What is commercial law?
Sometimes referred to as business law, commercial law generally focuses on those laws that help regulate a business’s activities, their commercial trading and associated commercial transactions – including setting up and enforcing commercial agreements and the transfer of property.
It is distinct from corporate law – which generally focuses on how an organisation is formed, structured and governed, and how it executes its corporate strategy.
Who we act for?
Client
Our clients include high net worth individuals, private companies, partnerships, joint ventures, consortiums, registered training organisations and charities. We have experience working with business owners, management, boards, in-house legal teams and other key stakeholders.
Industries
Our team at Mahoneys is made up of experienced corporate-commercial lawyers, who have developed a detailed understanding of, and expertise in, the industries that the firm has chosen to concentrate on:
- Construction
- Education and training
- Energy and renewables
- Financial services
- Franchising
- Hospitality
- Management Rights
- Manufacturing
- Medical and Allied Health
- Motels
- Professional services
- Property
- Technology
How we help our clients:
We work closely with clients to understand and deliver their strategic, operational and commercial objectives by helping them identify and manage the day-to-day legal risks that might arise in their business activities.
Key services we provide our clients include:
- Reviewing, negotiating and documenting commercial agreements, including:
- purchase agreements
- service agreements
- supply agreements
- reseller agreements
- licence agreements
- franchise agreements
- business sale agreements
- joint venture agreements
- shareholder / unitholder agreements
- Reviewing, negotiating and documenting loan agreements, security agreements and personal guarantees.
- Reviewing, negotiating and documenting the buying selling, leasing, developing and constructing of commercial property.
- Identifying, protecting and commercialising intellectual property rights.
- Reviewing and documenting employment and contractor arrangements.
- General commercial / corporate advice, including advising on:
- compliance with the Corporations Act;
- corporate governance arrangements;
- corporate structures / restructures;
- workplace arrangements and compliance;;
- asset protection and succession planning;
- buying, selling and leasing business asset;
- buying and selling business;
- competition and consumer law;
- workplace relations and safety;
- business terms and conditions; and
- privacy, data protection and cybersecurity.
- Reviewing, negotiating and resolving commercial law disputes.
Recognition
Mahoneys, and their lawyers, have been recognised by their peers for Commercial Law (Best Lawyers Australia – 2026), Commercial Leasing Law (Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Market – 2025) and Commercial Property Law (Best Lawyers Australia – 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; and Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Market 2022, 2023 and 2025).
