Why Choose Us?
“I am passionate about problem solving, helping my clients achieve optimum business outcomes. I’m all about investing in solutions rather than just throwing money at problems.”
– Robert Williams, Principal
Our Services
We work with every size of business across every industry, in all aspects of commercial and regulatory law. This allows us to deliver solutions as individual as your business.
You speak directly with our Principal Robert Williams at all times to ensure you get the optimal legal solution to your business dilemmas.
Our business model delivers a blue chip service without big end of town costs.
- VIRTUAL GENERAL COUNSELProviding commercially pragmatic advice of an experienced General Counsel, when you need it, without the cost of employing one
- Flexible to suit the changing needs of your business
- Supplement your existing in-house resources
- Priority access to our specialist knowledge and experience
- Retainer arrangements to match your needs
- Commercial Contracts and Managing Legal RiskProviding astute advice and solutions to manage the legal risks in your commercial arrangements
- Drafting user friendly agreements to suit your business
- Reviewing contracts to identify your legal risks and develop strategies to get the best outcomes
- Guiding you through business sale or purchase processes from end to end
- Conducting legal risk reviews and providing the roadmap for your business
- Training and mentoring so your staff understand the risks and what they need to do
- Competition and Consumer LawNavigating you through the perilous waters of competition and consumer law
- Dealing with the ACCC – everything from merger approval to allegations of illegal conduct
- Advertising and labelling approvals for all products, services and industries
- Cutting edge training of staff at all levels on the do’s and don’ts while still competing hard
- Guiding you through product recalls and notifications of product related injuries
- EmploymentFrom hiring to firing and everything in between
- Proven performance management strategy and process to deliver effective outcomes
- Guiding you through the landmines of redundancies, terminations and disciplinary issues
- Policies, training and investigations for discrimination, harassment and bullying
- The right employment contracts to maximise the protection of your business
- Contractor management from engagement to conclusion
- Food Labelling, Advertising and RecallsA complete solution in this complex area where lots of laws intersect
- Approval of labelling, packaging and advertising claims
- Social media strategies to protect brand reputation
- Client focused training on food, advertising and labelling issues
- Dealing with recalls and product liability claims and disputes to minimise brand damage
- Priority access to food technologists and other experts when required
- Privacy and other Regulatory issuesIdentifying your regulatory obligations and helping you through the labyrinth
- Effective strategies to ensure you meet privacy obligations with the least effort and cost
- Procedural reviews, policies and investigations of health, safety and environmental issues
- Proven track record in dealing with regulators and interceding so you build an effective relationship with them
- Targeted practical training so your staff get it right every time
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Our Expertise
Our Principal Robert Williams has worked as a regulator, a big firm lawyer and in-house in large listed and unlisted businesses.
Now for over 5 years, Robert has focused on building his Virtual General Counsel role so his vast experience can benefit small, medium and big businesses in a flexible, meaningful and holistic way. He draws on his experience to focus on finding different solutions to achieve the desired outcomes.
- Virtual General CounselUsing our comprehensive legal and business experience to keep your business successful
Experience as
- Deputy General Counsel of a listed public company
- Senior in-house counsel roles including Acting General Counsel for major listed and unlisted food manufacturing businesses
- Virtual General Counsel for small, medium and large companies for over 5 years
- Virtual Counsel providing full range of legal services for a large listed business to cover its in-house legal team during periods of leave, recruitment or work overflows
- Commercial Contracts and Managing Legal RiskExperienced legal advisor dealing with legal risk management, contract drafting and contract reviews for over 20 years
- Extensive time as Acting General Counsel and Group Manager of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs in the food industry, has given Robert the credentials in identifying and dealing with legal risks to fully underpin the business plans
- Robert’s business acumen has been honed by 4 intense years as Deputy General Counsel with an industrial conglomerate implementing standardised terms and conditions and negotiating commercial contracts
- As Virtual General Counsel for his clients, Robert has provided practical solutions based on a detailed understanding of the legal risks in industries including food, FMCG, manufacturing, construction, labour hire, and aged care
- Robert has detailed ‘shop floor’ knowledge from working in manufacturing, wholesale, retail and service delivery industries across Australia and New Zealand
- Competition and Consumer Law14 years at the ACCC and then 20 plus years working with business – so we understand where the Regulator is coming from
- This is a specialist area and Robert has dealt with the full gamut of issues in businesses of all sizes across a wide variety of industries
- Robert has a proven track record of saving millions of dollars on penalties for companies which got it wrong
- Robert has delivered tailor-made training and workshops for thousands of employees across a raft of different industries to ensure a practical understanding of what can and can’t be done
- Ours is the only competition and consumer compliance program that has been examined and received unqualified approval from the Federal Court
- EmploymentPractical knowledge of all aspects of employment and employee practices, from working in and advising large and small businesses
- Robert developed and successfully rolled out new employment agreements Australia-wide for different businesses in multiple industries to coincide with the introduction of the Modern Awards
- In small, medium and large businesses Robert has undertaken and overseen investigations into harassment, bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment and ensured appropriate remedial and disciplinary action
- As Deputy General Counsel, Robert developed a practical framework for businesses to implement reasonable performance management, minimising employment risks. We have successfully implemented this approach in numerous small businesses
- Food - Labelling, Advertising and RecallsAdvice and assistance to the food industry on labelling, advertising and product recalls is a cornerstone of our experience
- We have worked on all aspects of food regulation with businesses of all sizes for over 20 years
- As Acting General Counsel and Group Manager of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Robert approved all labelling, packaging and advertising for one of Australia’s largest food companies
- As Virtual General Counsel we continue to approve labelling, packaging and advertising for food industry clients and engage with food regulators over labelling and recall issues
- Robert has successfully revamped approval processes for packaging, labelling, marketing and advertising for numerous businesses, resulting in reduced costs and quicker processes
- Privacy and other Regulatory issuesExtensive experience in providing pragmatic advice backed up by practical policies, processes and procedures to ensure managers can focus their energies on running their business
- We established effective privacy and document retention policies and procedures in businesses with significant holdings of personal information, then trained staff to understand the importance of the policies
- Robert has managed a significant number of health, safety and environment investigations with ICAM accident and other investigation techniques
- We have a track record in reorienting existing policies and developing new polices to reflect a focus on personal and business integrity and regulatory obligations, regardless of the size of the business
- Robert’s practical approach to all aspects of governance and compliance draws strongly on his work as Vice President of the key compliance industry association in Australia and New Zealand
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Address
PO Box 631, Willoughby, NSW, 2068
Phone
+61 466 969 589