confidence | proven track record

Business

• asset protection
  
• corporate & securities
• company incorporation
• company name reservation
• change to company constitution
• debt recovery
• Division 7A loan agreement
• due diligence 
• employment & HR
• eCommerce
• franchise buy / sell
• fundraising / not-for-profit structuring
• independent contractor consultancy agreement
• intellectual property (protection & enforcement)
• joint ventures
  
• leasing & licensing (commercial / retail)
• liquor licensing
• merger & acquisition
• partnership agreement
• project finance
• private equity and securitisation 
• purchase & disposal
• sale of goods & consumer protection
• service agreement
• shareholders agreement
  
• structuring / restructuring
  
• succession planning & buy/sell agreements
• superannuation trust
• tax
• technology
• trade marks
• trusts (discretionary / unit (fixed or not fixed) / hybrid)
• unfair dismissal
• venture capital

International

• arbitration / dispute resolution
  
• China desk (affiliated firms)
  
• distributor / wholesale / reseller agreements
• foreign investment and acquisition 
• Hong Kong desk (affiliated firms)
• intellectual property
• joint ventures
• judgement enforcement 
• maritime law
• Taiwan desk (affiliated firms)
  
• trade mark protection and enforcement

Personal services

• asset protection, tax & succession planning ( high net worth  professionals)
• bankruptcy
  
• employment (contract) & HR
• estate and probate administration
• family (binding financial agreements, parenting orders, property settlement)
• home / investment property purchase / sale
  
• migration review tribunal
• powers of attorney
  
• unfair dismissal
  
• wills and succession planning

Real property & land

• acquisition / disposal of significant assets:  agribusiness, body corporate and management rights, resorts, commercial buildings, shopping centres, statutory land/tenure (e.g. South Bank Corporation Act, Sanctuary Cove Resort Act)
• land subdivisions and property development, including due diligence, (JV) syndication and transaction structuring
• option agreements
• building / construction / JV and development agreements
• body corporate advice
• GST, stamp duty and land tax solutions
• Conveyancing - commercial + residential including retirement village and off the plan purchases / sales
• commercial and retail leasing
• crown leases, including conversion to freehold
• Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval and legislation compliance
• land resumption & compensation
  
• property funds ASX listing
• ​native title land issues

Litigation and dispute resolution 

• alternate dispute resolution
• (international) arbitration
• bankruptcy / insolvency
• insurance litigation
• commercial litigation
• defamation
• estate dispute resolution
• quasi / white collar criminal offences
• negligence (including professional negligence)

Corporate Governance

• company meetings and statutory compliance
• corporate risk management
• implementing good governance practices
• audit and regulatory compliance requirements
• corporate disclosure obligations
• company restructuring, mergers and acquisitions
• directors' duties and responsibilities
• shareholders' rights
• company constitutions
• dispute resolution between directors and other stakeholders

Not-for-profit

• duty and tax exemptions
• employment
• fundraising
• incorporated association application and compliance
• limited by guarantee company incorporation
• property
• structuring
• trusts

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Rice Legal (previously DC Lawyers) has successfully assisted clients in matters in the following forums

• High Court of Australia
• Federal Court of Australia
• Federal Circuit Court of Australia
• Family Court of Australia 
• Court of Appeal Queensland
• Supreme Court of Queensland
• District Court of Queensland
• Magistrates Court of Queensland
• Migration Review Tribunal and Retail Shop Leases Tribunal (now part of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Review Tribunal (QCAT))
• Taiwan Courts
• Beijing local and district Courts
• Singapore International Arbitration Centre
• Magistrates Court, Western Australia