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Our Expertise and Services

In addition to the following, Balfour Meagher has extensive experience in preparing and providing various continuing professional development (CPD) seminars, training and documentation to a range of M&A professionals and associations including: the Law Society of Western Australia, Australian Institute of Business Brokers, Legalwise, Real Estate Institute of Western (Business Brokers Division), Institute of Public Accountants, Performance Business Sales, CPDLive, pharmacy, Octavian Group, GMO. Keep explore our seminars.

Robust, contemporary Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)/Confidentiality Deeds.
Advising on appropriate deal structures (including equity and debt arrangements), as well as
- preparation and negotiation of bespoke Heads of Agreement (“HoA”), Memoranda of Understanding, comprehensive scalable Terms Sheets and Non-Binding Indicative Offer (“NBIO”) documents.
- review and advice on Business Broker/Corporate Advisory/Equity Sales Agents terms & conditions of engagement,
- full integrated liaison with client stakeholders; including accounting/taxation advisors, financiers, insurers and other key parties.
Due Diligence (“DD”); including seller-side pre-market legal analysis & DD, comprehensive buyer-side acquisition-target DD and risk assessment reports, Digital Data Rooms’ establishment (e.g. Ansarada, iDeals etc) and management etc.
Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Agreements for respective Sales or Purchases of active trading Businesses (e.g. ‘as going concern’/GST-free), Assets or Equity (e.g. shares, units or partnership interests).
- Transaction documentation, negotiation, and custom provisions-drafting (rise & fall, seller warranties indemnities and limitations of liability (including disclosure letters), retention mechanisms, earn-outs, working capital adjustments, locked box vs target and completion accounts, vendor-financing and related securitisation etc).
- Complicated share or asset acquisitions /divestments; including cross-border transactions and Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) applications/approvals.
- Complex private equity structuring; including shareholder, management and leveraged buy-outs, share/equityholder agreements, share buy-backs and selective capital reductions.
- Full-service, related commercial/corporate law support (e.g. finance and securities, property and leasing, employment and subcontracting, IT and intellectual property, supplier or third-party contracts’ review, corporate secretarial and succession arrangements etc).
Full Completion/transaction management services; including Settlement Statements, ASIC lodgements and PPSR management.