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How Can Our Small Business Lawyers Help You?

At Progressive Legal, we understand how challenging it can be to juggle business operations while staying on top of legal obligations. For many small business owners, issues like contracts, trade marks, workplace compliance, or disputes often take a back seat until it’s too late.

That’s where we step in.

Our small business legal services are designed to be affordable, accessible, and tailored to your specific needs, so you can focus on growing your business while we protect it.

Whether you’re just starting or managing an established company, our experienced small business lawyers in Sydney provide practical advice and support in areas such as:

  • Trade marks and intellectual property protection
  • Contracts and commercial agreements
  • Workplace law and employment compliance
  • Dispute resolution and litigation

With Progressive Legal, you’ll have the guidance and legal support you need to stay compliant, protected, and confident at every stage of your business journey.

Small business lawyer Sydney meeting with client at Progressive Legal office

You can find our small business lawyers in Sydney at 801, Level 8/100 William St, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011. We proudly assist small business clients across Sydney and Australia-wide.

Small Business Legal Advice Tailored to You

Running a small business comes with legal responsibilities, some obvious, others less so. That’s why at Progressive Legal, our small business lawyers in Sydney provide personalised legal advice and documentation tailored to your business goals and risk areas.

Whether you’re launching, scaling, or protecting your business, we help you stay compliant, minimise risk, and move forward with confidence.

We provide small business legal support across key areas:

Trade Marks and Intellectual Property

We help small businesses register Australian and international trade marks and manage the practical processes such as submissions, oppositions, objections, evidence of use, letters of consent, trade mark infringement, and trade mark disputes.

To date, we’ve registered or advised on nearly 1,000 trade marks for clients across Australia and internationally. As registered agents, we also handle New Zealand trade marks, and through our network of trusted global agents, we manage international trade mark applications.

We also provide practical and quick advice about the protection of a small business’ intellectual property, including non-disclosure agreements or deeds of confidentiality, intellectual property protection within employment contracts or independent contractor agreements, supply agreements or IP licence agreements.

Find out more about our trade mark legal services here.

Corporate Law and Structuring

We provide small businesses with tailored legal advice and documents on areas of corporate law that are relevant to their circumstances. This includes incorporation of companies and registration of trading entities, establishing holding companies and subsidiaries, drafting and reviewing shareholders’ agreements, preparing share sale agreements and share vesting arrangements, as well as advising on corporate restructuring and governance matters.

Getting the right business structure in place is critical from both a legal and risk management perspective. We’ve helped thousands of small businesses across Sydney and Australia through this process, reducing risk, improving compliance, and providing peace of mind with clear and practical legal advice.

Find out more about our commercial law services here.

Privacy Law

Based on thorough research and discussions with you, we can draft your business’s privacy policy and provide tailored legal advice on compliance. We also prepare GDPR-compliant privacy policies for businesses that operate internationally or handle overseas clients.

With privacy law becoming increasingly important, many customers and clients now expect businesses to have a clear and compliant privacy policy in place. In Australia, compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) has become a standard business requirement rather than simply best practice.

If your small business collects sensitive health, medical, or financial information, you may be legally required to have a privacy policy regardless of your size or turnover. Our experienced privacy lawyers help ensure your business remains compliant, protected, and trusted by customers.

Find out more about privacy law here.

Legal Documents and Contracts

We provide small businesses with a wide range of tailored legal documents and contracts across key areas such as Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Privacy Law, Workplace Law, Corporate Law and Litigation or Dispute Resolution. Each document is tailored to your business, ensuring you have the right protections in place for your day-to-day operations.

Only customised legal documents will adequately protect your small business from unnecessary risks. Using generic or template agreements often leaves important gaps, potentially exposing your business to disputes, compliance issues, or financial loss. Our role is to ensure your contracts are clear, enforceable, and aligned with Australian law.

Workplace Law

We help small business owners comply with their legal obligations in the workplace, ensuring employees and contractors are engaged under clear, compliant agreements. This includes drafting employment contracts and independent contractor agreements, as well as advising on legal issues around employee rights, termination, and dismissal.

Our team helps small businesses navigate the Fair Work Act and Australian employment laws, resolving common challenges such as unfair dismissal, unlawful termination, and workplace disputes. By ensuring compliance, we reduce the risk of costly claims and workplace disruption.

We also draft Codes of Conduct, Social Media Policies, Sponsorship Agreements and Equal Employment and Opportunity Policies (EEO). These documents not only support compliance but also help create a fair, consistent, and legally sound workplace culture.

Dispute Resolution

We help small businesses resolve disputes with other companies, suppliers, contractors, or consumers. Our lawyers specialise in commercial disputes, intellectual property disputes, trade mark infringement matters, copyright infringement cases, and court proceedings. We also prepare and respond to cease and desist letters to protect your business from ongoing harm.

Our team regularly drafts letters of demand and statutory demands and has extensive experience handling disputes across a wide range of commercial and corporate matters. Where possible, we aim to resolve conflicts quickly and cost-effectively through negotiation, but we are also experienced in representing clients in formal litigation when required.

Find out more about our dispute resolution services here.

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Get in Touch

Looking for helpful and practical legal advice for your small business? Our team of experienced Sydney business lawyers at Progressive Legal are the perfect lawyers for your small business. We care about your business and protecting your “business baby”.

Feel free to contact us here or call us below.

  1800 820 083