Clear, commercially minded and pragmatic advice to help business owners, landlords and employers with the running of their businesses.

All our lawyers are experienced in handling and advising on transactions and negotiations for clients in all sectors of the economy, from professional services and insurance, finance, the digital economy, mining and agriculture, manufacturing, construction, property and retail/hospitality sectors.

Our lawyers provide business owners and investors with clear, commercially minded, and pragmatic advice to help them with running their businesses, making investment decisons, conducting transactions and handling the myriad legal issues that may arise:

  • shareholder relations;
  • capital raising and finance;
  • intellectual property law including patents and trademarks;
  • trusts; 
  • tax and revenue law;
  • business and estate succession planning;
  • leasing and construction law;
  • insurance law;
  • trade practices law;
  • agreements and tenders;
  • business and property sales/acquisitions.

Our expertise also extends to all employee related matters, including executive and employee share and incentive schemes, and employee disputes such as unfair dimissal or worker's compensation claims.  

Case Study

AXM Law has assisted Octant AI from inception in 2018 to where it is today: progressively building an enviable blue-chip client base, with clients including the World Bank, Laing O'Rourke and VicRoads, and an online presence as one of the world’s leading and pioneering AI-solutions for predicting and managing cost and time overruns in project management. AXM Law’s services have included:

  • Drafting a bespoke company constitution designed to protect and preserve the founders’ controlling stake, whilst still affording the flexibility required to access funding markets;
  • Advising on raising in excess of $4m to date off-market from sophisticated investors and private equity;
  • Drafting bespoke agreements for its unique AI powered, cloud-based online products and services, including SaaS and white-labelling solutions;
  • Tenders to State and local governments and major companies;
  • Advising the Board on all aspects of corporate governance as it has grown from a company representing only the founders' interests, to a variety of private sector stakeholders with Board representation; 
  • Advising on all employment law matters including tailored share and option incentives for executive and non-executive directors. 

 

 

  • Mark Spedding

    CEO and Founder, Marquee Developments

    Alex is an insightful, direct, no nonsense advisor who helped provide clarity on several commercial and legal matters.

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  • Dr Peter Prentice

    Founder and Director, Agripower Australia Ltd

    AXM Law helped Agripower successfully navigate its way through hard fought litigation at a critical stage of the company’s early development, and he has continued advising and assisting in the rapid growth of the company in th...

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  • Chris Rogers

    Studio Lead Sydney

    RIBA Chartered and NSW Architect, Project Lead for the World Architecture Festival – ‘House – Completed Buildings’ Award 2019 – Castle Cove House

    ‘In a world of increasing complexity, Alex and the team bring a refreshing common sense and clearly...

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