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10 Things to Know Before You Bring Your Startup to Australia

This chapter is an extract from LegalVision’s 10 Things To Know Before You Bring Your Startup to Australia Guide. Download the full guide here.

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After proving your startup in your home country, you may be thinking about the next step for your business’ success — expanding internationally. Australia’s startup scene is growing rapidly. With a strong and supportive ecosystem, innovation-friendly policies and scaling by key Australian venture capitalists, Australia is well and truly on the map as a startup destination.

LegalVision has helped startups from around the world move to Australia and assisted them with overcoming their commercial and legal challenges. This guide aims to introduce startup founders to the Australian startup market. We hope you will find this guide helpful as you plan to bring your business Down Under.

Table of Contents

Chapter Title
Introduction About This Guide
1 Snapshot of Australia’s Ecosystem
2 Government Incentives
3 Economic Trends
4 Sydney vs Melbourne
5 Building a Team in Australia
6 Tax
7 Visas
8 Setting Up In Australia
9 Protecting Your Brand
10  Access to Other Markets

If you have questions about this Manual or about your online business before you start reading, you can contact LegalVision’s startup lawyers by calling 1300 544 755 or filling out the form on this page.

10 things to know before you bring your startup to australiaThis chapter is an extract from LegalVision’s 10 Things To Know Before You Bring Your Startup to Australia Guide. Download the free 31-page manual which includes information on government incentives, economic trends, geographical considerations, building a team, visas, how to protect your brand and how to set up in Australia.

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Jill McKnight

Jill McKnight

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Jill is a Practice Group Leader with particular expertise in Corporate and Banking and Finance Law. She has over 20 years’ experience practising as a lawyer at top law firms in Europe, Asia and Australia. She is qualified in England and Wales, as well as Australia.

Qualifications:  Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Manchester, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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