Commercial Transaction Implementation

An awareness of the commercial objective of our client and other participants to a transaction are at the core of providing legal services.

Practice area overview

We have substantial experience in commercial transactions. How a commercial transaction is implemented can have significant cost implications. We actively seek to complete transactions in a timely, cost effective and accurate manner.

 

What we do:

To achieve that objective we:

• Clearly identify the commercial objective of our client and the other participants.
• Identify commercial issues (not incorporated in the transaction documentation) that impact on the transaction terms or the transaction structure.

• Conduct legal analysis of the transaction to identify:
• legal concepts that need to be applied to achieve the objective.
• legislation that impacts on the transaction structure or terms whether for taxation, licensing or other reasons.
• industry self regulation that applies to the transaction (e.g. codes of practice).

• Identify the agreed commercial terms applicable to the transaction.
• Conduct legal analysis of the transaction structure and identify:
• the components of the transaction.
• the parties to each component part of the transaction.
• any required stages to implementation of the transaction to meet legislative, regulatory or commercial requirements.
• timing issues for implementation of any aspects in an implementation stage.
• an understanding of the function performed by each of the identified components/stages and their interaction having regard to the applicable contingencies and timing issues.
• what public notification requirements are imposed on any of the intended stages to implementation of the transaction.