As the aged care and retirement village sectors grow rapidly and become increasingly regulated, facility operators may find it difficult to keep abreast of the legal issues that they face on a day to day basis.
Guild Lawyers understands the breadth of legal knowledge and experience required in representing your industry and ensuring optimum representation to minimise your risks.
Whether you are contemplating entering the industry or are an existing facility, we can provide you with the necessary legal advice, guidance and assistance. We pride ourselves on providing accurate, timely and cost efficient advice.
As an incorporated and independent legal practice, we also provide legal representation to individuals and public and private corporations with diverse commercial interests throughout Australia.
Our lawyers can advise on:
• accreditation and certification
• business structuring and planning
• commercial property (acquisitions, sales and leasing)
• employment and industrial relations, dispute resolution
• financing arrangements and capital raising
• Industry legislation
• property development, building and construction and facility establishment
• public information documents and leasing
• taxation issues including GST, CGT and stamp duty
• workplace health and safety.
Areas in which our lawyers can assist:
• acquisition sale and leasing of aged care facilities and retirement villages
• business structuring
• capital raising, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions
• certification, accreditation and validation under the Aged Care Act
• development and establishment of aged care facilities and retirement villages
• drafting public information and ancillary documentation
• employment and industrial relations including dispute resolution/enterprise bargaining and award restructuring
• financing structures and arrangements
• managed investment structures
• property development, from green field to completion
• property purchasing and leasing
• privacy issues
• residential care agreements, community care agreements and extra service agreements
• taxation implications including GST, CGT and stamp duty.
For further information on how Guild Lawyers can help, contact us on 1800 617 624 or via This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .