Supporting services
Other legal services
Mazzeo Lawyers provides practical legal advice across conveyancing and property matters, commercial leasing, estate planning, and business sales and purchases.
We focus on understanding what you want to achieve, identifying the issues that matter and helping you make informed decisions before you commit.
Good legal advice is often most valuable before a transaction is signed, a property changes hands or a business relationship becomes difficult.
These services sit alongside Mazzeo Lawyers’ broader work in property, business, estate and commercial disputes. Where a matter becomes contentious, that wider litigation experience can also help identify the issues early.
Property Transactions
Conveyancing and property
Buying or selling property involves more than transferring ownership at settlement. The contract, title, adjustments, conditions and timing of the transaction can all affect the position of the parties.
Mazzeo Lawyers can assist with residential and commercial property transactions, including the review and preparation of contracts, settlement requirements and the legal issues that arise before completion.
Before you sign
Review of the contract and relevant property documents so that key obligations, conditions and risks are understood before you commit.
Through to settlement
When a property matter becomes disputed
Property transactions can sometimes lead to disputes about contracts, deposits, settlement, ownership or other obligations. These matters connect with the firm’s broader property and commercial litigation work.
Leasing
Commercial leasing
A commercial lease creates ongoing obligations for both the landlord and the tenant. The important issues are not limited to the rent: the permitted use of the premises, outgoings, repairs, options, guarantees, make-good obligations and termination provisions can all become significant over the life of the lease.
We assist with the preparation, review and negotiation of commercial leasing documents and advise on the legal effect of lease terms before they are agreed.
Lease preparation and review
Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial and retail leases are referred to a trusted leasing practitioner after an initial discussion with us.
Lease disputes
Breaches, default notices, broken leases and early termination are litigation matters handled under Property and business disputes.
Estate planning
Will drafting, powers of attorney and estate planning
Estate planning is about deciding how your affairs should be managed during your lifetime and how your assets should pass after your death.
A will records how estate assets are to be distributed and who will administer the estate. Powers of attorney allow another person to make particular decisions on your behalf where appropriate. The right documents depend on your circumstances, family arrangements and the assets or structures involved.
We can assist with wills, powers of attorney and estate planning, including situations involving business interests, property, family arrangements and other considerations that require more than a standard document.
Planning ahead
Connected estate issues
Estate planning can intersect with family provision, trusts, property ownership and business structures. Those connections should be considered when the documents are prepared, not only after a dispute arises.
Business transactions
Business sale, purchase and commercial matters
Buying or selling a business involves more than agreeing on a price. The transaction may include business assets, goodwill, stock, intellectual property, leases, employees, restraints, warranties and other obligations that continue after completion.
Clear documentation helps establish what is being transferred, what each party is responsible for and what happens if an obligation is not met.
Business sale and purchase agreements
Commercial agreements
When the relationship breaks down
Contact Mazzeo Lawyers
Discuss your legal matter
If you need advice about a property transaction, commercial lease, estate planning or a business sale or purchase, contact Mazzeo Lawyers to discuss what is involved and the next steps.
Mazzeo Lawyers is located at Level 8, 256 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.
