Our Services

• Local Government Law

• Planning Law

• Environmental Law

• Property Law

• Valuation Law and Compulsory Acquisition of Land

• Commercial Law and Commercial Litigation

• Administrative Law

• Criminal Law

• General Litigation

• Debt Recovery

Commercial Law and Commercial Litigation

Pikes' client list includes large and small corporate clients and litigation is carried out in the Local, District, Supreme and Federal Courts as well as various tribunals.

Pikes regularly acts for and advises local government and private clients with respect to commercial law matters including:

• drafting joint venture agreements;
• drafting development deeds and collateral documentation in relation to council projects;
• drafting and reviewing construction contracts, tenders and specifications, expressions of interest, consultants’ agreements, fundraising agreements, creation of tax exempt charitable bodies for the acceptance of donations towards cultural projects;
• obtaining of all necessary licences for operation of facilities including liquor licensing;
• advising in relation to contracts for the acquisition of assets of all kinds;
• drafting commercial agreements in relation to acquisition or disposal of assets (other than land or interests in land);
• debt recovery;
• industrial relations and employee-related issues;
• the impact of capital gains tax;
• the impact of goods and services tax; and
• stamp duties.

Pikes regularly advises in relation to liquor licensing law and appears in the Licensing Court acting on behalf of:

• councils
• licensees
• objectors

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