corporate and business

corporate and business


  • Corporate acquisitions and sales, including due diligence
  • Business acquisitions and disposals
  • Joint ventures, including shareholder arrangements and corporate structuring
  • Information technology, including all types of software agreements
  • Contract law, including agreements with customers, suppliers, distributors and channel partners


douros lawyers has significant experience in the nominated corporate/general business category, including:

Advising on many acquisitions and disposals of corporations and businesses (non-listed) involving all aspects of contract preparation, asset transfers including intellectual property, regulatory compliance, employee issues, transaction financing and tax structuring.

Advising on many venture capital deals on behalf of the venture capital/private equity provider. The majority of work has been undertaken in connection with start-up or first/second round funding for technology, e-commerce, software and telecommunications companies with work undertaken including due diligence, establishment of deal parameters, Subscription Agreements (ordinary and preferred shares), Shareholder Agreements, Executive Service Agreements, Employee Share Options Schemes, ASIC compliance etc.

Acting for numerous e-commerce, software and information technology companies and undertaking all aspects of advice work and contract preparation including intellectual property protection, software development agreements, software licensing agreements, reseller agreements, application service provider agreements.