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Practical Business Law. In Your Corner
Our business law team provides prompt, practical, and cost-effective legal advice across contracts, structures, compliance, and disputes, helping you make confident decisions and protect what you have built.
Business Law Services
Running a business means navigating a complex web of legal obligations, often at pace. Our lawyers work alongside Fortuna's accounting, HR, and advisory specialists to provide advice that addresses the legal dimension within the full context of your business.
Commercial contracts: drafting, reviewing, and negotiating supply, service, and distribution agreements.
Terms and conditions: legally sound, clearly written terms for your products and services.
Joint venture agreements: structuring and documenting collaborative commercial arrangements.
Business structures: establishment, restructuring, and governance of companies, trusts, and partnerships.
Regulatory compliance: identifying and addressing legal obligations across your operations.
Business dispute resolution: early advice, negotiation, and representation when commercial disputes arise.
Legal Advice That Moves at Business Speed
Legal issues rarely wait for a convenient time. Our business law team provides prompt, commercially grounded advice that keeps up with the pace of your operations, ensuring you can make confident legal decisions without unnecessary delay.
Accounting and HR Expertise Right Alongside
Many business legal matters have accounting, tax, or HR dimensions that need to be considered at the same time. Because our lawyers work alongside Fortuna's advisory specialists, you get advice that addresses all of those dimensions together.
Making Complex Operations Simple for ASX-Listed Companies
Making Complex Operations Simple for ASX-Listed Companies
Experience That Makes a Difference
Our business law team combines commercial acumen with practical legal expertise, delivering advice that addresses the legal dimension within the broader context of your business.
With more than 25 years of commercial legal experience, John brings sharp expertise and practical thinking to every matter - from complex transactions to succession planning that sticks.
John Shingleton
Managing Director - Legal
Winner of Australian Accounting Awards 2022 (New Partner of the Year), Melvyn is a qualified CPA with 2 master’s degrees and over 15 years of international experience. Melvyn specialises in Business Strategies and CFO Services, Accounting & Australian Tax.
Heath Harley-Bellemore
Senior Associate
Winner of Australian Accounting Awards 2022 (New Partner of the Year), Melvyn is a qualified CPA with 2 master’s degrees and over 15 years of international experience. Melvyn specialises in Business Strategies and CFO Services, Accounting & Australian Tax.
Jodie Kerr
Associate Lawyer
Winner of Australian Accounting Awards 2022 (New Partner of the Year), Melvyn is a qualified CPA with 2 master’s degrees and over 15 years of international experience. Melvyn specialises in Business Strategies and CFO Services, Accounting & Australian Tax.
Kim Valenti
Consultant
Winner of Australian Accounting Awards 2022 (New Partner of the Year), Melvyn is a qualified CPA with 2 master’s degrees and over 15 years of international experience. Melvyn specialises in Business Strategies and CFO Services, Accounting & Australian Tax.
Angela Daniel
Solicitor
Winner of Australian Accounting Awards 2022 (New Partner of the Year), Melvyn is a qualified CPA with 2 master’s degrees and over 15 years of international experience. Melvyn specialises in Business Strategies and CFO Services, Accounting & Australian Tax.
Bishoy Mekhaiel
Solicitor
Winner of Australian Accounting Awards 2022 (New Partner of the Year), Melvyn is a qualified CPA with 2 master’s degrees and over 15 years of international experience. Melvyn specialises in Business Strategies and CFO Services, Accounting & Australian Tax.
Neil Scaddan
Senior Property & Finance Paralegal