Your partner across the full business lifecycle
Our Corporate & Commercial team supports businesses at every stage of their lifecycle, from establishment and growth through to transactions, restructuring and succession.
We provide clear, commercially focused advice on complex and day‑to‑day matters, helping clients manage risk, seize opportunities and achieve practical outcomes.
Working closely with publicly listed companies, large private companies, emerging companies and start-ups, government, high net worth individuals and international companies expanding to the Australian market.
Why choose us
Clients choose our Corporate & Commercial team for practical, commercially grounded advice, responsive service and a genuine understanding of how legal decisions impact their business operations and strategic goals.
Business structuring expertise
Choosing the correct business structure – or combination of structures – is fundamental to business success. Important cost, tax and asset protection consequences flow from this critical decision.
Our team has expertise in business structuring and registrations for public, private and not-for-profit organisations, along with a depth of experience in all types of commercial contracts and negotiations.
We have extensive experience advising on the four common business structures that are used by SMEs in Australia: sole traders, partnerships, companies and trusts. We also assist with re-structuring existing businesses.
We work with a range of business clients, from publicly listed companies and large private companies to emerging companies and start-ups, high net worth individuals and international companies expanding to the Australian market.
Commercial contracts expertise
We advise on the drafting, negotiation and management of commercial contracts across a wide range of industries and business models. Our focus is on producing clear, enforceable agreements that reflect how our clients operate in practice and support their commercial goals.
Our experience includes supply and distribution arrangements, outsourcing, licensing, services agreements and complex bespoke contracts. We work closely with clients to balance risk allocation, pricing, performance and termination rights, ensuring contracts are commercially sensible as well as legally sound.
Whether supporting day-to-day contracting or high-value strategic arrangements, we provide pragmatic advice that reduces uncertainty, manages risk and helps businesses operate with confidence.
Competition and consumer law expertise
Competition and Consumer Law cuts across most consumer, commercial and corporate transactions and disputes. This includes business to business transactions and disputes. Regulators, such as the ACCC, state-based fair trading offices and ASIC, are proactive regulators, and businesses need to be vigilant and up-to-date with their trade practices. Moray & Agnew’s team has the specialist skills and breadth of experience required to navigate this area in order to provide strategic advice, draft agreements and provide representation.
We help business clients minimise risk and manage the legal and regulatory obligations that arise in the area of competition and consumer law.
Our expertise spans the full lifecycle of regulatory and commercial risk, from advertising, privacy and e‑commerce to unfair contract terms, consumer guarantees, product safety, ACCC investigations and competition law. We advise on both consumer-facing and business‑to‑business issues, helping clients manage compliance, disputes and enforcement across retail and digital markets.
Corporate governance & advisory expertise
The duties and responsibilities of directors and boards are onerous, complex and ever-changing. We advise boards, directors, executives and in-house teams on governance frameworks that are both legally robust and commercially workable. Our approach is practical and risk-focused, helping organisations navigate regulatory obligations while supporting effective decision making and long-term strategy.
We regularly assist with board and committee charters, directors’ duties, reporting obligations and governance reviews. We also advise on managing conflicts, related party transactions and stakeholder scrutiny, ensuring governance structures remain fit for purpose as organisations grow, restructure or operate across multiple jurisdictions.
Our team has also acted for a large number of foreign companies in relation to compliance with their Australian legal requirements.
We work closely with clients to embed governance as a business enabler, not just a compliance requirement, providing clear, timely advice that supports confident leadership and sustainable outcomes.
Intellectual Property expertise
Our team has expertise in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyright, confidential information, trade secrets and privacy rights.
We deal with complex intellectual property issues, and we regularly assist our clients with implementing legal contracts for the development and commercialisation of intellectual property.
Our intellectual property expertise and experience includes:
- Registration and enforcement of trademarks, copyright and design rights, including trademark infringement disputes
- Advising on non-disclosure and confidentiality obligations
- International trademark registration
- Managing Australian and international trademark portfolios
- IP agreements, including assignments and licensing
- Enforcing trade secrets and privacy rights
- Domain name registrations and related strategy
- Privacy policies
Privacy expertise
We provide strategic, practical advice to help organisations manage privacy obligations, data risk and regulatory scrutiny with confidence.
View more about our privacy experience here.
Work Highlights
Meet the team
