Commercial Law
You’ve Done the Deal. We Put It in Writing Properly.
- Business sales and purchases, commercial contracts, company and trust documents, loans and security.
- Fixed fees quoted before we start — not hourly rates and a surprise at the end.
- Drafted and reviewed by a qualified solicitor — not assembled from a form.
- Plain-English documents your accountant, your bank and the other side can all work with.
- Most documents back with you in days, not weeks.
Where commercial problems usually start
The Deal Is Agreed. Now It Has to Be Written Down.
Most commercial arrangements are settled long before anyone reaches for a document. You agree the price, the terms, the split and the timing — and then it has to become an agreement that will still hold when the relationship is under pressure.
That is the step where things quietly go wrong. Terms get recorded loosely, or not at all. The wrong entity signs. The clause dealing with what happens if it all goes sideways is the one nobody thought about. And none of it surfaces until the day it matters most.
Corporate Legal prepares and reviews the documents behind commercial transactions for NSW businesses — business sales, trading agreements, company and trust documents, and lending and security. A qualified solicitor drafts and reviews every one, the fee is agreed in writing before we start, and the document comes back to you in plain English with a short note on the parts that carry real weight.
Where to start
Four Areas of Commercial Work
Most commercial matters fall into one of these four.
Business Sales & Purchases
Buying or selling a business — a café, salon, workshop, childcare centre, agency or trade. The sale agreement, the lease assignment, the restraint, the employees, the licences, the adjustments and settlement itself.
- Buyer side and seller side
- Lease assignment and landlord’s consent
- Settlement adjustments and completion
Commercial Contracts & Agreements
The documents a trading business runs on — confidentiality agreements, contractor and consultancy agreements, terms of trade, supply and distribution agreements, licences, referral agreements, variations and releases.
- Prepared from your instructions, or reviewed before you sign
- Written to be read by the people who have to follow them
- Fixed fee per document
Company, Trust & Structuring
The documents that set up and govern an entity — company constitutions, family and unit trust deeds, changes of trustee or appointor, deeds of variation, partnership agreements, and shareholders agreements for newly incorporated companies.
- Prepared alongside your accountant’s structuring advice
- Trust deeds drafted with duty and resettlement risk in mind
- Documents your bank and the ATO will accept
Loans, Security & Guarantees
Money moving between parties — loan agreements including Division 7A loans, guarantees and indemnities, general security agreements with PPSR registration, deeds of priority, vendor finance and mortgages of shares.
- Related-party and third-party lending
- PPSR registration attended to, not just recommended
- Clear advice on what a guarantee actually exposes
Know what you need? Send us the details and we’ll come back with a fixed fee.
Request a QuoteTypical situations
When Businesses Call Us
If any of these sounds like where you are, it is the right time to pick up the phone.
“We’ve agreed the deal and need it in writing.”
You have settled the price and the terms with the other side, and now it needs to be a document both parties can sign with confidence.
“I’ve been sent something to sign.”
An agreement has landed in your inbox and you want to know exactly what it commits you to before you put your name to it.
“My accountant said I need this document.”
A structure has been recommended, or a loan needs documenting properly, and someone has to draw the paperwork that gives effect to it.
“We’re bringing someone in — or buying someone out.”
A new partner, shareholder or investor is joining, or an owner is leaving, and the terms need recording before anything changes hands.
“We’ve been operating on a handshake.”
The arrangement has worked fine for years and nobody wrote it down. Now a bank, a buyer or a new party wants to see something in writing.
“We’re buying or selling a business.”
There is a contract, a lease to be assigned, staff, equipment and a settlement date — and it all has to land on the same day.
Tell us what you’ve agreed and we’ll tell you what it needs.
Get a Fixed-Fee QuoteHow we work
From Enquiry to Signed Document
Tell Us the Deal
A short call or email. What’s been agreed, who the parties are, and what you need by when. Usually fifteen minutes.
Fixed Fee Quoted
We confirm the document, the scope, what’s included and what isn’t, and the fixed fee — in writing, before any work starts.
Instructions Taken
We take full instructions once, properly, so you are not answering the same questions across a dozen emails.
Drafting
Prepared and reviewed by a qualified solicitor. You get a clean draft plus a short plain-English note on the parts that matter.
One Round of Amendments
Your changes, and the other side’s reasonable comments, are worked through and included in the fixed fee.
Signing & Registration
We finalise for execution and attend to whatever the document needs afterwards — PPSR, ASIC, stamping or lodgement.
Start with step one. It costs nothing and takes fifteen minutes.
Book a Free ConsultationWhy Business Owners Use Corporate Legal
Fixed Fees, Genuinely
Agreed before we start and honoured through a normal round of amendments. If something falls outside scope we tell you before we do it, not after.
A Solicitor Reviews Everything
Every document that leaves this firm has been read and checked by a qualified solicitor before it reaches you.
Fast Where It Counts
Most documents are back with you within days. When a settlement, a year end or a finance approval is driving the deadline, that matters.
Property and Commercial Together
Most business deals touch property — a lease, a premises, a security over land. We handle both sides in the one firm, so nothing falls between advisers.
A Firm People Come Back To
More than 200 five-star reviews, and a steady stream of work referred by accountants, brokers and clients we have acted for before.
Plain English
You will understand what you are signing. If a clause matters, we will tell you why in a sentence, not a memorandum.
Get your document drafted properly, for a fee you agreed in advance.
Talk to Us TodayCommercial deals rarely stay in one lane. A business sale needs the lease assigned. A loan needs a mortgage or a caveat. A trust needs to buy the premises. Because Corporate Legal does property and commercial work under one roof, the whole transaction stays joined up instead of being split between advisers who never speak to each other.
Commercial Law FAQs
Can you really quote a fixed fee on commercial work?
What if the other side’s lawyer wants changes?
Do you give tax advice on structures and trusts?
How quickly can you turn a document around?
Do you act for both sides of a deal?
Do you only work with businesses in NSW?
Still have a question about your matter?
Ask Us DirectlyGet the Deal Documented Properly
Handshake deals fail at the point where nobody wrote down what was agreed. Corporate Legal prepares commercial transaction documents for NSW business owners at a fixed fee, reviewed by a qualified solicitor, in plain English — usually within days. Tell us what you have agreed and we will tell you what it needs.
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