Namadgi Legal | Smart Form - Commercial & Retail Leasing

Negotiating to restore shareholder relationships.

We assisted our client – a minority shareholder in two large Canberra-based private companies – to address concerns about management by the director/majority shareholder.

Work included advising the client in relation to options to plan for effective, smooth exit of both companies and future dispute resolution including valuation disputes.

Through negotiation and mediation the client secured agreement to a detailed buy-sell agreement included clauses aimed at addressing several known trigger points for friction in a fair and equitable manner, including a detailed pathway towards appointment of an alternate company accountant independent of the director/major shareholder.

Successfully defending a deed of company arrangement.

We assisted our client – a deed administrator – to defend the validity of a deed of company arrangement in the Federal Court of Australia.

The central issues were whether the administrator’s report was sufficiently detailed and whether the vote in favour of the deed was valid.

Work included preparation of a detailed affidavit by the deed administrator, justifying his report and recommendations, and an appearance at hearing as solicitor-advocate.

Forth v R Developments Pty Ltd (Subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) [2019] FCA 1004 (2 July 2019)

Restructuring a group of private companies and exploiting valuable IP.

We assisted our client – director/shareholder of a group of health sciences with international reach – to restructure for tax effectiveness and to efficiently protect and exploit valuable IP.

Closely following professional tax advice, we developed a structure that was able to quarantine past trading risk, minimise future legal and financial risk and introduce overall administrative efficiency.

Our work also included transfer/assignment of valuable IP holdings and introducing streamlined licensing arrangements.

In a later engagement, we also assisted this client with pre-contractual due diligence in relation to an international goods and services supply contract worth approximately $50 million.

Insurance coverage advice and declinature risk protection.

We assisted our client – whose workers accidentally caused a bushfire leading to greater than $20 million damage – to make an insurance claim and protect against declinature risk.

Work included providing policy coverage advice, obtaining a solvency opinion, quickly effecting an appropriate, legal restructure (closely following professional external tax advice), and arranging to appoint an external administrator.

This work preserved and protected the business at the same time as it opened the door for direct access between those people affected by the fire and the relevant insurer.

Ritchie v Advanced Plumbing and Drains Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1028 (16 August 2019)

Consistent corporate governance and succession planning.

We assisted our client – one of several investors in multiple private companies – to achieve consistent corporate governance and succession planning.

Work included preparation of a bespoke corporate constitution dealing with topics such as key decision-making by directors and members; good and bad leaver provisions; dispute resolution, including valuation disputes; and enforceable confidentiality and intellectual property protections.

Afterwards, we assisted client to develop related legal precedents to use for current and future investment rounds including resolutions and share offer letters.

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the Australian Capital Territory and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Canberra is our home. We love this place with its beautiful distinct seasons, varying landscapes, strong sense of community, bustling urban streets and wide, open space.

Canberra is also Ngunnawal country.

Over many thousands of years, the Ngunnawal people have developed culture and connection to their Country, becoming expert custodians with extraordinary knowledge of environmental care and balance.

We look forward to meaningful and genuine legal recognition of all First Nations People.

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About this Smart Form

This smart form will ask you a series of questions in relation to your proposed lease.

Before you begin, please:

read our 2026-27 Pricing for commercial and retail tenants, and decide which service level you prefer.
understand your Identity (ID) Check options.
access our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Technology Disclosure.

Please also be ready to upload:

a copy of the Disclosure Statement
a copy of the proposed lease.
if the tenant is a trust, a copy of the Trust Deed.

And, please take care to ensure the correct spelling of all names, including middlenames.

On submission, you and we will each instantly receive a copy of your answers by email. Please check this email carefully and contact us by email property@namadgilegal.com.au or phone (02) 5104 3110 to make any necessary corrections.

After we have reviewed your answers, we will arrange to complete your ID Check.

Person/Trustee/Director 1

This page asks for information about the first individual involved in the lease on behalf of the tenant.

If the tenant is one or more individuals, this page is about that person (or one of them).
If the tenant is a trust, and the trustee is one or more individuals, this page is about that person (or one of them).
If the tenant is a company, this page is about the sole director (or one of the directors).

You will be able to provide the same details about other persons on the next and subsequent pages.

What is the full name of person/trustee/director 1, as shown on his/her/their current photo ID (passport/driver's licence)?(Required)

First Middle Last

Is there a different name on his/her/their birth certificate?(Required)

Yes

What name appears on his/her/their birth certificate?(Required)

What is his/her/their date of birth?(Required)

What is his/her/their mobile phone number?(Required)

What is his/her/their email address?(Required)

What is his/her/their current RESIDENTIAL address?(Required)

Note – a PO Box is not sufficient, for this purpose.

How would person 1 like to complete his/her identity check?(Required)

Identity checks are compulsory for all ACT leases. Click here for further information regarding the available options.

Remotely, using InfoTrack ID

Make an appointment at Namadgi Legal, in Page (ACT)

Visit a participating Australia Post shopfront

He/she/they has already completed an ID Check with Namadgi Legal within the last 2 years, and there have been no changes to names or document numbers or expiry dates since that time

Person/Trustee/Director 2

What is person/trustee/director 2's full name, as shown on his/her/their current photo ID (passport/driver's licence)?(Required)

First Middle Last

Is there a different name on his/her/their birth certificate?(Required)

Yes

What name appears on his/her/their birth certificate?(Required)

What is person/trustee/director 2's date of birth?(Required)

What is his/her/their mobile phone number?(Required)

Note – this number must be unique. Do not repeat a mobile already used for person/trustee/director 1.

What is his/her/their email address?(Required)

Note – this email must be unique. Do not repeat an email already used for person/trustee/director 1.

What is his/her current RESIDENTIAL address (primary place of residence)?(Required)

Note – a PO Box is not sufficient, for this purpose.

How would person/trustee/director 2 like to complete his/her/their identity check?(Required)

Identity checks are compulsory for all ACT leases. Click here for further information regarding the available options.

Remotely, using InfoTrack ID

Make an appointment at Namadgi Legal, in Page (ACT)

Visit a participating Australia Post shopfront

He/she/they has already completed an ID Check with Namadgi Legal within the last 2 years, and there have been no changes to names or document numbers or expiry dates since that time

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Tenant Details

Trust Details

Trust Deed

Company Details

Person/Trustee/Director 1

Person/Trustee/Director 2