We provide standing commercial legal advisory for business owners, executives, and growing organizations. We handle ongoing counsel, contract strategy, property transactions, and estate planning—integrated directly into the way you run your business.
Standing commercial legal counsel for owner-led businesses. We handle commercial contracts, business structuring, and shareholder arrangements. This ongoing advisory service operates on a fixed monthly retainer, ensuring you always have a commercial legal brain in the room.
Decisions that protect the people who depend on you. We draft clear wills, enduring powers of attorney, and testamentary trusts. Crucially, we ensure your personal estate plan and your business succession plan work together seamlessly.
Clear guidance from contract to settlement for residential and commercial deals. We review the Contract of Sale, prepare Section 32 Vendor Statements, run due diligence, and manage your settlement directly with your lender. Fixed fee, no hourly billing.
Specialist commercial and governance advice for First Nations communities, built on real experience. We advise on native title claims, Indigenous corporation structuring under the CATSI Act, ESG strategy, and government procurement frameworks.
Our retainer is a fixed monthly fee, not a bucket of pre-paid hours. It is built to keep our interests aligned with yours over time, acting as the standing legal adviser for your growing business.
Donald and the team get properly across your business structure, existing contracts, and key relationships. You receive ongoing advisory, quick response times, and strategic reviews as we get to know your business completely.
Priority access to Donald Betts for commercial legal questions, deal reviews, and strategic governance matters.
We review commercial agreements before you sign them and advise on what is market standard, what is risky, and where to push back.
When you are working on an acquisition or disposal, we are already across your business structure, saving you time and money.
A standing check on your contracts, compliance, and counterparty exposure, so issues get caught early rather than becoming expensive later.
A quarterly touchpoint to review your legal position, discuss upcoming commercial plans, and get in front of structural issues.
We partner with driven individuals and growing enterprises across Australia to provide strategic legal foresight and commercial protection.
For founders and owners who sign commercial contracts regularly and want senior advice before they commit to a deal.
For executive teams that need an experienced commercial legal voice in strategic decisions, risk reviews, and corporate governance matters.
For companies entering new markets, forming joint ventures, or undergoing restructuring that require standing legal support without the full-time cost.
Answers to the questions we are asked most often about our practice areas and our fixed-fee engagement models.
Email Us DirectlyA BLC retainer is a fixed monthly engagement that gives your business standing access to Donald Betts. It is not a billable-hours bank; it is an ongoing advisory relationship structured around your scope.
Major transactions, litigation, or specialist projects outside the agreed retainer scope are quoted separately and transparently before any work begins, ensuring there are no surprises later.
Legal headaches occur when personal wills and business succession plans are drafted by different people at different times. Your shareholding arrangements need to work together with your personal estate, and we advise on both concurrently.
Start with a complimentary 30-minute consultation. We will discuss your business and current legal needs, and structure a clear written proposal tailored specifically to your operations.