ASSET PROTECTION LEGAL SERVICES
Structuring & Risk Management
- Asset protection strategy advice
- Risk exposure and vulnerability assessments
- Personal vs business asset separation
- Insolvency and creditor-risk planning
- Structuring for professionals and business owners
- Employment Law
- Defence of infringements eg licenses, employment etc
Company & Business Structures
- Company formation and restructuring
- Shareholder and unitholder agreements
- Holding company structures
- Asset-holding vs trading entity separation
- Director duties and liability minimisation
- Business succession planning
Dispute & Creditor Protection
- Pre-litigation asset protection advice
- Exposure management during disputes
- Enforcement risk mitigation
- Personal guarantees risk analysis
- Bankruptcy and insolvency planning (non-avoidance)
Ongoing Advisory & Reviews
- Periodic asset protection audits
- Structure health checks
- Regulatory change impact reviews
- Business growth and expansion advice
Trusts & Entity Structuring
- Establishment of discretionary (family) trusts
- Unit trusts and hybrid trusts
- Self Manager Superfund Trusts
- Corporate trustees and governance advice
- Trust deeds, amendments & compliance
- Trust succession and control planning
- Special purpose vehicles (SPVs)
Property & Investment Asset Protection
- Structuring property ownership
- Protecting real estate from business risk
- MSFs and property holding structures
- Co-ownership and joint venture agreements
- Development risk isolation
- Property transfer and stamp duty advice (where restructuring)
Tax & Compliance Considerations
- Asset protection and tax efficiency alignment
- Capital gains tax considerations
- Division 7A risk management
- State and federal duty implications
- ATO compliance risk minimisation
Professional & High-Risk Occupations
- Asset protection for directors and officers
- Medical, legal and accounting professionals
- Construction, agriculture and aquaculture enterprises
- High-net-worth individuals
- Cross-border and international asset considerations
Get In Touch
Talk to the 'Fish Lawyer' about a consultation for a Legal Strategy Session.