Commercial and Corporate Law

SHL & Associates Lawyers provide an extensive range of corporate and commercial legal advice and services. By leveraging our business insights and proven legal knowledge and expertise, we are well-placed to advise you on all major business and commercial transactions and commercial decisions.

Areas of Expertise

• Purchases & sales of businesses
• Commercial contract review and preparation
• Corporate structure advisory.
• Business establishment and company incorporation
• Establishment of trust (including unit and discretionary trusts)
• Shareholder agreements
• Purchase and sale of shares
• Corporate governance & compliance
• Directors duties
• Corporations Act 2001 advisory
• Franchising and licensing
• Shareholder disputes
• Advise on Foreign Investment Review Board ("FIRB") applications
• Joint ventures

Commercial Litigation

At SHL & Associates Lawyers, our highly experienced and dedicated team of commercial litigation lawyers provide clear, honest and realistic advice to our clients in any commercial dispute.

From informal settlement mediation or conferences to formal arbitration and contested court hearings, our experienced lawyers have a proven track record of providing strategic advice to maximise our clients’ chance of success.

Areas of expertise

• Contractual disputes
• Corporations Act litigation
• Directors’ duties
• Derivative proceedings
• Shareholder disputes
• Shareholder oppression claims
• Injunctions
• Freezing orders
• Specific performance
• Rectification
• Rescission
• Constructive trusts
• Defamation
• Property and leasing Disputes
• Trust sale pursuant to section - 66G applications
• Statutory demands
• Building and construction - litigation
• Class actions
• Trade practices
• Debt recovery
• Insolvency and bankruptcy
• Professional negligence claim
• Workplace disputes
• Succession and contested wills
• Matrimonial and custody - disputes

Criminal Law

We represent clients in all categories of offences, including assault offences, AVOs, traffic offences, firearms & weapons offences, larceny, drug charges, sexual assault, and fraud.

Family Law

We understand that relationship breakdowns can be a traumatic and uncertain time. At SHL & Associates Lawyers, our extensive experience is what you need in dealing with difficult and often emotional family or matrimonial disputes. Whether it is mediation, roundtable conference or formal legal proceeding, we are committed to provide you with tailored and professional legal advice to help you achieve closure.

Areas of Expertise

• Binding financial agreements
• Divorce & separation
• Parenting issues
• Property and financial settlements
• De-facto relationships
• Child support
• Spouse maintenance
• Location order
• Recovery application
• Relocation and travel

Immigration Law

At SHL & Associates Lawyers, we assist our clients in all areas related to migrating to Australia. We provide tailored advice based on the most up to date immigration decisions and legislative framework. Our objective is to serve our client’s needs, assessing their situation, clearly explaining the options available to them and advising our clients on the best solution based on their unique circumstances.

Our immigration legal services assist clients with a wide range of visa and migration legal queries. Ranging from visa applications, advising on visa refusals or cancellation to administrative and judicial appeal, our services are tailored to each individual client’s unique circumstances.

Areas of Expertise

• Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 188)
• Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) Visa (Subclass 888)
• Business Talent (Permanent) Visa (Subclass 132)
• Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (Subclass 482)
• Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186)
• Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (Subclass 187)
• Partner Temporary Visa (Subclass 820) and Permanent Visa (subclass 801) for applicants in Australia
• Partner Temporary Visa (Subclass 309) and Permanent Visa (Subclass 100) for applicants outside Australia
• Prospective Marriage Visa (Subclass 300) for applicants outside Australia
• Parent visa
• Child visa
• Skilled migration
• Appeal to the AAT, Federal Court of Australia
• Ministerial Intervention

Notary Public

When you need to serve a document in an overseas jurisdiction, our principal lawyer, Mr. Jonathan Lu, is a duly qualified and appointed Public Notary who can assist with all of your notarisation requirements.

Mr. Jonathan Lu provides the following notary services:

• Authenticating documents and information for overseas use
• Witnessing signatures of individuals to documents and authenticating identity
• Preparing and witnessing powers of attorney for use overseas
• Certifying true copies of documents for overseas use Witnessing and authenticating the status of companies, businesses and commercial transactions
• Dealing with documentation for land, property and deceased estates overseas

Property Law & Conveyancing

SHL & Associates Lawyers’ property and conveyancing team has extensive experience in all aspects of property law. Our lawyers work closely and collaboratively with clients providing the most practical commercial advice specifically tailored to their expectations and needs.

Areas of Expertise

• Purchase & sale of properties
• Off-the-plan purchases and sales
• Contract review & preparation
• Commercial agreements
• Property development
• Property related advisory (taxation, ownership, finance)
• Foreign investment
• Commercial and retail leasing
• Mortgages & securities
• Strata disputes
• Subdivisions
• Construction contracts
• Discretionary and unit trust
• Joint Ventures
• Tenancy disputes
• Property transfer
• Valuations
• Stamp duty and taxes
• Property litigation
• Foreign Investment and Review Board ("FIRB") applications

Jonathan Lu

Principal Solicitor

Jonathan is the founder and principal solicitor of SHL & Associates Lawyers.

Jonathan has many years’ experience in acting for his clients in large and complex commercial disputes in various level of courts across Australia. Jonathan also has extensive experience in advising a full range of corporate and business matters.

Jonathan is passionate about trying to assist his clients to resolve complex issues that they are not otherwise able to resolve. He is committed to provide accurate, practical and honest advice to his clients so that they can make early and informed decisions about the resolution of issues or the conduct of the proceedings as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

Jonathan is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

Qualifications

• Admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Federal Court of Australia and High Court of Australia
• Notary Public
• Registered Migration Agent, MARN: 1170990
• Bachelor of Laws, University of New South Wales
• Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of New South Wales