Buying or Selling a Business

We will provide accurate advice to identify and limit any risks to you.

Dimos Lawyers has broad experience advising both vendors and purchasers of businesses.

Lawyers are an integral part of any purchase and sale process, but methods can sometimes mean the difference between a transaction that progresses smoothly and one that falls over.

Whether you are buying or selling a business, the role of your lawyer is to facilitate the process, and identify and limit any risks to you. With over 40 years’ experience in business sales and acquisitions, our lawyers deliver accurate advice and other services, based on a deep understanding of the process.

We offer assistance and advice on:

Selling a business

• Confidentiality agreement
• Preparing contracts of sale
• Negotiating essential terms and special conditions
• Transfers of lease
• Liquor licence applications and transfers
• Breaches of contract
• Litigation

Buying a business

• Contracts of sale of business and negotiating special conditions
• Due diligence searches and inspections
• The best business structure for you
• Employment contracts
• Breaches of contract
• Litigation

Business buying and selling experience

Our extensive experience in advising clients on business sales and purchases includes:

• Acting for the purchase and sale of hundreds of café and restaurant businesses, located in Victoria’s major shopping centres and most popular retail shopping strips
• Acting for the buyer of one of Melbourne’s most highly regarded and popular cafés
• Advising and negotiating the contract of sale, shareholder agreements, assignment deeds and related agreements for the sale of one of Australia’s largest retail coffee brands, with over 50 stores in Australia
• Acting for the purchase and sale of a number of private, high-value businesses, including services firms, manufacturing businesses and franchise stores

Whether you are considering buying or selling a business, contact Dimos Lawyers for the advice you need.