McBratney Law
1 The Best Lawyers in Australia™ award
Visit Best Law Firms profile for McBratney Law Visit Website McBratney Law was established by leading Corporate, Commercial and IP Lawyer, Malcolm McBratney, to provide boutique front end corporate, M&A and commercial legal advice, often with a technology or IP law component. With over 25 years in legal practice in large leading Australian law firms, and the rare combination of corporate, commercial and IP skills, at McBratney Law, your work is handled by Malcolm personally and you are not passed off onto junior solicitors. Malcolm is recognised in Best Lawyers for Commercial and IP Law, Legal 500 for IP Law and Privacy and Data Protection and in Managing IP’s IP Stars for Transactional IP advice.
- Commercial Law
- McBratney Law advises on commercial contract drafting and negotiations, contracts for the sale of goods and services, IT procurement contracts, SaaS agreements, Master Services Agreements, joint ventures, R&D collaborations, franchising and IP licensing. Whether it be a simple NDA through to a large procurement contract, McBratney Law provides practical, concise and efficient legal advice and commercial contract assistance from beginning to end. McBratney Law has extensive expertise in advising on risk allocation in contracts including the interplay of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability and insurance cover.
- Corporate Law
- McBratney Law advises listed and unlisted clients on capital raising, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, ASX compliance, corporate governance, directors' duties, employee share schemes and general strategic advice. McBratney Law regularly acts in small and large business or company sale transactions, including pre-sale vendor due diligence and “clean up”. McBratney Law has significant experience in assisting overseas corporations establishing in Australia and assisting Australian companies establish overseas in the USA, the EU and elsewhere.advises listed and unlisted clients on capital raising, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, ASX compliance, corporate governance, directors' duties, employee share schemes and general strategic advice.
- Intellectual Property Law
- McBratney Law comprises a team of IP lawyers who help clients identify, protect and commercialise their intellectual property. McBratney Law provides advice on copyright, patents, trade marks, registered designs and other IP rights. The practice covers advice on IP protection and IP management and strategy, IP due diligence, IP commercialisation and IP infringement. McBratney Law's expertise and experience extends to franchising, IP disputes, licencing, technology transfer, due diligence, the full suite of IT&T agreements, data protection and privacy and more.
- Litigation
- McBratney Law runs a full IP, corporate and commercial dispute resolution and litigation practice. Recent matters include patent, design and trade mark litigation in the Federal Court and corporate and commercial litigation in the Queensland Supreme and District Courts.
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- McBratney Law regularly acts in unregulated M&A transactions, venture capital and PE transactions, small and large business and company sale transactions, including pre-sale vendor due diligence and “clean up” and buyer due diligence. While mostly acting on the sell side for the company and/or its owners, McBratney Law also advises a number of venture capital and private equity firms and lager firms on acquisitions, disposals and ongoing issues.
Patent Infringement: the important distinction between ‘repairing’ and ‘remaking’ patented products
Patent Infringement: the important distinction between ‘repairing’ and ‘remaking’ patented products
Malcolm
McBratney
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