Practice Areas

Kepdowrie Chambers provides a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial legal services.

We can’t do everything, and we don’t want to (some stuff is just seriously boring). However, a “shopping list” to pick from would look like this:

Establishing processes and procedures to best protect your company’s IP
IP commercialisation and monetisation, licensing-in and licensing-out
Trade mark and brand management – filing and prosecuting trade mark applications, managing renewals
Franchising agreements, including Disclosure Documents
Merchandising agreements
Managing actual or threatened IP infringement by third parties (cease-and-desist)
Establishing processes and procedures to minimise the risk of infringing third party IP
IP audits and IP valuations.

Compliance with the Corporations Act and best practice corporate governance
Compliance with ASIC and ASX rules and other regulatory authorities
Compliance with Directors’ duties, including best practice
Liaising with accountants and auditors, including in relation to the preparation of audits, annual reports Managing your Statutory Books, such as the preparation of ASIC and ASX forms/notices/resolutions.

Drafting and/or advising in relation to commercial contracts with suppliers and customers
Assisting with the preparation/drafting of tender documents and responding to RFI’s (and compliance with procurement laws, probity and best practice – as applicable)
Settling and updating standard form contracts, reviewing third party contracts
Assisting with commercial and legal negotiations with customers and suppliers.

Employee and contractor agreements, consultancy arrangements
Employment manual, including establishing best practice (in relation to matters such as discrimination, risk management, internet usage policy, Spam Act compliance)
Employee share scheme arrangements (ESS’s and ESOPs)
Legal aspects of hiring and dismissal, managing disputes and complaints
Compliance with FWA and State legislation, including in relation to leave, redundancy, superannuation Managing employee claims & disputes.

Anti-trust and competition law audits
Ensuring compliance with trade practices, fair trading, competition and anti-trust laws and regulations
Engaging with regulatory bodies, including the ACCC.

Conducting internal presentations to your Board and/or staff in relation to topical legal issues.

Mediation and conciliation services, settling disputes through commercial discussion
Commercial litigation as a last resort, including (as required) instructing barristers.