Our law firm in Sydney and Melbourne offers flexible pricing options to suit different client needs.

• Fixed Fee:

For clearly defined work,with such as drafting, amending, or negotiating a contract. In these circumstances, we aim to offer a fixed fee. This typically includes an initial consultation, preparing the draft, a follow-up discussion to gather your feedback, and finalising the document with your requested changes.

• Hourly Rates:

For more complex or unpredictable matters (such as litigation), we charge hourly. In these cases, we’ll provide a cost estimate with a low-to-high range for each stage of the process. Our time is tracked in billable units, consistent with standard legal practices in Australia.

• Corporate Retainers:

For ongoing legal needs, we offer tailored retainers. We willl work with you to understand your expected legal requirements over a 3-week to 6-month period. Then, we will define what is included/excluded in the scope and estimate the time commitment. Based on this, we provide a discounted fixed fee, reviewed periodically. If actual hours significantly exceed or fall short of the estimate, we will collaboratively adjust the fee,only if it is fair, reasonable and agreed upon by both parties.

A billable unit is a 6-minute minimum interval of time for each activity recorded on your matter. For instance, if you hold a telephone conversation with a lawyer for 10 minutes, you may be charged 2 billable units, equating to 12 minutes of time. This is standard within the legal industry. The reason for this is that lawyers are required to review your file, then make the call, record their file notes from the call, save the documents to the file, and take the next step. This means that although the call may have been 10 minutes, there are several administrative tasks that must also be completed as part of the telephone call.

Notwithstanding this, unlike some traditional law firms, our lawyers in Sydney and Melbourne do not charge for one-line emails, leaving telephone messages, sending text messages or similar. We believe any charge that we apply to your file must be fair, reasonable, and proportionate to the services being provided.

Maybe. No Win, No Fee means that a lawyer is sharing the risk with you and does not get paid unless you have a successful outcome and money is paid to you.

No Win, No Fee is common practice in personal injury matters because there is generally little doubt that a payment will be made eventually if an injury has been sustained. However, in commercial matters, there is always doubt as to whether a matter will be successful. This means that we would need to pass up paying matters, to accept matters that have doubt as to whether we will be paid for our services.

Based on the above, our law firm in Sydney will generally only take on No Win, No Fee matters if it is a kind of matter that we are passionate about to assist our client in achieving justice or a favourable outcome, or alternatively, if we believe we will have capacity to take on the matter and there are strong prospects of success. In all No Win, No Fee matters, they are carefully selected and we have a limitation of only a handful per year.

If you are seeking experienced lawyers in Sydney who consider No Win, No Fee cases selectively, feel free to contact us.

Our fees for drafting standard contracts such as term sheets, convertible notes, SAFE notes, shareholder agreements, master services agreements, distribution agreements, licensing agreements, employment-related contracts and policies, and terms and conditions and services contracts range from $1,200 + GST to $4,000 + GST.

Our fees for drafting bespoke contracts such as collaborative research agreements, joint ventures, affiliate agreements or complex technology or construction contracts range from $3,000 + GST and upwards.

If you are looking for experienced lawyers in Sydney or Melbourne or a trusted law firm in Sydney or Melbourne to draft or review your contracts, feel free to get in touch.