Macrossans Lawyers Brisbane law firm


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Contracts

We understand the range of commercial options to advise our clients on the most effective arrangements to achieve business objectives and minimise risks.

We have advised Australian and international clients in highly complex projects, including the establishment of the Robina Town Centre, international mining ventures, telecommunications infrastructure, medical and waste facilities, tourism ventures, shopping malls, apartment developments, transport and major energy and water projects.

We regularly assist clients to prepare and negotiate the following:

  • Procurement and tendering documents
  • Corporate structuring and capitalisation
  • Contracts, joint venture agreements and management agreements
  • Agreements for mergers, business sales/acquisitions, share sales, shareholders, partnerships, associateship and syndication.
  • Contracts for design and construction, alliances and public private partnerships
  • Due diligence, public disclosure statements and prospectuses
  • Project financing and risk allocation
  • Intellectual property, licensing rights and trademarks
  • Acquisition, property development and disposal contracts
  • Trade Practices and fair trading issues affecting contract negotiations.

Macrossans Lawyers also develops precedent documents to standardise and improve the quality and efficiency of contract processes. We have developed precedent documents for Austock Property Management, the Bank of New Zealand Australia and have developed a knowledge bank of documents for the acquisition, sale and leasing of commercial properties including shopping centres, industrial property, hotels, retirement villages and golf courses.

Our experience:

  • Drafting joint venture and syndication documentation for the Australian European Finance Corporation, the BNZA, Sanwa for projects including Ipswich and Nambour Civic Centres, and the Hilton Hotel in Cairns and Grosvenor Place in Sydney
  • Drafting mining joint venture agreements, management agreements and standard contracts for mining ventures in Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, New Calendonia, Indonesia and China
  • Acting for Energex Limited and Energex Retail Limited in negotiating commercial contracts, curtailable load contracts, performance contracts, high voltage maintenance agreements and specific product contracts.
  • Contract negotiations for the Robina Town Centre including the purchase and development of large tracts of commercial, residential and retail sites, with the provision for early dispute resolution and the appointment of a reviewer under the contract.

For further information, please contact Robin Lonergan.