What we do
Areas of practice
Commercial & Corporate
Commercial & Corporate
- Our commercial and corporate practice deals with a wide range of matters for small and medium business. Recent work includes advising on shareholder and corporate management issues; drafting contracts for the sale of businesses as well as mergers and acquisitions; onboarding CEOs and senior employees with sophisticated rewards systems.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Our litigation practice includes a wide range of disputes. Most recently we have been assisting clients in relation to disputes between business owners and partners, repudiation of contract disputes for high value contracts as well as disputes between developers and builders.
Intellectual Property
- We are experienced in a wide range of intellectual property matters and help businesses with their branding and enforcement of their brands. We also assist with product development and protection in relation to designs and inventions.
Insolvency & Restructuring
- We have conducted a number of matters involving restructuring of companies including assisting companies to re-start trading and continue business. We also assist individuals to help avoid bankruptcy or if made bankrupt help to defend or reverse the bankruptcy.
Personal Legal Services for individuals
- For individual clients we assist with all matters including personal asset protection, wills and probate, defences to criminal prosecutions for certain matters as well as assisting with private wrongs such as defamation, trespass and nuisance.
Panetta Lawyers have gained a trusted reputation in achieving desired outcomes in complex commercial cases.
- Conducting defence litigation for money laundering, fraud and corrupt commissions offences.
- Conducting prosecution claims against tortfeasors.
- Negotiating terms and preparing documentation for capital raising for start-ups and IT ventures.
- Conducting litigation in relation to breaches of reputation, intellectual property and trade mark for a technology provider.
- Conducting litigation for breaches of trust and contract.
- Creating documentation and conducting negotiations to roll out of a number of franchises.
- Trade mark applications, advice and trade mark disputes and infringements.
- Copyright and patent advice around software coding, robotics and electronic consumer items.
- Asset protection, asset structuring and advice to protect corporate and individual assets both in Australia and offshore.
- Corporate restructuring of a property asset management group.
- Conducting litigation for employment related issues in relation to breaches of contract/repudiation and potential breaches of restraints of trade.