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How to Sell Your Business

This guide sets out all the moving parts that will impact a successful business sale.

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How to Get Paid

This guide helps business owners and financial controllers manage and recover their debts.

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How to Start an Online Business

This guide sets out how to set up, finance and grow an online business in Australia.

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Australian Business Innovation and Investor Visas Guide

This guide sets out the key business innovation and investor visas available in Australia.

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Bringing Your Startup to Australia

This guide provides an overview of what founders need to consider when expanding to Australia.

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Franchisor Toolkit

The Franchisor Toolkit covers all aspects of how to grow a business into a franchise network.

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How to Hire & Inspire Guide

Whether it’s your first hire or your fiftieth, this guide will help you understand the moving parts behind building a high-performing team.

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Buying a Franchise

This guide sets out the key legal and commercial issues to consider when buying a franchise.

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How to Expand Your Franchise Overseas

This guide helps franchisors who are looking to expand their network overseas.

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Franchisor Financial Disclosure Factsheet

This factsheet sets out the three key financial disclosure obligations every franchisor needs to comply with.

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NewLaw White Paper

This white paper covers legal tech trends and key developments for NewLaw players.

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Trade Mark Essentials

Understand the trade mark registration process in Australia and how to protect your brand.

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Venture Debt Handbook

This handbook aims to help startup founders understand the benefits of venture debt, how a venture debt deal works and how to prepare for taking on this form of capital raising.

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How to End a Lease Factsheet

A factsheet that sets out the three ways to end a commercial lease in Australia: surrendering your lease, assigning it or subletting it.

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Employee Share Schemes Guide

A comprehensive handbook for any startup founder or business owner looking to attract and motivate top employees with an Employee Share Scheme.

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Directors' Duties Guide

This guide will help you understand the directors' duties that apply to you within the Australian corporate law framework.

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GDPR Cheat Sheet

Find out how the EU's new privacy laws may affect your business.

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Commercial Leasing Cheat Sheet

Practical tips to understand key clauses and avoid disputes in leasing agreements.

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5 Legal Considerations for Selling Goods and Services Online

Learn the five key legal issues that every online business owner must consider.

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What is Intellectual Property?

Learn why protecting your business' intellectual property (IP) is key to growing your brand and maintaining your reputation.

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Patents: A Brand Protection Masterclass

Seeking a patent can be an important part of your business strategy. Learn what you can and cannot patent, how the patent application process works and some common patent pitfalls to avoid.

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Learn the steps to registering a trade mark, both in Australia and internationally, and the key other ways in which you can protect your IP.

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Trade Marks: A Brand Protection Masterclass

Learn how you can use trade marks to protect your brand and understand the key elements of a good trade mark.

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Employee Share Schemes for Startups

This webinar will help you understand the benefits of employee share schemes, how they work and how to set them up for success.

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Commercial Leasing Rights and Obligations

This webinar will help you understand your rights and obligations when entering into a commercial lease.

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Business Structures Tax and Legal Essentials

This webinar will help you understand the main legal and tax differences amongst business structures.

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Key Issues for Employers and their Foreign Workers

This webinar will help you understand your obligations as an employer when you look to hire overseas talent.

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Getting Your Business Tax Ready for EOFY

This event recording provides business owners and startup founders information on how to remain on top of their tax obligations and responsibilities.

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Tips for Hiring Foreign Workers

In this event recording, LegalVision Senior Lawyer Yin Chiew shares her expertise on navigating the process of hiring talent with visas.

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How to Register a Trade Mark in Australia?

This video explains how to register a trade mark in Australia.

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Legal Documents You Need to Set Up an Online Business

This video explains three important legal documents you need to set up your online business.

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Do I Need a Privacy Policy For My Website?

This video explains how a privacy policy serves to inform your visitors on how you use and protect the personal information that they disclose to you.

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What is the Difference Between an Employee and Contractor?

This video explains that the main difference between an employee and a contractor lies in their working arrangements and their relationship with the person hiring them.

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3 Ways to Recover Business Debt and Get Paid

This video sets out what you need to know about recovering debts and outstanding invoices if your customers do not pay.

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What are the Benefits of Using a Trust to Own Shares in a Company?

There are many benefits to own shares in a company through a trust, including tax planning and asset protection benefits. This video explains what a trust is and its benefits.

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How to Expand Your Franchise Overseas

Franchisor Financial Disclosure Factsheet

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What is Intellectual Property?

Patents: A Brand Protection Masterclass

Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Trade Marks: A Brand Protection Masterclass

Employee Share Schemes for Startups

Commercial Leasing Rights and Obligations

Business Structures Tax and Legal Essentials

Key Issues for Employers and their Foreign Workers

Getting Your Business Tax Ready for EOFY

Tips for Hiring Foreign Workers

How to Register a Trade Mark in Australia?

Legal Documents You Need to Set Up an Online Business

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What is the Difference Between an Employee and Contractor?

3 Ways to Recover Business Debt and Get Paid

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