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McMahon Clarke Legal is a
specialist commercial law firm advising on managed investments and
raising capital for listed and unlisted offers throughout Australia.
The firm was
established in 1994,
and changed its name from Teys McMahon Legal to McMahon Clarke
Legal on 1 September 2002.
Since 1994, the firm has been
practising throughout Australia and has its head office in Brisbane.
Offices are also maintained in Sydney and Melbourne and the
partners regularly visit Perth.
We focus on these market segments:
Agribusiness projects are established to enable the
public or wholesale investors to participate in rurally based
enterprises.
The types of activities agribusiness projects undertake include
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viticulture (wine and grapes)
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forestry
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horticulture
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livestock breeding programs, and
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aquaculture.
To find out more about
Agribusiness click
here.
Under this pillar, we act for
clients raising capital using either
equity or debt structures, or a combination of both.
Whether you are start-up company, a top 100 listed entity, or
something in between, we provide our specialised legal services
where you wish to raise capital.
Money can be raised in many ways, including–
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through an issue of ordinary shares or some other form of shares,
such as a preference share
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through a debenture program,
which is an issue
of debt, or
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through a form of hybrid
security such as a converting note, which starts life as a debt
instrument but later converts to equity.
To find out more about capital
markets click
here.
Under this
pillar, we act for clients embarking on a
range of corporate transactional matters. We offer our services to
new and existing businesses which have just raised capital, as well
as established enterprises which may be looking to expand through
acquisition, or be at a stage where they want to sell and extract
value they have built up.
Here is a sample of the corporate advisory work
we do–
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Capital
management transactions including share buy–backs.
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Capital
reductions and corporate restructures.
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Transaction
services including asset acquisition and disposal plus
associated due diligence.
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Shareholding and
joint venture agreements.
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Corporate
governance.
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AFS licensing
and compliance.
To find out more about corporate advisory click
here.
We
specialise in the estate planning needs of our private clients which
includes -
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preparation of wills and estate plans
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asset protection advice
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business succession
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structuring of business affairs
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probate applications and litigation.
To find out more about
estate planning click
here.
Our litigation and risk
management services supplement our expertise in the commercial areas
in which we practice. While litigation is not something people
generally set out to engage in, sometimes it is forced upon them as a
way to resolve a
dispute or force a result in a contentious
transaction.
The best results in litigation
are possible where there are litigation specialists working
side-by-side with commercial lawyers who have a thorough understanding
of the commercial matters involved.
Risk management is another
important component of this division in McMahon Clarke Legal. The
services we provide here give our clients the best chance of avoiding
potential disputes, or minimising the potential for damaging
consequences.
To find out more about
litigation and risk management click
here.
The
Property Group is a reflection of our firm’s ongoing commitment to the
provision of specialised legal services in the areas in which we practice.
Our team provides expert property law and
related commercial advice to our clients within a broad range of property
sectors and also works closely with the firm’s corporate, funds management,
agribusiness and private client specialists to provide expert property law
advice to the firm’s clients in those areas. The
Property Group delivers timely, accurate and commercial legal advice for
property investors and developers. Additionally, the firm’s background
in the property funds and agribusiness sectors gives the members of the
team a unique understanding of the legal and commercial issues relating
to acquisition, development, management and disposal of properties owned
by clients operating in those industries.
A
summary of the work we do is set out below–
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commercial, retail, agricultural and
industrial sales and acquisitions.
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commercial, retail and industrial
development work.
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preparation of contracts and
pre-contractual disclosure.
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strata title development work,
including preparation of "off the plan" contracts and disclosure
documents.
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commercial/industrial and retail
leasing.
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major tenancy negotiations.
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hotel, resort and tourism developments.
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due diligence investigations.
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development agreements and joint
ventures.
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sale and acquisition of businesses with a special
focus on the hotel industry and agribusiness.
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due diligence investigations on
business acquisitions.
A property fund includes–
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property trusts (listed or unlisted)
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property securities funds
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development syndicates, and
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fully managed strata title projects.
Complementing both the direct property
and property funds teams is our specialist stamp duty section.
Within this section, we have a particular focus on the stamp duty
and land rich duty implications of all property and property fund
transactions. The consequences of not structuring a transaction
correctly can be horrendous, so it is important to get the right
advice upfront.
To find out more about
Property Funds, click
here.
We provide commercial and practical
advice to complex problems in a timely and cost effective manner. As
specialists in our chosen field of expertise, we can afford to
spend time on research and development of legal
issues so our team of lawyers can provide
you with the answers to your questions quickly and more cost
effectively than our competitors. For example, this means you do
not pay high hourly rates for our
time while we learn about an area of the law,
which would penalise you just because you were the first person to raise a complex
problem with us.
We enjoy the freedom specialisation brings.
In particular, the freedom to know we can spend time to consider
all aspects of an issue knowing the result of our work will be a
better outcome for our clients who may ask us about the issue in the future.
Each time we are engaged, you will be told who will
be working on the matter and the names and direct lines of all of the
people you may need to contact throughout the matter.
On project and advice work, we provide you with a
fixed fee proposal before we start work and take time to step out the
scope of work we will complete for you. Our fees will change if the
scope of work changes throughout the matter. We also give you a
detailed time line so you know when key steps in the matter will be
completed.
We only charge hourly rates in matters such as
litigation, negotiations with third parties and other circumstances
where we do not control the approach being taken by others involved in
the matter. However, even in these cases we provide you with realistic
estimates of those fees.
Accounts are generally rendered on a monthly basis,
although this can vary on a case-by-case basis.
Our clients are drawn from all commercial sectors of the economy,
including funds management, financial services, rural and
agribusiness firms, property development and management, private
equity and venture
capital, accounting, legal and other professions.
Whether you are a top 100 listed company or a small operator with a good idea to start a new business venture, our commitment to
service delivery for you is the same.
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