LEGAL & CONSULTING SERVICES
A full service firm, GLP Lawyers brings diverse and extensive legal experience across several industries. We specialise in bringing a team of experienced legal practitioners and advisors to match our client's needs.
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Commercial Law
Whether you are starting a new business, entering into joint venture agreements with other stakeholders, buying, selling businesses or high value assets, our highly experienced commercial lawyers are trained to provide you with custom, straightforward, precise, in-the-field advice without the unnecessary legal jargon. While we represent businesses of varying sizes, we are most proud of our work as a guiding hand and pillar of support for our small and medium business clientele. We engage first class barristers as counsels and our well forged connections into various industries enables our clients to access and participate in exciting deals locally in Australia as well as throughout South East Asia. Our local and international experience will be useful in helping you minimise risks, shield you from unnecessary liabilities while navigating through complex systems, red tape and procedures when investing in businesses and assets in Australia. Our fees are quoted upfront and calculated based on an innovative and transparent value-based pricing model. Capital Raising
We provide our clients with highly sophisticated advice and proven specialised expertise to ensure acquiescence with evolving regulatory practices. Our lawyers are continuously checking in with regulatory bodies to provide opinions and advice on the current regulation and practice on capital raising transactions locally in Australia and Malaysia. We have existing relationships with ultra high net worth families, private lenders and financial institutions in the Asia Pacific region. We work with startups, small and medium sized businesses all the way to large companies seeking investment offshore as capital dries up and becomes increasing difficult to source and raise. PRIVATE INVESTMENTS OFFSHORE & ONSHORE
We have extensive experience in dealing with the key issues that drive investments from Australian high net worth individuals and corporations into emerging markets such as Malaysia. In the structures, advice, due diligence and agreements we prepare and deliver, we maintain focus on defining commercial issues for our clients' project and ambitions. Our team engages and consults top tier experts in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and financial engineering to bring you customised solutions tailored to your offshore and onshore investment budget and individual circumstances while ensuring you remain compliant with your obligations under the laws and regulations in Australia. We bring disciplined, effective and experienced management to large structured deals, and leverage cutting edge technology while remaining flexible and open to novel opportunities and new markets. Offshore Incorporation
Labuan, known by few as Asia's best kept secret is an offshore territory off the coast of Sabah and Sarawak, that is under the control of the Federal Government of Malaysia. Not only does Labuan have good banking systems and facilities, a Labuan company pays a corporate tax rate of 3% and is covered by one of the best confidentiality policies in the world. A Labuan company information cannot be found in any public registry. Malaysian legislation was introduced to allow the establishment of transparent business contacts with foreign business owners and acquire the status of Labuan International Business Financial Centre. Foreign investors, who are interested in registering a company should be cautioned against attempting to navigate Malaysia's regulatory bodies without proper legal advice and expert local guidance. Our team will brief and engage expert consultants we have worked with who are licensed and based locally in Labuan to assist you in obtaining the licence required for verification of trust, lease, insurance, and banking institutions of offshore type from the relevant governing bodies of Malaysia. Our team can arrange for the preparation of registration certificates and formalities and can also be engaged to review and ensure legal compliance during the process of incorporation. Dispute Resolution & Commercial Litigation
Our firm has experience in dealing with matters relating to debt recovery and breach of contracts in the Magistrates Courts, District Courts and Supreme Courts. Our local and international experience and valuable insights have also assisted our clients on potentially disputable aspects of major commercial, corporate and financial transactions. When a commercial dispute occurs, we will at first instance attempt to mitigate commercial litigation by engaging in formal and respectful negotiations with the aim of achieving an out of court settlement with the other side. When litigation becomes inevitable, our legal team will move quickly to prepare the required court documents, represent you and guide you on how to approach a court related dispute while keeping you fully cognisant as to the legal costs and achieving most cost-effective resolution to your matter. Where matters are complex, we often engage first class Australian barristers whom we trust and work with on a regular basis to represent you as your counsel at trials. ESTATE PLANNING & GENERATIONAL WEALTH TRANSFER
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission estimates that “nearly half” of people in the country die intestate (that is without a Will) while a survey from 2017 found that nearly 60 per cent of parents haven’t made a Will. During times of extreme financial hardship, making a Will may seem like the last thing you would want to spend money on. But it is worth investigating whether you need one before discounting this altogether. If you do have assets such as a property, it is worthwhile to ensure that when you pass away, your assets will go to your intended beneficiaries and provides your loved ones with the clarity as to your intentions. A Will drafted without sufficient clarity has led to contested deceased estates between the executors of the Will and the beneficiaries of the estate. Our legal team has many years of experience in devising complex but powerful asset protection strategies for clients ranging from mum and dads all the way to high net worth individuals requiring much more effective wealth protection strategies by using complex instruments such as a testamentary trust. Schedule a free strategy session or book a home visit by one of our estate planning specialists. DECEASED ESTATES
When a person dies, they may have assets that needs to be dealt with formally, before the assets can be transferred to the beneficiaries of the Will (if indeed such a Will exists). The procedure to wind up the deceased estate will depend on what deceased person’s assets are, their estimated value, their location and how they were owned by the deceased before their death. Where an estate has to be administered formally in Western Australia, your solicitor must determine if there exists a valid Will. If there is such a Will, does the Will stipulate the appointment an executor and, if so, is the executor willing, able and willing to act? The answers to these will determine whether the executor of the Will applies for a Grant of Probate from the Supreme Court of Western Australia, or whether the Court should appoint an administrator under Letters of Administration (or Letters of Administration with Will annexed). If you are unsure and wish to seek clarity, we would like to invite you to take us up on a free no-obligation initial consultation over the phone or over Zoom. Book a call or request a call back from one of our deceased estates lawyer. BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
The coronavirus pandemic has wrecked economies across the world on a scale never seen before since the Great Depression leaving governments scrambling to put into place rescue packages in a desperate attempt to save millions of jobs. As the carnage unfolds, a once in a lifetime opportunity is emerging for mum & dad investors and aspiring entrepreneurs to take the weight off the shoulders of the hoards of retiring Baby Boomer business owners, save their company and thousands of jobs with minimal risk to your assets and your family! By harnessing our years of dealmaking experience and our legal arsenal of tools, documents and instruments, we will show you how to identify boring but profitable businesses and acquire them with little to no money down in some cases, as little as 30 days. Even if you are a first time investor and are feeling a little overwhelmed with the whole process, don't fret, we have developed easy to master, step-by-step strategies on identifying sustainable businesses to acquire, approaching the decision makers, and get the deals done! Schedule a free no obligation strategy call with us today. FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD APPLICATIONS
Australia's foreign investment approval regime is increasingly becoming a major political issue frequently highlighted and furiously debated in the media. Our team of foreign investment lawyers have the experience and know-how to guide you throughout the process of getting FIRB approval for your next investment or property. The FIRB’s role is to review all applications by foreign persons to invest in Australia. Foreign persons include a person who does not ordinarily reside in Australia or a corporation where a natural person, not ordinarily resident in Australia, holds a controlling interest or a foreign corporation holds a controlling interest. Different policies apply to the purchase of commercial and residential property by foreign persons. Schedule a free, no-obligation confidential call with one of our foreign investment lawyers. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
Our government relations and strategic communication team has experience in dealing with different levels of government. We know how governments abroad work and what works for them. We help organisations and corporations of all sizes interact with the government, legislators, special interest groups, and the media. Our team of offshore experts have an intimate understanding of Malaysia’s federal and state political landscapes, with extensive experience and unparalleled connections across the political spectrum. We help our clients to develop a better understanding of legislative and policy-making processes, and engage strategically in public policy debates and inquiries. Ultimately, we help our clients reach and influence policy makers at state and federal levels by employing ethical and evidence based arguments to sway the decision makers that count. DATA & CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY
Adverse and unexpected cyber incidents have the potential to cripple an organisation or business’s ability to operate and cause significant reputational and financial damage. Australian federal regulators have become more vigilant in ensuring organisations are cyber aware and resilient and in investigating and prosecuting ongoing data breaches. Our team of consultants and cyber security experts contracted across Asia have advised companies small and large, government agencies and non profit organisations for whom cyber security is essential. Our expertise includes advising on cyber resilience planning, investigations into cyber incidents, dispute resolution and conducting cyber security due diligence in relation to business acquisitions. DIGITAL CRISIS & REPUTATION MANAGEMENT
Our digital crisis and reputation management team provides clear, easy to understand and honest legal advice to our clients whenever they face an issue that requires an immediate response. We understand the distress you are under when your individual or business reputation is under attack with malicious content spreading across social media and the broader internet. Crisis management has become an essential part of the digital age, as the speed that information can travel and passed on is staggering. During a digital/online crisis, our key objective is to act as a trusted legal advisor to our clients in identifying perpetrators and the source of the content production, ensuring all non court related legal avenues to remove the content have been taken but should these options fail, our team is able to quickly assemble a defamation law suit against the perpetrators before the courts or file for a court order forcing the perpetrators to remove the content or face harsh penalties. Our team uses cutting edge technology and leverages on our connections with credible news and media agencies to swiftly issue positive content to counter negative perceptions and challenge the credibility of your attackers. We have seen that this strategy has been effective in quickly combating any reputation attacks using narratives crafted and released by us on your behalf. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS & CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Our criminal defence lawyers and consultants are adept at handling enquiries in relation to bribery, corporate fraud, money laundering, traffic and other offences that may occur no matter how small. Our legal team has successfully negotiated for dropped charges against our clients. Needless to say, criminal conviction is a life changing event and can take a heavy toll on your mental health, career prospects, your family and friends. From the moment you are charged with a criminal offence, it is crucial to seek experienced legal representation from the moment you are arrested by the authorities. As our lawyers negotiate with the police in a bid to have the charge(s) dropped, you will be kept informed and have a clearly understanding of what is happening at every stage of your case. If the police or the prosecution is determined to follow through with the charge(s), our legal team will represent you in preliminary hearings and should your matter proceed to trial (assuming a not-guilty plea), we will then engage first rate barristers to ensure the maximum chance of an acquittal at trial. |