L AW Y E R F O R A D AY. O N E DAY A N D IT’S DONE, GOLD!
G O L D A D V I S O RY L AW Y E R S Large companies have in-house lawyers known as General Counsel, who provide advice on sales, operations, employment contracts and other issues that big business routinely address. Your business also needs this type of advice but certainly not on a full-time basis and you cannot afford to hire expensive lawyers for every problem that arises. That is where we come in. Gold Advisory specialises in delivering highly experienced General Counsel services to businesses. Our flexible approach has allowed us to become real game changers in the legal profession. We come to your business for a full day at a fixed daily price and help you solve your most pressing legal related business problems. Gold Advisory has SIX types of “Lawyer for a Day” that you can choose to suit what legal issues you would most liked addressed in your business. Any time at your business. Legal Triage Day Contract Compliance Day
Human Resources Day
Mega Contract review Day
Customer or Supplier Day
Help! Seriously Legal Day
BENEFITS • Experienced General Counsel • At Your Business • At an Affordable Fixed Daily Price
You don’t have to go it alone anymore. We are the business lawyers who are on your team, Gold.
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1 . L E G A L T R IAG E DAY
2 . H U M A N R E S O U R C E S DAY
• Design your own Lawyer for a Day, “One day and its done, Gold!”
• Build an employee manual.
• Analysis and review of those most immediate problems that are keeping you awake at night.
• Draft standard employee agreements that protect your business’s intellectual property and other business interests.
• Pick and choose the issues that you wish to discuss there could be several pressing issues that need to be addressed in the one day.
• Learn how to manage, discipline and if required terminate problem employees.
THE PROBLEM
OUR SOLUTION
THE PROBLEM
OUR SOLUTION
During the day, we all are very busy, focused on sales and operations. But at night, when our lives slow down a bit, the Business Demons come out. Many business owners have different issues that cause them to bolt upright in the middle of the night. Often, they are unrelated problems such as a problem employee, a delinquent account, a lawyer’s letter, potential litigation or any of the other countless challenges that business owners must face.
Consulting a Lawyer for a Day means that with you we will analyse, prioritise and resolve your most pressing legal problems. We will nail your biggest issues and confront those Business Demons head-on – so you can get a good night’s sleep.
Employee issues or conflicts with independent contractors can be the biggest headache in your business. Have your employees signed contracts that protect your business secrets and have a restraint of trade clause in them? Are you in compliance with all the relevant employment laws? Are your independent contracts robust? Do you have an employee manual? Do you have “problem” employees?
With our Lawyer for a Day service we have extensive experience dealing with all types of employee issues. We will spend a day with you to solve your most pressing personnel problems and to review your contracts, policies and procedures to ensure that you are in compliance with legislation.
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3 . C U S T O M E R O R S U P P L I E R DAY
4 . ‘ H E L P, S E R I O U S L Y L E G A L’ D A Y
• Resolve disputes with your customers or suppliers.
• Respond to a lawyer’s letter.
• Prepare standard terms and conditions of trade.
• Strategies for litigation avoidance.
• Prepare supply contracts to minimise possibilities of future disputes with suppliers.
• Settlement Analysis and next steps.
THE PROBLEM
OUR SOLUTION
THE PROBLEM
OUR SOLUTION
You have disputes with your customers as a result of non-existent or poorly drafted terms and conditions. No lawyers are yet involved, but you’re getting either phone calls or emails that are causing stress. Has a supplier of yours started giving you the run around? Do you have a contract with your key suppliers? You know the problem is not going to go away. It’s starting to keep you up at night.
With our Lawyer for a Day, we will review your situation in detail in order to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your position. We can start the resolution process through communication with the other party. If the matter cannot be fully resolved in the Day, your Gold Advisory lawyer will empower you to finalise the matter.
You know you have had a problem with a supplier, customer, employee or other business contact, but you thought you had it under control (or perhaps you were just ignoring it and thought it would go away!). Suddenly, you have received a letter from a lawyer with a demand or a letter from a government agency. Even worse, perhaps you have received notice that you are going to be sued.
The sooner you contact Gold Advisory, the better. Businesses cannot afford to have these kinds of problems, as they divert your finances, human resources and mental energy from your business. As your Lawyer for a Day, we will examine the underlying contracts, correspondence and other documents to evaluate your position. We will discuss your options and develop a strategy for a solution. Our goal is simple: to make your problem go away as quickly and inexpensively as possible.
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5 . M E G A C O N T R AC T R E V I E W DAY
6 . C O N T R A C T O R G R A N T C O M P L IA N C E DAY
• Review, analyse and explain your loan, lease, supply or other agreement.
• Compliance with loans, government grants or contracts.
• Learn which terms will cost your business, what to try to negotiate.
• Compliance with government regulations.
• Develop negotiation strategies to get the deal done.
• Contract management training to save you money.
THE PROBLEM
OUR SOLUTION
THE PROBLEM
OUR SOLUTION
You have been given contract, a new lease, tender conditions or supply agreement, loan documents or a franchise agreement. There are a lot of legal terms and potential liability for you and your business if you get it wrong. You need to know what it all means and what you can and should try to negotiate.
A Lawyer for a Day can help. We will review the correspondence and make sure you understand the deal. At the end of the day, you will fully understand your contractual rights and obligations. You will never look at a contract quite the same way.
Business owners are so busy with their sales, operations and employees that they overlook or neglect compliance with their loans, corporate and government regulations. Contracts, business loans, Federal and State government grants have periodic reporting and notification obligations and neglecting them can be grounds for default of the agreement. Poor contract management can have a major impact on your bank account.
Your Lawyer for a Day has significant contract management skills and will ensure that your business is fully compliant and up to date. We will train the key contract managers in your business. This Day will potentially save your business money by knowing your contractor’s responsibilities.
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HOW TO WORK WITH US?
ABOUT US
Book a Lawyer for a Day, and you will receive for each particular ‘Lawyer for a Day’ the following;
By providing a “Lawyer for a Day” service not billed in six-minute increments, Gold Advisory Lawyers is helping businesses protect their assets, brand and hard work.
1 Commercial legal advice on the Day that you chose.
4 Training and templates for key staff. 5 Action plan for you to follow if the issue is not resolved in one day.
2 Legal documents that can be produced in one day to protect your business.
6 A fixed price invoice.
3 A listing of further documents, if required, for further legal protection.
7 Written summary of the Day.
Who will use Lawyer for a Day? Any business that has important legal problems and cannot afford, or chooses not to pay, the typical hourly rates of traditional law firms. Gold Advisory was created to help businesses that otherwise would “go it alone”. You don’t have to go it alone anymore. We are the business lawyers who are on your team, Gold. To book a Lawyer for a Day please contact us.
G o l d a d v i s or y. c om . au 03 5222 8858 g o l d @ g o l d a d v i s or y. c om . au “Gold Advisory helped us with a setting up our business structure, supply contracts and trademark advice. The lawyer was commercial and pragmatic on a flat daily fee.
Hayden Newton MD
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Mary-Ann Seebeck managing partner of Gold Advisory draws on two decades of experience as a successful solicitor, accountant and business owner (she co-managed a 500-cow dairy farm). The personable problem solver and big-picture thinker has worked in the legal departments of blue-chip corporate companies such as Shell, Target, Wesfarmers and TAC. She has a passion for providing accessible, expert business law advice too businesses - that’s not bogged down in complex jargon. Her law firm offers powerhouse Lawyer for a Day, without the astronomical fees to businesses.
“Using a lawyer for a day for a pressing supplier contract helped get the deal across the line. One day and it was done.”
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