Overview
Corporate and Commercial Law
We provide strategic, pragmatic advice across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial law. We act as trusted counsel to founders, directors, management teams and boards, ensuring you are equipped to make sound decisions and operate with confidence in a complex regulatory environment.
Whether you are managing internal governance, negotiating high-value contracts, or dealing with ASX or Corporations Act obligations, we provide clear advice that aligns with your commercial objectives.
We work with businesses of all shapes and sizes, from ASX-listed companies to fast-growing startups, across sectors including mining, technology, consumer goods, and professional services.
What we do
Our services.
Corporate advisory
Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule compliance, director duties and governance, shareholder meetings and resolutions, continuous and periodic disclosure, and Takeovers Panel proceedings.
Commercial contracts
Shareholders' agreements, share and asset sale agreements, earn-in agreements, services agreements, IP licence agreements, NDAs, joint venture agreements and distribution agreements.
Governance frameworks
Company constitutions, board charters, committee terms of reference, and policies for listed and unlisted companies.
Director and officer advice
Director duties, conflicts of interest, related party transactions, and managing personal liability under the Corporations Act.
Why Luma
Technical precision, commercial focus.
We are more than just technical lawyers. We are strategic partners who understand the realities of doing business. We combine deep legal knowledge with commercial awareness and clear communication, so you can focus on growing your business.
Experience
Recent work includes advising founders, boards and management teams on shareholders' agreements, employee share schemes, governance frameworks and director duties.
Advised on commercial contracts, supply arrangements, distribution agreements and intellectual property licensing across technology, professional services and consumer sectors.
FAQs
Common questions.
Key provisions include shareholder rights and obligations, decision-making processes, share transfer restrictions, dispute resolution mechanisms, and exit terms.
Directors must act in good faith, in the best interests of the company, with care and diligence, and avoid improper use of their position or information.
You should review your constitution when there are changes to corporate structure, governance needs, shareholder base, or applicable laws.
Yes. Website terms protect your business by setting out acceptable use, limiting liability, and establishing key legal terms for users.
It should clearly explain what personal information is collected, how it is used, disclosed, and stored, and outline users' rights. It must comply with the Privacy Act and APPs.
An MVL is a process for solvent companies to wind up their affairs and distribute remaining assets to shareholders. It requires shareholder approval and a declaration of solvency.
You can apply to ASIC for voluntary deregistration if the company has no outstanding liabilities, is not carrying on business, and meets other eligibility criteria.
The company must pass a special resolution to commence a members' voluntary winding-up (MVL), appoint a liquidator, settle debts, distribute remaining assets to shareholders, and complete statutory filings to formally close the company.
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Related expertise
Other areas we work in.
Capital markets
ASX Listings
We guide companies through ASX listings by IPO, reverse takeover or cross-listing, with lean execution that keeps your team focused on the business.
Capital markets
Capital Markets
Clear advice and seamless execution across placements, rights issues, convertible securities and hybrid instruments.
Transactions
M&A
End-to-end legal support for public and private M&A, from term sheet to completion.
Let's talk.
Whether you are navigating a major transaction or refining how your business operates, we provide legal advice that is timely, strategic and grounded in commercial reality.