Insights Whelan Lawyers – Melbourne Commercial, Franchising & Construction Lawyers

Few pieces of due diligence deliver as much protection for as little cost as a PPSR check, yet many business owners either skip it or misunderstand what it tells them. A PPSR check is a search of the Personal Property Securities Register, the national register that records security interests over business and personal assets.

Most business owners go looking for a commercial lawyer at the worst possible moment. The contract is already signed. The supplier has stopped paying. A co-founder wants out and nobody can agree on what the shares are worth. By then the choices have narrowed and the cost of fixing things has climbed.

Introduction When a business owner sets out to find the best commercial lawyers in Melbourne, they are rarely chasing the longest list of qualifications. What they actually want is someone who understands the pressure of running a business: the cash flow that does not wait, the deal that has to close before quarter-end, the supplier dispute quietly costing money every week it stays unresolved. I learned those pressures from the inside. Before returning to private practice, I