What is corporate law?
Often referred to as company law, corporate law relates to how an organisation is structured and governed, and how it executes its corporate strategy (for example, mergers and acquisitions).
It is distinct from commercial law – which generally focuses on business’s activities, commercial trading and associated transactions.
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 risk when forming and managing a company and undertaking the associated corporate activities.
Key services we provide our corporate clients include:
- Reviewing, negotiating and documenting
- company and business formation
- company structures and restructures
- corporate governance frameworks
- shareholding arrangements
- mergers, acquisition and disposals
- joint ventures and consortiums
- capital raising and debt funding
- winding up entities
• General corporate / commercial advice, including advising on:
- governance and constitutional matters
- director and officer duties / liabilities
- related party transactions
- personal property securities
- conflicts, compliance and risk management
- incorporating companies
- registering business names
- preparing and lodging ASIC forms
- personal and corporate succession
- commercial agreements
- buying and selling corporate assets
- buying, selling and leasing property
- protecting intellectual property rights
- Reviewing, negotiating and resolving company and business 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; Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Market 2022, 2023 and 2025)
