“I don’t want a lawyer who tells me what I can’t do.
I hire a lawyer to tell me how I can do what I want to do! “ J.P. Morgan
If you have a lawyer who can give you sound, practical and commercial advice, he or she will be able to guide you through the complexities of regulatory compliance encountered by any business in the day to day operation of running your business.
It is therefore, essential that you find a lawyer who trusts and believes in you and your business. He or she will be invaluable to you. It boils down to connecting with people.
It is important to engage expert legal advice early and build that relationship with your lawyer. He or she will add value to your business and ensure that you are properly advised in the decisions you make before you make them.
Your legal advisor needs to be more than a legal expert delivering legal advice. Your lawyer needs to put their legal advice into context of what it means for a client’s business and to deliver it in a manner that assists with the client’s business goals and expectations.
Expert legal advice will build the foundations for your business operations. The correct structure for your business, the preparation of a shareholder agreement to regulate the relationship between shareholders, the drafting and advising you on commercial agreements among other things are part of the services your expert legal advisor can help you with and ensure that your business concept will translate to a reality.
Whether you are a franchisor or a franchisee, your lawyer will be at your side to explain the franchising compliance requirements and understands the franchise process, whether from the prospective of the franchisor or a franchisee which is paramount to giving sound, practical and unbiased commercial advice. This will apply whether you are a property developer, an established business or a start-up business.
Most business leaders are not interested in reading a long legal brief/advice, they are busy and don’t have the time to read a 10- page advice; they want a 1 or 2 page opinion and recommendations of action that can be used in decision making, by executives or at board level. That is why as a business leader you need to engage an expert legal advisor who understands your business and one that you have built a relationship with to ensure that he or she is able to communicate to you the advice and recommendations appropriate to your business.
Without the legal advice of an experienced lawyer you might miss or misrepresent facts that can prove detrimental to your business. An experienced lawyer can explain to you how to engage and what needs to be done to achieve what you set out to do in order to grow and develop your business.
An expert legal advisor should be able to anticipate client needs, focusing on the business goals and maintain continuing effective communications with the client. He or she will help the client to avoid problems, instead of waiting until they are created to do something about it and therefore avoid making mistakes that get you in trouble.
If you would like to learn more about how Manookian Solicitors can be of assistance, we are happy to talk. Our initial meetings are an investment on our behalf. We take the time to assess your needs and determine an action plan to move forward together.
Contract Rostom Manookian on 0416 716 960 or email: rostom@manookiansolicitors.com
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