Corporate, M&A and Commercial
Meridian’s corporate and commercial team provides a complete range of business and transactional legal services. Our experienced team works with a diverse client base across key industry sectors. Helping clients with their day-to-day operations and achieve their strategic objectives and investment and growth strategies underpins our approach.
We provide practical advice to assist our clients in managing key commercial and legal risks covering transactions, corporate structures, intellectual property and information, competition, employment and compensation, financial services, regulatory governance, compliance and investigations, and property.
Key services
- Mergers and acquisitions, sales and purchases of businesses and companies
- Business structures, partnership and shareholder arrangements
- Business succession planning and funded buy-out arrangements
- Advising and defending a range of professional associations and practices
- Transactional and Due Diligence
- Contract negotiation, documentation and administration
- Distribution arrangements and strategic alliances
- Advising on Director and Officer duties, conflicts of interest and corporate compliance
- Advising stakeholder relations service providers and alliance partners
- Capital management strategies including buy-backs, capital reductions and divestments
- Capital markets and ASX – equities, shares and derivatives
- Advising Not for Profit Entities and Tax-Exempt organisations
- Corporate finance (debt and equity, venture capital) and fundraising
- Business succession planning and funded buy-outs
- Advising on Competition Law and Franchising
- Advising on Commercial Technology and Information
