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Chamberlains |Mills Oakley Lawyers | Makinson & d'Apice | Francis Abourizk Lightowlers |


 

 Chamberlains - more than just experts

Single contact points

We give you a Practice Leader and a Client Manager who are responsible for being across all your matters and can respond to queries and work as a team to solve your problems.

Clear, concise advice

We give you our recommendations and conclusions up-front. We justify our advice in clear, simple terms. We tell you what we think you should do next.

Control over your legal spend

We quote or estimate for all work. We tell you if an estimate needs to be revised and work with you to manage budget over-runs. We never send you a bill you didn't expect.

Collaborative approach

We can create additional income streams for your organisation, through seminars, industry-specific precedent contracts and tools, and member advice hotlines.

Capability enhancement

We offer training courses that make you less reliant on lawyers and better able to protect and promote the organisation.

Contact:
Scott Chamberlain
19-23 Moore St
TURNER ACT 2612

PH: 02 6215 9100
W: www.chamberlains.com.au

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Mills Oakley is a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. We pride ourselves on the strong, enduring relationships we build with all our clients including major public listed companies, private equity firms, small and medium enterprises, charities, not-for-profit organisations and high net worth individuals.
 
Working with some of Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisations including charities, churches, community centres, clubs and associations, Mills Oakley provides timely, easy to understand and high quality legal advice to clients.

The team has a range of experience in legal issues that span the not-for-profit and charity sector and provide specialised advice surrounding the matters that impact upon this sector.

Contact: Vera Visevic (Partner)
Phone: 02 8289 5812
Email:
vvisevic@millsoakley.com.au
Web: www.millsoakley.com.au

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Makinson & d’Apice is well placed to deliver effective and appropriate legal support to charities and Not-For-Profit (NFP) clients – our service history in this area dates back to 1859.

As a firm, we are at the forefront of legal and related issues pertinent to NFPs, churches, educational institutions and other community groups.  Our clients in the NFP sector range from Government agencies to large national charities and from church institutions to local NFP organisations run by individuals.

We have a number of partners, lawyers, paralegals and support staff who have a deep understanding of the needs of clients in the charities and NFP sector.

Do not hesitate to contact Bill d’Apice or any other partner in our firm should we be able to assist your organisation in furtherance of its objectives.

Contact:

Bill d'Apice - Partner
Makinson & d'Apice Lawyers

Level 12, 135 King Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Direct line - 02 9233 9013
Direct fax - 02 9233 9113
Email - wdapice@makdap.com.au
Web - www.makdap.com.au
Resource Centre - http://www.makdap.com.au/charity_home.cfm 

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Francis Abourizk Lightowlers

Francis Abourizk Lightowlers is a boutique legal practice servicing non-profit clients Australia wide. The firm provides professional advice and legal services in relation to all aspects of the establishment, operation, governance and taxation issues impacting on non-profit organisations.

  • Structuring advice and legal documentation for the establishment of NFPs
  • Corporate governance for NFPs
  • Grant applications and funding agreements
  • Taxation advice for NFPs and related entities, including determining their income tax and deductible gift recipient status, FBT and salary packaging, superannuation and GST
  • Protection of intellectual property rights, including trademark registrations
  • Dispute resolution and litigation
  • Service provider arrangements

Please contact Jenni Lightowlers ( Jenni.Lightowlers@fal-lawyers.com.au ) in the Melbourne office for further information.

Level 16, 356 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Tel: +61 (0)3 9642 2252 Fax: +61 (0)3 9642 2272
Email: fal@fal-lawyers.com.au
Web: www.fal-lawyers.com.au

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