Hall & Wilcox has extensive cross-border experience and the necessary links to overseas advisers to assist Australian clients that want to enter into overseas transactions.
Some examples of our experience includes:
- acting for APN Property Group on bilateral and syndicated cross border facility agreements for 36 retail properties in seven European countries, including Germany and Austria;
- acting for travel information company Lonely Planet founders, Tony and Maureen Wheeler, on the sale of a 75% interest in Lonely Planet to BBC Worldwide;
- acting for an Australian-based multi-national financial services company in respect of licensing its fund management system and related trade marks in South Africa;
- drafting an IT system agreement for an international funds management company in respect of its accounting and property management system in the EU;
- acting for Telcoinabox, an Australian based telecommunications company, in establishing subsidiaries in New Zealand and the United Kingdom;
- acting for a subsidiary of Cytopia Limited (a biotech company that was formerly ASX listed), in connection with a collaboration agreement with Cambridge University and other agreements with universities and university departments;
- acting in a joint venture for Australian chef Bill Grainger to set up a restaurant in Japan; and
- acting for an Australian horticultural association on licensing its world famous trade marks in Japan, the EU, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Canada and other markets.