Expertise.
At Bespoke, our experienced lawyers offer expert advice and strategic guidance across a range of legal areas and industries. We take a flexible, tailored approach to deliver legal solutions that fit your business needs and resources. Think of our team as your team — whether you need help with fixed-price projects or ongoing support as your outsourced in-house counsel, we're here to help.
Commercial & Corporate.
- Business transactions
- Business, asset or share sales and purchases
- Channel partner, distribution, franchise, reseller and referrer agreements
- Commercial contracts
- Corporate governance and directors’ duties
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Managing corporate structures and company restructuring
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Procurement and contract management
- Procurement and sourcing strategies, including pre-qualification, tender assessment and negotiation, post-contract awards
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Terms and conditions of trade and supply
- Vendor, supplier and reseller agreements
Consumer.
- Advising on misleading & deceptive conduct
- Australian Consumer Law advice
- Compliance, including developing and implementing formal compliance programs
- Consumer protection, including advising on marketing and distribution practices, unfair practices, product labelling, country and region of origin, and other consumer protection issues under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
- Copy clearance / content and advertising compliance
- Marketing campaigns – reviewing marketing strategies and materials to ensure compliance with legal standards and assessing risk
- Media, talent and influencer agreements
- Price fixing, cartel conduct and collusion advice
- Product recall procedures and product liability issues
- Product safety and standards
- Regulatory requirements eg Australian Consumer Law, Privacy Act, Spam Act and Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code
- Spam and privacy
- Trade promotions and permits and gift cards
- Unconscionable conduct
- Unfair contract terms
Intellectual Property.
- Trade mark pre-filing searches
- Trade mark prosecution including preparing and filing applications, advising on adverse examination reports, and overcoming objections
- Trade mark portfolio management
- Trade mark intelligence and monitoring
- Trade mark audits
- Trade mark opposition and non-use proceedings
- Trade mark renewals and recordals
- Intellectual property assignment and licensing advice and preparation of associated agreements
- Intellectual property audits and due diligence
- Intellectual property commercialisation and exploitation advice and deal support on intellectual property aspects of corporate and commercial transactions
- Intellectual property disputes
- Intellectual property infringement matters
- Crating robust enforcement strategies
- Design applications including preparing and filing applications, advising on adverse examination reports and overcoming objections
- Copyright matters
- Domain names
Marketing and Promotions.
Marketing and Promotions.
- Advertising copy clearance
- Advising on AANA and other industry advertising codes and standards compliance
- Advising on specialist regulatory requirements for particular advertising (eg therapeutic goods, food, alcohol and cosmetics)
- Campaign agreements
- Compliance with Australian Consumer Law, ACCC, Privacy Act, Spam Act and the Do Not Call Register Act to marketing activities
- Responding to Ad Standards
- Creative agency and media agency agreements
- Influencer agreements
- Intellectual property and consumer protection issues
- Loyalty programs
- Sponsorship contracts and other marketing-related agreements
- Trade promotions and competition terms and conditions, including permit requirements, in accordance with the gaming and lottery laws in each State and Territory, preparing and lodging permit applications, liaising with lottery departments and securing permit approvals
Property.
We represent both landlords and tenants in a variety of property sectors including:
- airports
- child care centres
- individual free-standing premises
- large format retail leasing
- medical facilities
- offices; and
- shopping centres
We regularly provide advice and services related to retail, commercial, office and industrial leasing matters including:
- drafting and reviewing leasing documentation for retail, commercial, office and industrial properties
- fitout arrangements and incentive deeds
- lease dealings including assignments, subleases and surrenders
- lease renewals and variations
- letters of offer for leases
- licensing arrangements, including pop-up licences, car parks and storage
Additionally, we provide advice in relation to:
- defaults or breaches of lease
- landlord / tenant leasing disputes
- retail leasing laws
- rights and obligations under leases, including end of term obligations and ‘make good’ requirements
Technology.
- Cloud-based technology, clickwrap
- Commercialisation of technology for enterprise or consumer markets
- Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Ecommerce and online transactions
- Hardware supply agreement
- IT consultancy agreements
- SaaS agreements
- Service level agreements
- Technology contracts including development, maintenance and support services, licensing, systems integration, reseller, outsourcing and escrow arrangements
- Technology transactions including purchase and sale of technology businesses or assets
- Website development agreements
- Website terms and conditions
