Holding Redlich

Our partners are involved in every deal, from contact through to completion and as a group, we have in-depth knowledge of a wide range of industries in which our clients operate. We work with our clients across the full spectrum of Corporate and Commercial law, including:

• competition & consumer law
• complex commercial agreements and long-term supply agreements
• Corporations Act compliance and ASX listing rules
• corporate governance
• data & privacy
• employee share and option schemes
• financial services and superannuation
• financing and securitisation
• franchising
• IPOs and fundraisings
• intellectual property
• joint ventures, partnerships and co-ownership structures
• managed investment schemes
• M&A  - private and public
• personal property securities
• private equity and venture capital
• restructures
• start-ups & emerging enterprises.

We also have a dedicated national Procurement practice group that provides services to a range of government and private sector clients. Please click here to see full details.

Experience

• acting in Structural Monitoring Systems Plc acquisition of Anodyne Electronic Manufacturing Corp
• acting in Panorama Synergy Ltd’s acquisition of Hydrix as part of vertical integration play
• acting for a Singapore listed company on the proposed $60m takeover bid of Guildford Coal Limited
• acting for LionGold Corp Limited in the $65m takeover of Castlemaine Goldfields Limited
• acting for Blumont Group Ltd in relation to the $32m takeover of Genesis Resources Limited
• acting for Blumont Group Ltd in the $55m takeover of Merlin Diamonds Limited
• acting for Affinity Education Group Limited on multiple acquisitions and divestments of child care centres throughout Australia
• acting for the Fresh Produce Group’s acquisition of Tumut Grove Citrus
• acting for Frasers Property on the sale of a commercial property and hotel development at its landmark Central Park development in Chippendale
• acting for the owners of Associated Grain on the sale to Agrocorp
• acting for Hong Kong Uniasia in the acquisition of the MOR cosmetics business
• acting for CaterCare Group in the buy-out by CHAMP Ventures
• advising SKY UK on the sale of Australian News Channel to News Corporation.

We can litigate in any court, are skilled in arbitration, expert determination and representing clients before commissions of inquiry and other official investigations.  

• Administrative law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Contract law
• Class actions
• Competition & Consumer law
• Corporate Crime & Investigations
• Corporate law including shareholder and partnership disputes
• Corporate restructuring and insolvency
• Debt Recovery
• Franchising
• Information & communications technology law
• Insurance law
• Intellectual property
• Personal property securities
• Professional negligence
• Property & leasing disputes
• Superannuation
• Sports law
• White collar crime & regulatory investigations
• Workplace Relations

We have collaborated with Law Exchange International on a publication covering the enforcement of foreign judgements. Click to view our questions and answers on Enforcing foreign judgments in Australia.

We also offer our expert insights into Australia’s legal framework governing commercial litigation, including key issues to consider and the procedural steps, in the 2022 Complex Commercial Litigation Guide published by Lexology Getting The Deal Through.

Australian law requires that immigration assistance may only be provided by a person who is registered with the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA).

Our Registered Migration Agents have market-leading expertise across the following areas:

• business skills visas
• temporary and permanent employment visas
• labour agreements
• significant investor visas
• risk management and compliance.

Experience

Our business migration professionals assist corporations to bring in international workers, get approval for incoming secondments and troubleshoot international transfers. 

Holding Redlich Registered Migration Agents act in accordance with the Code of Conduct. Please refer to Migration Agent Registration Authority’s website for a copy of the code.

We advise clients across a range of sectors, including animation, new media, information technology, construction, wine, clothing, advertising, publishing and finance. We advise them in the following areas:

• development, protection and management of brand
• domain names
• design licensing and enforcement
• patent licensing and enforcement
• licensing
• copyright
• trade marks
• trade practices
• agreements
• litigation for enforcement and defence
• intellectual asset management plans.

With business becoming increasingly global, we have forged relationships with specialist law and patent attorney firms both in Australia and overseas so that we can protect our clients’ intellectual property wherever and whenever the need arises.

We provide a comprehensive employment and industrial relations service to our clients. 

Areas of experience and expertise include:

• negotiating terms and conditions of employment as well as drafting contracts of employment
• providing advice on exit strategies from existing employers including dealing with existing restraints of trade and managing obligations in respect of confidential information and intellectual property
• advising on employment issues relating to management buy outs and other business initiatives pursued by executives
• advising on disciplinary matters and disputes over performance
• providing advice in respect of Equal Employment Opportunity and discrimination matters including returning to work and parental leave issues
• advising on and acting in contractual disputes relating to the termination of employment, including entitlements to reasonable notice or bonuses together with the retention of share options and other share based benefits
• advising on and acting in proceedings concerning misleading and deceptive conduct in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974
• advising on and acting in unfair dismissal claims
• advising on and acting in restraint of trade and confidentiality disputes
• advising in respect of migration issues (including 457 Visa scheme issues)
• acting for professionals in defending complaints made against them in professional tribunals or boards.

Experience

• preparing and reviewing service agreements for senior executives
• negotiating terms of separation for CEOs and other senior management, together with drafting and reviewing agreements that regulate separation
• acting for a senior executive in Federal Court proceedings alleging, among other things, misleading and deceptive conduct by his former employer. The verdict is one of the leading decisions in this area and is reported as Walker v Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited [2006] FCAFC 101
• acting in Equal Employment Opportunity proceedings in which the highest award in Victoria was made for pain and suffering arising from sexual harassment and discrimination. This decision was reported as State of Victoria v McKenna (1999) 140 IR 256
• acting in Equal Employment Opportunity proceedings which resulted in one of the leading decisions on carer's responsibility discrimination and which is reported as State of Victoria v Schou (No 2) - (2004) 8 VR 120
• acting for executives who have restraint of trade action taken against them by a former employer
• acting for senior executives on their movement between listed companies, including, dealing with all issues surrounding short term incentives, long terms incentives, restraints of trade and confidentiality together with Corporations Act and Listing Rule issues
• acting for professionals in defending complaints made against them in professional tribunals or boards.