Ellem Warren Napa Lawyers has developed an enviable reputation for achieving results through innovative thinking.  With a dedicated team of legal professionals, your commercial and corporate legal needs can be satisfied.

We practice in:

• Business Law

• Capital Raising

• Compliance and Governance

• Corporate Law

• Due Diligence

• Partnerships and Joint Ventures

• Public and Private Companies

• Telecommunications

Ellem Warren Napa Lawyers ensures effective communication through use of plain English instead of legal jargon, making complex transactions seem simple and allowing clients to focus on their strategic direction.

Our staff have provided quality advice to all manner of companies and their directors, from small privately owned independent companies to large private and public listed companies, including:

• Providing innovative strategies for effective tax management on purchases, including GST and CGT, transfer duty and land tax.

• Advising a publicly listed company on issues including:

  • Additional capital raising;

  • Australian financial services licence requirements;

  • Compliance with the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules; and

  • Corporate governance.

• Advising business owners regarding the best franchise structure, needs analysis, and preparation of all documentation required to comply with the Franchising Code.

• Preparation of prospectuses for public companies, including:

  • Capital raising of up to $8.5 million for a property syndicate;

  • Fixed interest rate debenture raising $2 million; and

  • Fixed rate development preference shares raising $4 million.

• Providing intellectual property advice, including structuring for asset protection, personal property securities issues, trade mark registration (domestically and overseas), copyright, patents and negotiation of disputes in relation to intellectual property rights.

• Preparation of a suite of plain English contracts for industry representative bodies, including commercial contract of sale, commercial and retail tenancy and management agreement.

• Working with accountants on tax effective structuring, including as part of a new business or share acquisition or sale.

• Shareholders agreements.

We proactively monitor changes to the law through maintaining memberships with key organisations, having an extensive network of industry contacts, and constantly observing changes to markets. If you’re looking for commercial lawyers in Brisbane, be sure to contact Ellem Warren Napa Lawyers.