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Business sales & acquisitions
Buying and selling businesses: due diligence, contracts, warranties and completion.
Explore business salesCorporate & Commercial
Advice for buying, running and selling a business
We advise on the legal side of running, buying and selling a business across Queensland: sales and acquisitions, the commercial contracts you rely on, and the way your company is structured. Our directors work directly on your matter, combining technical depth with the commercial judgement to help your business move forward with less risk.
What we help with
Corporate & Commercial services
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Commercial contracts
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating the contracts your business relies on day to day.
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Corporate structuring & advisory
Company and trust structures, shareholder arrangements and ongoing commercial advice.
Explore structuring & advisoryWho we help
Acting for businesses and their owners
Business owners
Owners buying, growing, restructuring or selling a business.
Buyers & sellers
Parties on either side of a business sale or acquisition.
Directors & boards
Company directors and boards needing governance and contracts advice.
Growing companies
Established and scaling businesses needing commercial contracts and structure.
Why SCT
Senior advice, grounded in your business
Directors lead your matterSenior people work directly on your matter from start to finish.
Rooted in QueenslandBrisbane CBD and Mooloolaba, acting for clients across the state.
15+ years of experienceAdvising on property, construction and commercial matters in Queensland.
Relationships, not transactionsWe take time to understand your business and stay part of how you succeed, well beyond a single matter.
Our approach
How we work with you
Step 01
Tell us about your matter
Send us a few details by form or call us directly. We respond to enquiries within one business day.
Step 02
Meet the right director
We arrange a consultation with the director suited to your corporate matter, so you deal with senior people from the outset.
Step 03
Clear scope and costs
We set out how we can help and the basis for our costs in writing before any work begins.
Client feedback
In our clients' words
Selling the business was the biggest decision we had made. The team handled the due diligence and negotiation so we could keep running it until completion.
They set up our shareholder agreement and structure properly from the start, which saved a difficult conversation later.
Good to know
Corporate & commercial questions
Most business sales involve a contract, due diligence, and the transfer of leases, staff, licences and assets, and small wording differences can carry real risk. A solicitor reviews the contract, runs due diligence and helps structure the purchase so you understand what you are taking on before you sign. This is general information, not legal advice. If you are buying or selling a business, tell us about your matter.
Due diligence is checking what you are actually buying: the financials, contracts, leases, employees, licences, intellectual property and any liabilities. It shapes the price, the warranties you ask for and whether you proceed. This is general information, not legal advice. Tell us about the business and we will help you scope it.
A heads of agreement sets out the key terms the parties intend to agree, and depending on how it is written, parts of it can be binding. Whether you are bound often comes down to the wording and the parties' conduct, not the title of the document. This is general information, not legal advice. Before you sign anything, send it to us to review.
A shareholders agreement sets out how owners make decisions, handle disputes, bring in or buy out owners, and what happens if someone wants to exit or dies. Without one, you fall back on default rules that may not suit your business. This is general information, not legal advice. To put one in place, get in touch.
Let's work together
Tell us about your business matter
Book a consultation to speak directly with a director about your sale, contract or structuring matter. Our team will respond within one business day.