Harri Deacon
Harri is a Lawyer in the Corporate and Commercial team at Antunes Lawyers, where he provides vital support in delivering exceptional legal services to clients. With a sharp attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to professional growth, Harri excels in a broad array of Corporate and Commercial matters including, but not limited to:
- Employment Law including drafting and reviewing employment contracts, resolving employment related disputes, and offering strategic advice to both individuals and employers;
- Corporate Structuring involving guiding the incorporation and establishment of companies and trusts, ensuring clients’ business foundations are solid;
- Facilitating seamless sale and purchase processes for businesses, helping clients capitalise on opportunities and navigate complexities;
- Preparing and reviewing commercial leasing documents to ensure optimal terms for clients; and
- Supporting clients through trademark registrations and effectively addressing examination reports to protect their intellectual assets.
Driven by a passion for Corporate and Commercial Law, Harri is dedicated to providing innovative, practical legal solutions that empower clients to achieve their business objectives and overcome any challenges they may encounter.
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Zak Tayyar
Having worked with national law firms, insurance companies, and boutique legal practices, Zak brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Litigation and Disputes team.
Zak’s analytical and investigative approach to legal matters enables him to provide timely and pragmatic advice to his clients. He understands that legal issues can be complex and overwhelming, and therefore, he strives to make the process less daunting for his clients. Zak’s expertise covers all stages of legal proceedings and his clear communication skills when liaising, consulting, and negotiating to ensure greater advantages for his clients. He is often forthright and straight to the point, as he is focused on results and achieving the goals of his clients.
With a deep understanding of legal intricacies, together with an honest approach, Zak is able to deal with disputes creatively. He is passionate about his work and provides personalised services that cater to the individual needs of his clients. Specialising in Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Zak has a proven track record of achieving favourable outcomes for his clients, regardless of the challenges and complexities. He has extensive experience in personal, commercial, and corporate support and understands how to meet his clients’ needs.
Zak’s passion for Australian Consumer Law and consumer protection is evident in his achievements of exemplary results for clients who have purchased “lemon cars”. He has the technical expertise and drive to follow through, progress, and deliver the successful outcome desired.
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Margaret Antunes 2022
Margaret has been the centre of Antunes lawyers since its conception in 1996.
Margaret’s commitment to the firm and her deep understanding of the legal practice has enabled her to significantly build on the firm’s success.
Under Margaret Antunes, Antunes has evolved into an elite legal practice and is renowned as the number one law firm north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge servicing clients nationwide and internationally.
With almost 40 years of experience, Margaret is actively involved in all areas of law which the firm practices in and her wealth of knowledge is spread across all teams at Antunes, ensuring that the firm delivers real value and certainty to all of its clients.
Margaret has expertise in:
- Corporate and Trust structuring for asset protection and tax effectiveness;
- Complex trust matters including breaches of trust and equitable duties;
- Contract and Shareholder disputes;
- Corporate advisory work relating to directors’ duties, breaches of the Corporations Act, and actions brought by Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC);
- All property transactions, residential and commercial;
- Acting for developers;
- Dealing with investigations and prosecutions by federal and state regulators such as ASIC and the Fair Work Commission;
- Preparing and advising on technical commercial and business contracts and service agreements;
- Mergers and acquisitions;
- Subdivision, titling, planning and development, GST, stamp duty and financing;
- Land and environment planning; and
- Building and Construction.
Being a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a global society to which membership is admitted on merit in these practices, Margaret is particularly experienced in trust and estate planning law.
Margaret has a Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney), Master of Laws (University of Sydney) in business, trade practices, tax and international business law.
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Keith Reddy
With over 40 years of experience as a property, commercial and corporate lawyer Keith has a thorough understanding of various business practices and the challenges faced by companies in different markets. Keith provides specialist and technical advice to clients on complex business mergers and acquisitions, finance and property transactions.
He has acted for clients such as Woolworths, NRMA, NSW Maritime, Macquarie Bank, Telstra and Channel 9.
He assists the Property and Corporate and Commercial teams at Antunes Lawyers.
Keith has experience and expertise in:
- Advising on complex commercial and property transactions;
- Construction and building disputes including appearing for applicants and respondents at NCAT;
- Tenancy disputes;
- Providing specialist environmental and planning advice in relation to corporate and property transactions;
- Land, environment and planning matters;
- Regulatory compliance in financial services; and
- Lending and security arrangements across a broad range of industries including equity investors, investment banks and corporate borrower groups.
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Tim Arvanitis
After years of dedication and contribution to the firm’s growth and development, Tim became partner in 2018 and leads the Corporate and Commercial team at Antunes.
Providing strategic and pragmatic advice on the full range of commercial and property transactions, Tim has a committed approach to achieving practical and workable solutions for his clients’ commercial and legal issues.
Tim acts for private individuals and businesses, SMEs, large Australian organisations and publicly listed companies and has provided technical advice on a range of transactions across a number of sectors.
Contact Tim so he can advise you on:
- Mergers and acquisitions across the full range of transactions including asset and share acquisitions and involving legal due diligence considerations and complex loan facility arrangements;
- Negotiating the sale and disposal of business assets;
- Resolving shareholder disputes, contract disputes and enforcing rights against parties in breach of commercial contracts;
- Strategic corporate and trust business structuring and restructuring to achieve tax effective outcomes, asset protection and business succession planning, including self-managed super funds;
- Corporate governance issues relating to directors fiduciary duties and the Corporations Act, Shareholder rights and the composition of the board;
- Tactical debt reconstruction and insolvency structuring;
- The preparation of business contracts and drafting complex service agreements relating to a number of industries;
- Employment Law related matters affecting all businesses, including the preparation of employment contracts for all staff members and executives, and resolving employment related disputes;
- Intellectual Property Rights affecting businesses and the protection of Intellectual Property Rights, including trademarks, copyright material and patents;
- The full range of property transactions including commercial leasing, development site acquisitions and disposals; and
- Franchising Agreements, structuring and resolving franchising disputes.
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Margaret Antunes
Margaret has been the centre of Antunes Lawyers since its inception in 1986.
Margaret’s commitment to the firm and her deep understanding of the legal practice has enabled her to significantly build on the firm’s success.
Under Margaret Antunes, Antunes Lawyers has evolved into an elite legal practice and is renowned as the number one law firm north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge servicing clients nationwide and internationally.
With almost 40 years of experience, Margaret is actively involved in all areas of law which the firm practices in and her wealth of knowledge is spread across all teams at Antunes Lawyers, ensuring that the firm delivers real value and certainty to all of its clients.
In Margaret’s experience, Margaret has extracted four core values Truth. Care. Courage. Knowing. which all clients deserve to receive in obtaining legal advice. Antunes Lawyers operates off these values.
Margaret has expertise in:
- Corporate and Trust structuring for asset protection and tax effectiveness;
- Complex trust matters including breaches of trust and equitable duties;
- Contract and Shareholder disputes;
- Corporate advisory work relating to directors’ duties, breaches of the Corporations Act, and actions brought by Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC);
- All property transactions, residential and commercial;
- Acting for developers;
- Dealing with investigations and prosecutions by federal and state regulators such as ASIC and the Fair Work Commission;
- Preparing and advising on technical commercial and business contracts and service agreements;
- Mergers and acquisitions;
- Subdivision, titling, planning and development, GST, stamp duty and financing;
- Land and environment planning; and
- Building and Construction.
Being a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a global society to which membership is admitted on merit in these practices, Margaret is particularly experienced in trust and estate planning law.
Margaret has a Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney), Master of Laws (University of Sydney) in business, trade practices, tax and international business law.
Get in touch with Margaret today
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