Corporate
Supporting the pivotal moments that shape your business.
Corporate transactions are often defining moments, whether you are raising capital, acquiring or selling a business, restructuring, preparing for investment, or navigating shareholder and governance issues.
Our corporate team provides strategic, commercial, fixed-fee support across the full transaction lifecycle from structuring and negotiation through to due diligence, documentation, completion and beyond.
We work with founders, boards, executives, investors and in-house legal teams across private, listed and multinational organisations, giving practical advice that helps you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Our corporate
capability includes:
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Equity capital raising, including seed, venture, growth and private equity rounds
Debt funding, including venture debt, bank facilities and alternative lending
Loan and financing agreements, including secured and unsecured facilities
Convertible instruments, including convertible notes and SAFEs
Capital management, including restructures, buy-backs and share issuances
Transaction structuring to optimise tax, control and commercial outcomes
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Share and asset sales and acquisitions (buy-side and sell-side)
End-to-end transaction support from term sheet through to completion
Deal structuring, negotiation and execution
Post-acquisition integration and implementation
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Strategic structuring advice aligned with growth and retention objectives
Employee share option plans and employee share schemes
Phantom equity and cash-settled incentive arrangements
Loan-funded share plans and vesting frameworks
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Drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreements
Governance frameworks, including reserved matters and decision-making protocols
Shareholder rights, including tag and drag mechanisms
Shareholder and founder disputes, including exit and deadlock scenarios
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Vendor and purchaser due diligence support
Data room preparation and management
Risk identification and red flag reporting
Pre-transaction clean up and readiness for capital raises or exits
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Mandatory notification threshold assessment
Competition risk assessment
ACCC engagement strategy, including waiver, informal clearance or formal notification pathways
Deal timing and execution strategy
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Constitutions, board charters and governance frameworks
Founder and director agreements, including rights and obligations
Ongoing compliance advice under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Board and management advisory on governance matters and decision-making
Development of governance policies and reporting frameworks
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Strategic legal advice across the business lifecycle
Support on growth initiatives, partnerships and commercial arrangements
Ongoing “in-house style” legal support for leadership teams
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Identification and mitigation of legal and commercial risks
Review and implementation of compliance frameworks
Advice on regulatory obligations and director duties
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Company and group structuring (including holding structures and subsidiaries)
Trust structures and joint venture arrangements
Restructures to support growth, investment or exit
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Establishment of Australian entities and group structures
Advice on regulatory, tax and operational considerations
Localisation of governance and commercial arrangements
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Board and director training on governance and duties
Founder and executive training on capital raising and scaling
Tailored workshops on legal risk, transactions and growth strategy
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“Law Squared are a pleasure to partner with, a team of great people who genuinely care about the outcomes. Their transparent approach to pricing builds trust from the outset, and their advice always balances legal precision with commercial practicality.”
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