Our Services
Services
Aquarius Lawyers provides legal advice and business services in the following areas:
Ocean Based Businesses
- Marine medical research
- Oil & gas pipelines
- Offshore wind
- Shipping lanes
- Cabling
- Marine biotech
- Ocean waste disposal
Ocean & Water Law
- Rights in relation to beaches and foreshores
- Navigation
- Easements in and over water
- Marina and port facilities
- Pollution and environmental issues
- Port operations
- Marina operations
Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Mariculture and Aquaculture leases
- Aquaculture and mariculture disputes
- Commercial fishery issues
- Acquisition and ownership of fisheries
- Registration of fishing rights
- Defence of fisheries prosecutions
- Seizure of fishing vessels
- International fishing licenses
- High seas fishing
Fisheries & Aquaculture
- Mariculture and Aquaculture leases
- Aquaculture and mariculture disputes
- Commercial fishery issues
- Acquisition and ownership of fisheries
- Registration of fishing rights
- Defence of fisheries prosecutions
- Seizure of fishing vessels
- International fishing licenses
- High seas fishing
Maritime Law
- Admiralty claims
- Arrested or detained goods and shipment disputes
- Bills of lading
- Charter party disputes
- Salvage, total loss and wreck removal
- Ship sale, purchase, building and repair
- Towage and pilotage
- Collusion and liability for damage issues
Commercial Shipping & Cruise Liners
- Carriage of goods, cargo shortage, contamination and damage
- Casualties, collision, fire and strandings
- Employment issues
- Vessel registration and compliance requirements
- Legislation and awards for crew compliance
- Water freight issues
- Water transport issues with passengers
- Passenger ship management
Property Services
Commercial & Industrial Property Services
- Commercial property conveyancing
- Sale and purchase of businesses with property interests e.g marinas, fishing licenses,oyster licenses etc
- Retail, office & industrial leasing
- Lease drafting, negotiation & renewals
- Make-good and fit-out provisions
- Property development advice
- Due diligence for commercial acquisitions
- Property financing and securities
- Joint ventures and co-ownership agreements
Leasing & Tenancy Services
- Residential tenancy agreements
- Commercial & retail lease preparation
- Lease disputes and enforcement
- Rent review clauses and disputes
- Termination and eviction advice
- Assignment and subleasing
- Compliance with retail leasing legislation
Investment Property Management
- Advice and structuring of investment business
- Conveyancing of real property
- Self-Managed Superfund Establishment
- Purchase in a SMSF
- Conveyance in an SMSF
- Management changes to SMSF
Specialist & Advisory Property Services
- Strata and body corporate advice
- Property tax and duty advice
- Foreign investment (FIRB) approvals
- Asset protection and structuring
- Trusts and SMSFs holding property
- Property portfolio legal reviews
Residential Property Services
- Property conveyancing (buying & selling)
- Contract review and negotiation
- Off-the-plan purchases
- Auctions (pre-auction advice & bidding support)
- Property settlements
- Title searches and due diligence
- Easements, covenants & zoning advice
- Residential leasing agreements
- Stamp duty and transfer advice
Property Development & Planning
- Subdivisions and strata titling
- Development agreements
- Planning, zoning & land use advice
- Council approvals and compliance
- Infrastructure and access agreements
- Environmental and heritage considerations
- Project structuring and risk management
Property Disputes & Litigation
- Boundary and fencing disputes
- Adverse possession claims
- Easement and right-of-way disputes
- Breach of contract claims
- Property settlement disputes
- Landlord–tenant disputes
- Compulsory acquisition matters
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
Estate Planning & Intergenerational Protection
- Asset-protective wills
- Testamentary trusts
- Succession planning for family businesses
- Blended family asset protection
- Control and distribution safeguards
- Elder financial abuse prevention strategies
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.