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Commercial Law
From Canberra startups to established enterprises and government contractors, M & B Legal provides the commercial legal expertise your business needs to grow, protect its interests, and resolve disputes efficiently.
What We Do
Strategic legal support for business at every stage — starting up, contracting, growing, buying and selling, and resolving disputes when they arise.
Supplier agreements, service contracts, distribution arrangements, and terms of trade — drafted, reviewed, and negotiated to protect your cash flow and your reputation.
Sole trader, partnership, company, or trust — we advise on the right structure for your stage and help you meet your obligations to regulators such as ASIC.
Clear agreements between owners prevent disputes before they start. We document decision-making, exit rights, restraints, and dispute processes that protect every party.
Before you sign a lease for your premises, let us review the rent review mechanisms, outgoings, make-good obligations, and exit clauses that can cost you later.
Buying or selling a business is a major step. We manage the contract of sale, due diligence, warranties, employee transfers, licences, and settlement so the deal stacks up.
When disputes or unpaid invoices threaten your business, we act decisively — through negotiation, formal demands, mediation, or court proceedings where required.
Why M & B Legal
Advice focused on your business outcome, not just legal theory.
You deal with experienced practitioners who know your business.
Local insight into contracting with ACT and Australian Government agencies.
Clear fee estimates upfront for transaction work and ongoing advice.
Our Process
We start by learning how your business operates and where you're heading.
We map the legal risks and opportunities in front of you, in commercial terms.
We draft, review, and negotiate the documents that move your business forward.
If disputes arise, we work to resolve them efficiently — and firmly when needed.
Where We Act
We work with owner-operated businesses, startups, NFPs, and government contractors across the ACT and New South Wales.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on your industry, growth plans, risk profile, and tax situation. Sole traders, partnerships, companies, and trusts each carry different legal, regulatory, and tax consequences. We work alongside your accountant to recommend and set up the structure that genuinely fits your business.
Yes, and we strongly recommend it. Commercial leases can shift significant costs and risks onto tenants, including rent reviews, make-good obligations, and outgoings. A review before you sign protects your position while you still have room to negotiate.
Legal due diligence typically covers the sale contract, the business structure, leases and licences, employees, contractors, intellectual property, any encumbrances, and compliance obligations. We identify the risks before you commit and negotiate protections such as warranties in the contract of sale.
Yes. We advise shareholders, directors, and partners on their rights and options, and work to resolve disputes through negotiation or mediation where possible, with firm representation when proceedings are unavoidable.
Whether you're starting out, contracting with government, or buying your next venture — get advice that's built around your commercial goals.
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