Experience and expertise you can rely on
About Us
Our mission? To always deliver technically excellent, clear, commercial and pragmatic advice in plain English.
Our fees are fair, reasonable and transparent.
Our areas of expertise include corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, employment and workplace relations, corporate governance and compliance, insolvency, property, wills and estates.
Our clients include multi-national businesses, SMEs and family businesses, directors and executives, professionals and entrepreneurs.
- technical excellence
- clear
- commercial
- pragmatic
Why Cerco Legal?
Because it's important to get it right.
Our approach? We listen. We plan. We act.
We do not get distracted by what's not important.
We create strong relationships built on mutual trust and confidence.
We focus on your needs, the key issues and delivering realistic and cost effective outcomes.
Dominic Williamson
Experience and expertise you can rely on
Dominic has over 20 years experience.
He advises and represents a broad range of clients including multi-national businesses, SMEs and family businesses, directors and executives, professionals and entrepreneurs.
Dominic focuses on creating realistic expectations and delivering cost effective outcomes.
His areas of expertise include corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, employment and workplace relations, insolvency, property, intellectual property and wills and estates.
Dominic is the company secretary of a large international agri-business and he advises on a broad range of governance and compliance issues.
Expertise
Corporate and Commercial
Establishing, reorganising and unwinding commercial structures (trusts, companies, joint ventures, partnerships), foreign investment, contract drafting and negotiation, directors' and officers' duties, sale and purchase of business, terms of trade, PPSR, banking and finance (loan and security agreements), shareholder rights and obligations, anti competitive conduct, misleading or deceptive conduct
Dispute Resolution
Commercial litigation, shareholder / unitholder, employer / employee, government, administrative law, tax, intellectual property (trade mark, passing off), statutory demands
Workplace Relations
Employment contracts, workplace investigations and disputes, workforce restructuring, unfair dismissal, adverse action
Wills and Estates
Drafting wills, estate planning and administration, executor and trustee rights and duties, challenging a will
Insolvency
Insolvent trading claims and liability, unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions, unreasonable director-related transactions, unfair loans, administration and winding up, public examinations
Property
Property development, commercial leasing, subdivision, planning, adverse possession, boundary disputes, owners corporation
Intellectual Property
Trade mark registration, IP disputes
Corporate Governance & Compliance
Drafting and reviewing governance frameworks, policies, processes and procedures at all levels (whole of business, board and business unit), risk management and project management