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Buying and Selling | Setting up a Business | Contracts & Negotiations | Shareholder, Trust, Partnership & Joint Venture Agreements | Loan Agreements & Securities Documents
Marino Law’s experienced business and commercial lawyers on the Gold Coast can provide assistance for a range of commercial and business legal matters.
Delivering tailored, premium legal services by a team of highly qualified and experienced legal professionals - Marino Law is driven not only in the pursuit of excellence but in understanding and achieving their client’s objectives and needs, every step of the way.
1.25 Hours
Someone retains the services of Marino Law every 1.25 hours
150+ Years
Over 150 years of combined experience
15+ Years
Achieving successful outcomes for clients for over 15 years
14,000+ Clients
Over 14,000 valued clients
Marino Law supports you through every step:
Business Structuring
Business Succession
Buying A Business
Contracts & Negotiations
Corporate Law
Distribution Agreements
Leasing Business Premises
Loan Agreements, Mortgages & Securities
Personal Property Securities
Selling A Business
Shareholder, Trust, Partnership & Joint Venture Agreements
Ben Marino
Partner
Ben Marino & Andrew Taylor lead our highly qualified Business & Commercial law team
Business & Commercial LAW EXPERTS
Ben is a highly regarded Gold Coast lawyer known for his meticulous attention to detail and adept risk management skills in property and commercial law. With over 20 years of experience, including a tenure as a property law specialist for GE Money in London, Ben has garnered recognition for his focused approach that consistently delivers effective results for a diverse clientele spanning various industries such as franchising, construction, and real estate.
Leading a high-performing team, Ben emphasises surpassing client expectations by providing practical legal advice and solutions tailored to their needs. His expertise lies in guiding clients through legal complexities and compliance issues while assisting them in strategic planning to achieve optimal outcomes in commercial and property matters.
Bachelor of Laws
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
Qualifications:
Written client testimonials + Client logos
Our commitment to you
Marino Law aims to provide legal expertise and knowledge of the highest level whilst retaining the approachable, client-focused mindset and personal service that a leading regional firm can offer.
Andrew Taylor from Marino Law provided professional and outstanding results with a fast turn around time. The team had excellent communication from the get go and continued to provide exceptional service throughout the process. Andrew is a standout professional who was extremely knowledgeable and efficient at both conveying and communicating the legalities involved with my matter and that left me confident that I was in the best hands possible. I would have no hesitation recommending Marino Law and Andrew Taylor as their depth of experience and knowledge produced fantastic results.
Nick Bullock
WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING
Recently, we were in touch with Marino Law after being highly recommended by New Wave Accounting. Boy oh boy, are we glad they were sent our way. They were professional, proactive + came up with the outcome we wanted as soon as humanly possible. We hope we don’t have any other legal situations that arise in the future but if they do, we 110% know we will be in contact with your firm. Thank you so much.
Grounded Fitouts
We have used Marino Law on a couple of occasions and I thought that I had to share that our experience with the firm has been outstanding. Andrew had been looking after our new commercial lease. Highly recommend this company.
Kirsten Kruck
Why choose Marino Law
Experienced
Multi-award-winning, highly-qualified and experienced team of legal professionals.
Specialised
Recognised as leaders in our specialised areas of practice of business and personal law.
Practical
Practical solutions, strategic legal advice and a track record of success.
Personal & Business
Marino Law can handle all of your personal and business law requirements.
Affordable
Access premium legal services at Marino Law’s cost-effective rates.
Central
Easily accessed with easy parking, find Marino Law on the highway at Mermaid Beach.
Our location:
Our office is centrally located in Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast and free parking is available nearby.
Office: Suite 6, Level 1, 2481 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach, QLD 4218
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Take your first step to expert legal advice today. Let our team listen and provide you with the best outcomes.
EXCELLENCE
We will not waver in our pursuit of excellence and delivery of quality by working with you to ensure your expectations are exceeded and premium results are achieved.
CLIENT FOCUS
Our compassionate team will take the time to understand your personal objectives and legal issues so that we can tailor a strategy to help achieve your desired outcome. We work together with you to build long-lasting client relationships and to be your legal partner at every step required in your business and personal journey.
INTEGRITY
We will act with integrity, compassion and honesty and with a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong and moral ethical principles and values.
TEAMWORK
Together we can achieve your goals. We will deploy the combined experience across our entire team to ensure you receive the best advice and service for all your personal and business legal needs.
INNOVATION
We will continue to remain agile and innovative to ensure we adjust and adapt to the ever-changing legal environment and technologies for you as the ultimate beneficiary.
WITH YOU ALL THE WAY
We will pursue your rights and interests with vigour. We will assist you with all your personal legal needs and ensure we are in your corner, with you all the way.
Dedicated Business & Commercial Law Experts
BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LAW EXPERTS
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Our specialist expertise in Business & Commercial Law
Our Commercial and Business Lawyers can guide you through each step and navigate through potential potholes when transacting on the purchase or sale of a business. It is paramount from the outset to determine the structure of the sale or purchase (be it an asset or share sale arrangement) and ensure the contractual framework of the purchase or sale adequately documents the agreed terms of the transaction and sufficiently sets out each party's rights and obligations. Our experienced Gold Coast and Queensland lawyers can assist you in drafting, negotiating and/or reviewing the contract of sale.
The transacting process requires careful due diligence and carrying out the appropriate searches and investigations on the business and relevant parties to ensure the business assets are transferred without any encumbrances or security interest. Similarly, any approvals or licences and any material contracts necessary for the continuation of the business must be assigned or novated and any business premises lease effectively assigned with landlord approval.
Our lawyers can provide a comprehensive service or a tailored approach to suit your needs that can include advising on mortgage or security documentation; employment matters or intellectual property matters such as trademarks; and drafting partnership or shareholder agreements or contracts specific to
the business.
Operating a business often requires you to contract with third parties. This can include engaging employees, buying stock or supplies or other business assets, entering into manufacturing or distribution arrangements, leasing premises, licensing software, products or equipment, or engaging third party contractors or consultants to carry out tasks in respect of your business.
Having proper contractual documentation ensures transparency, provides protection, can minimise disputes and often adds value to your business. Our Business and Commercial Lawyers can assist you with drafting and/or advising and negotiating the terms of contract to ensure all agreed terms are documented, compliant with any statutory or regulatory requirements and your interests are protected. Conversely, we can assist you in enforcing your rights under the contract should the need arise.
Whilst it may be an exciting time setting up a new business, it is important you carefully plan and consider the necessary issues to build a strong foundation for the business to operate.
Whether you are establishing a new business or purchasing one that is already existing, we can guide you through the legal matters which may include:
- Business asset protection
- Advising on the best legal structure of your business entity to maximise asset protection
- Establishing discretionary, fixed or hybrid trusts
- Incorporating companies
- Strategies to quarantine or protect valuable assets
- Drafting of shareholder or partnership agreements
- Identifying and advising on legal risks by examining the business and its operations and undertaking a legal health check
- Exiting existing employment arrangements and other employment matters
- Registering business names and protecting intellectual property (trademarks etc)
- Reviewing loan and security documents from financiers
- Negotiating contracts for the purchase of an existing business
- Website terms and conditions; and/or
- Drafting contracts for dealings with business clientele and third parties.
Buying & Selling A Business
Contracts & Negotiations
Setting Up A New Business
Shareholder Trust, Partnership & Joint Venture Agreements
With any business arrangements involving either business partners or joint venture partners, it is prudent to map out a business plan that sets out the objectives of the business or venture and for the parties to have a clear understanding of each other's roles and expectations.
From the outset, it is critical to have the correct legal structure in place. Our Business and Commercial Lawyers can provide structuring and asset protection advice prior to any new business commencing. The common structures are companies, trusts, partnerships and joint ventures.
All too often, we see disputes arising between company shareholders, business or joint venture partners, including as to making business decisions, drawings, profit, retirement, or partners exit, partners being absent from the business or failing to achieve goals.
To minimise disputes arising and to outline each party's rights and obligations, it is prudent for a written agreement which documents and defines these rights and obligations. Our experienced team of Business and Commercial Lawyers can assist with preparing these agreements.
Get in touch to find out how we can help you
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Afford premium legal services with Marino Law's cost-effective rates
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Our Process
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Understand the nature of your matter and your commercial and/or personal objectives
Identify source documents or agreements required for consideration and/or advice
Map out a preliminary strategy to achieve your objectives
Broadly define anticipated scope of works and provide an estimate of cost and outlays
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Andrew is a technically astute property and commercial lawyer with a strong commercial mindset. He is highly sought after by clients for delivering on client objectives with timely and practical advice in property, business and commercial law. With over a decade of experience, he has represented a diverse range of clientele in various transactional and commercial matters throughout Queensland including commercial landholders, developers, retail shopping centres and body corporates. As a Queensland Law Society-accredited Mediator, Andrew also offers independent mediation services, combining his legal prowess and mediation skills to provide effective solutions and making him an invaluable asset to his clients.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Laws
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Nationally Accredited Mediator (non-practicing)
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
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AWARD WINNING BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LAWYERS
BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LAW EXPERTS
Andrew Taylor
Partner
Get in touch to find out how we can help you
Get in touch to find out how we can help you
Proudly a long standing commercial client of Marino Law for over 15 years. Owning and acquiring over 25 Petrol Stations, Medical Centres, Wineries and other Commercial and Residential projects Australia wide has required timely and technical legal advice on a vast range of commercial and property matters. The team have demonstrated a high level of expertise in often complex industry specific issues and contractual arrangements. They are highly dependable, good negotiators and understand my commercial objectives which is why I have aligned with this firm for all my commercial and personal legal needs.
NMS GROUP
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Get in touch to find out how we can help you
Get in touch to find out how we can help you
WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING
I have had the pleasure of working with Rob Marino and the team at Marino Law for many years on a variety of matters concerning the building and construction industry. Experienced, hard hitting and strategic in their approach, yet approachable and measured at the same time. I highly recommend the team at Marino Law.
Scott Fairley - Director
TRUSTED BY:
The Marino Law team have been our trusted lawyers for well over 10 years. Being one of Australia’s most diversified engineering companies, we need a legal team that has the depth and expertise to manage all our legal needs and we can honestly say that Marino Law have delivered time and time again. Marino Law have been instrumental in assisting with negotiating joint ventures with large Australian mining companies, plant hire and services arrangements and provide considered and commercial advice and strategies to guide us through our legal dealings and any disputes to achieve the desired outcomes.
Luke Turner - Director
As project agents for many of the large property developments on the Gold Coast, it is great to work with a team who not only has the technical knowledge of property law in Queensland and are well versed in dealing with high volume and complex transactions but are personable, approachable and communicate well with all stakeholders in a property transaction.
Jayde Pezet
Gain Certainty from multi-award winning, highly-qualified team of legal professionals
Afford premium legal services with Marino Law's cost-effective rates
Access practical solutions, strategic legal advice & a track record of success
Consult with recognised leaders in Business & Commercial Law
OBLIGATION FREE
REAL RELATIONSHIPS. PROVEN RESULTS.
Book a FREE appointment with our experienced team of Gold Coast Business and Commercial lawyers
Gold Coast's Leading Business & Commercial Lawyers
We are a large steel fabrication and manufacturing business servicing clientele throughout Queensland. We have called upon the team at Marino Law for all our legal needs for well over a decade. The firm’s depth across many areas of law provides our business with the coverage and confidence required to tackle any legal matter – be it drafting and settling a commercial agreement; acquisition or disposal of assets or advising on disputes, they have practitioners who are available to assist us all the way. We have dealt with many of the practitioners at the firm over the years and receive the same consistent high-quality advice. We highly recommend the team as being professional, commercial and effective and we appreciate the availability of their staff and partners, which makes it clear they care about the outcome of our matters.
Nerida O'Bryan - Director
Ben and his team have assisted our property group on various highrise residential developments on the Gold Coast from site acquisition, preparing contract and disclosure documents, scheme and body corporate establishment, through to settlements of the apartments and the management rights. We commend the team on always making the process seamless, their attention to detail and on their great communication throughout the process.
Gavin Dolso
TRUSTED BY:
As project agents for many of the large property developments on the Gold Coast, it is great to work with a team who not only has the technical knowledge of property law in Queensland and are well versed in dealing with high volume and complex transactions but are personable, approachable and communicate well with all stakeholders in a property transaction
Jayde Pezet
WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING
The Marino Law team have been our trusted lawyers for well over 10 years. Being one of Australia’s most diversified engineering companies, we need a legal team that has the depth and expertise to manage all our legal needs and we can honestly say that Marino Law have delivered time and time again. Marino Law have been instrumental in assisting with negotiating joint ventures with large Australian mining companies, plant hire and services arrangements and provide considered and commercial advice and strategies to guide us through our legal dealings and any disputes to achieve the desired outcomes.
Luke Turner - Director
We are a large steel fabrication and manufacturing business servicing clientele throughout Queensland. We have called upon the team at Marino Law for all our legal needs for well over a decade. The firm’s depth across many areas of law provides our business with the coverage and confidence required to tackle any legal matter – be it drafting and settling a commercial agreement; acquisition or disposal of assets or advising on disputes, they have practitioners who are available to assist us all the way. We have dealt with many of the practitioners at the firm over the years and receive the same consistent high-quality advice. We highly recommend the team as being professional, commercial and effective and we appreciate the availability of their staff and partners, which makes it clear they care about the outcome of our matters.
Nerida O'Bryan - Director
I have had the pleasure of working with Rob Marino and the team at Marino Law for many years on a variety of matters concerning the building and construction industry. Experienced, hard hitting and strategic in their approach, yet approachable and measured at the same time. I highly recommend the team at Marino Law.
Scott Fairley - Director
WE LET OUR CLIENTS DO THE TALKING
Proudly a long standing commercial client of Marino Law for over 15 years. Owning and acquiring over 25 Petrol Stations, Medical Centres, Wineries and other Commercial and Residential projects Australia wide has required timely and technical legal advice on a vast range of commercial and property matters. The team have demonstrated a high level of expertise in often complex industry specific issues and contractual arrangements. They are highly dependable, good negotiators and understand my commercial objectives which is why I have aligned with this firm for all my commercial and personal legal needs.
NMS Group
Ben and his team have assisted our property group on various highrise residential developments on the Gold Coast from site acquisition, preparing contract and disclosure documents, scheme and body corporate establishment, through to settlements of the apartments and the management rights. We commend the team on always making the process seamless, their attention to detail and on their great communication throughout the process.
Gavin Dolso
Our commitment to you
Marino Law aims to provide legal expertise and knowledge of the highest level whilst retaining the approachable, client-focused mindset and personal service that a leading regional firm can offer.
EXCELLENCE
We will not waver in our pursuit of excellence and delivery of quality by working with you to ensure your expectations are exceeded and premium results are achieved.
CLIENT FOCUS
Our compassionate team will take the time to understand your personal objectives and legal issues so that we can tailor a strategy to help achieve your desired outcome. We work together with you to build long-lasting client relationships and to be your legal partner at every step required in your business and personal journey.
INTEGRITY
We will act with integrity, compassion and honesty and with a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong and moral ethical principles and values.
TEAMWORK
Together we can achieve your goals. We will deploy the combined experience across our entire team to ensure you receive the best advice and service for all your personal and business legal needs.
INNOVATION
We will continue to remain agile and innovative to ensure we adjust and adapt to the ever-changing legal environment and technologies for you as the ultimate beneficiary.
WITH YOU ALL THE WAY
We will pursue your rights and interests with vigour. We will assist you with all your personal legal needs and ensure we are in your corner, with you all the way.
OBLIGATION FREE
Get in touch to find out how we can help you
Gain Certainty from multi-award winning, highly-qualified team of legal professionals
Afford premium legal services with Marino Law's cost-effective rates
Access practical solutions, strategic legal advice & a track record of success
Consult with recognised leaders in Business & Commercial Law
OBLIGATION FREE
REAL RELATIONSHIPS. PROVEN RESULTS.
Book a FREE appointment with our experienced team of Gold Coast Business and Commercial lawyers
Gold Coast's Leading Business & Commercial Lawyers
1.25 Hours
Someone retains the services of Marino Law every 1.25 hours
150+ Years
Over 150 years of combined experience
15+ Years
Achieving successful outcomes for clients for over 15 years
14,000+ Clients
Over 14,000 valued clients
REAL RELATIONSHIPS. PROVEN RESULTS.