Negotiate and manage your retail leases with clarity and foresight. From reviewing heads of agreement to negotiating terms and managing renewals or exits, we ensure every lease supports and enhances your retail strategy. Our support includes:

• Leasing strategy and market entry

• Lease negotiation and documentation

• Portfolio and lease management

• Fit-out, access and construction

• Licences and short-term occupations

• Dispute resolution and enforcement

• Specialised sector and property leasing

Learn more about our Property + Leasing expertise.

Fast-moving operations rely on strong commercial agreements. We help retail and hospitality businesses put clear, practical contracts in place to support supply, service delivery, customer engagement and growth, including:

• Supply, distribution and reseller agreements

• Procurement and logistics contracts

• SaaS, software licensing and cloud services used in-store and online

• Master Services Agreements (MSAs) and Statements of Work (SOWs)

• Terms and Conditions

• Collaboration, brand partnership and joint venture agreements

Learn more about our Commercial expertise.

Your brand and customer data are some of your most valuable retail assets. We help protect them through practical advice on trade marks, licensing, loyalty programs and privacy compliance across stores, e-commerce and marketplaces.

• Trade mark searches, registration and clearances

• Ownership, protection and commercialisation of IP

• International trade mark applications and assistance

• Advising on customer data governance, loyalty and marketing databases, and cross-border data usage (including GDPR)

• Data breach assessments and notification obligations

Learn more about our Intellectual Property and Privacy expertise.

Build a corporate structure that can keep pace with new stores, channels and brands. Whether you’re a founder-led retailer, private equity–backed group or franchise network, we help you put practical governance and ownership frameworks in place so decisions are fast, compliant and aligned with your growth strategy. Our support includes:

• Designing and documenting group structures for store networks, IP, property and online operations

• Drafting, reviewing and updating:

  • Shareholders’ agreements and subscription agreements for new investors

  • Directors’ deeds and indemnities

  • Company constitutions and corporate policies

  • Board charters and delegations of authority

• Corporate housekeeping and compliance, including:

  • Preparing and lodging ASIC documentation

  • Issuing or transferring shares

  • ASIC and governance health checks

  • Annual review documentation and recording director or share changes

Learn more about our Corporate expertise.

Complex Awards, high turnover, casual hours and customer-facing roles make it easy for pay, rostering and conduct issues to escalate quickly in the retail and hospitality sector. We help establish people practices that protect your brand, support your frontline staff and stand up to regulatory and employee scrutiny. Our support includes:

• Legal support across the employee lifecycle, including:

  • Hiring

  • Performance management

  • Termination and redundancies

  • Post-exit claims

• Payroll and workforce structure issues, including advising on employee classifications and employment contract terms

• Enterprise Bargaining including:

  • EA strategy, drafting and negotiations

  • Fair Work Commission approvals

• Drafting, review and implementation of compliant workforce policies

• Practical workforce training for frontline staff and HR teams on Award compliance, investigations, performance and Respect@Work obligations.

Learn more about our Employment expertise.

In retail and hospitality, margins are tight and cash flow can be impacted by late payments or customer defaults. We help you recover debts efficiently, so you can focus on driving sales, not chasing overdue accounts.

We provide support for:

• Debt recovery

• Enforcing trading terms and customer agreements

• Recovering secured assets or goods under retention of title

• Maximising recovery from customers or suppliers

Learn more about our Disputes + Litigation expertise.

As your business grows, so does the pace and complexity of the legal issues that come with it. Law Squared as a Service (LSaaS) gives Retail + Hospitality businesses flexible, fixed-cost legal support through a monthly retainer model — ideal when you need reliable legal capability without committing to a full-time hire.

LSaaS is particularly valuable where you need:

• senior legal support on-demand

• short-term cover during leave periods, peak demand or recruitment gaps

• extra capacity for rollouts, campaigns and other high-profile initiatives

Learn more about Law Squared as a Service