have specialist teams who offer a full range of corporate and commercial advice. We are experienced in a broad range of industries including agribusiness, biotechnology, construction, resources, mining, manufacturing, government, tourism and leisure.

Our services in this area include:

  • Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
  • Compliance systems and response to investigations/prosecutions for alleged breaches of statutory duties
  • Contract law
  • Corporate and business restructures
  • Corporate governance and strategies
  • Corporate law
  • Trade practices
  • Directors' and officers' liability
  • Marketing and distribution agreements
  • Due diligence
  • Foreign investment
  • Industry restructuring
  • Franchising
  • Capital raising, IPOs and private equity
  • Debt equity issues
  • Intellectual property and information technology
  • Cooperative research agreements
  • Commercialisation
  • Trademarks
  • Sponsorship agreements
  • Partnerships and joint ventures
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Shareholder and subscription arrangements
  • International transactions.

Read our Legal Alerts for the latest information on Corporate & Commercial law


David Grace  Partner
View Profile
 (61-7) 3231 2421
Fax: (61-7) 3231 8421
Email: david.grace@cgw.com.au  
Expertise: Agribusiness, Biotechnology, Commercial, Capital Raising, Compliance, Contracts, Directors' Rights & Obligations, Restructuring & Deregulation, Workplace, Health & Safety, Mergers & Acquisitions, Trade Practices.

Ph:

Dan Connolly  Special Counsel
View Profile

Ph: (61-7) 3231 2473
Fax: (61-7) 3231 8473
Email: dan.connolly@cgw.com.au  
Expertise: Planning & Environment, Native Title, Commercial Advice, Agribusiness, Franchising, Liquor Licensing.

Charles Sweeney  Partner
View Profile

Ph: (61-7) 3231 2940
Fax: (61-7) 3231 8940
Email: charles.sweeney@cgw.com.au  
Expertise: Intellectual Property & Information Technology, Corporate & Commercial, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions.

Nicole Finocchiaro  Associate
View Profile

Ph: (61-7) 3231 2514
Fax: (61-7) 3231 8514
Email: nicole.finocchiaro@cgw.com.au  
Expertise: Licence, franchise & agency agreements, business & share sale agreements, shareholders' agreements & disputes, trademarks & IP issues.

Carly Cameron Associate
View Profile

Ph: (61-7) 3231 2526
Fax: (61-7) 3231 8526
Email: carly.cameron@cgw.com.au  
Expertise:  IPOs, Corporations Act, Business Acquisitions, Disposals & Restructures, Intellectual Property, General Tax Advice.

 
 
 
 


 
 
31/10/2008
Cooper Grace Ward welcomes Peter Dwyer as a new partner. Peter is a commercial law expert who has al
26/09/2008
CGW had five teams participating in this year's Global Corporate Challenge (GCC), which finished on
15/09/2008
Cooper Grace Ward welcomes four new lawyers to our team. We have appointed
21/08/2008
CGW has been announced as the exclusive legal partner for Mining Export Infrastructure 2009. This m
12/08/2008
Cooper Grace Ward recently co-presented a Senior Executive Briefing on sustainability, which ex