Corporate, Commercial & IP 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.