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"We work with not-for-profit organisations, charities and social enterprises across a range of industries both locally and nationally."

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Your trusted advisors

Not-for-profit organisations, and in particular charities, operate within a unique regulatory landscape. We have the specialist expertise and experience needed to help your organisation navigate these complexities. We also understand that good corporate governance and legal compliance is essential to not-for-profit organisations generating trust and confidence and operating effectively.
We can help you with:
Structuring and tax
Advice on the appropriate legal structures for non-profit and charitable organisations and the associated tax benefits, including eligibility for income tax exemption, fringe benefits tax exemptions or rebates, goods and services tax concessions and deductible gift recipient endorsement.
Governance
Guidance and support to operate with good governance. This can involve drafting or interpreting constituent documents, including constitutions, rules, trust deeds and board or committee charters, as well as facilitating on-boarding processes for board members, advising on directors’ and officers’ duties, and preparing deeds of access and indemnity.
Compliance
Compliance with legal obligations including the laws that regulate corporations, associations, charities, sporting organisations, clubs, the education sector, the aged-care sector, fundraising, privacy, whistleblowers and child protection.
Commercial
Drafting and reviewing various forms of agreements to facilitate your operations, including for the provision or receipt of goods and services, auspicing arrangements, funding and sponsorship agreements.
Intellectual property and technology
Advising on IP protection strategies, trade mark applications and drafting licence agreements, and reviewing and drafting various forms of technology agreements, including website terms, app, hardware and software agreements, cloud and shared platform solutions and digital development agreements.
Mergers and acquisitions
Advising and assisting not-for-profits to collaborate with other like-minded organisations, including merger or acquisition opportunities.
Charitable trusts
Establishing public and private ancillary funds and charitable trusts, and advising trustees on related charitable, tax and trust law matters. Assisting trustees to bring charitable trust proceedings including to obtain a cy-près or administrative scheme.
Working with regulators 
Representing and supporting not-for-profits to deal with various regulators, including for incorporation, charity registration, responding to ACNC enquiries or investigations, notifying data breaches to the OAIC and working with the ATO to apply for various tax endorsements or exemptions, or to clarify or rectify potential instances of non-compliance.
Dispute resolution
Representing clients involved in governance disputes. Governance disputes include disputes between boards (including boards of federated structures), directors and/or members.
Training
Providing standard and tailored governance and compliance training packages (including online) for boards, company secretaries and staff members.