Practice Areas

Raven & Associates Lawyers is a boutique private law practice. 

Our practice areas include:

Commercial, Business and Insolvency 

• Contract law 
• Banking & finance law 
• Debt collection 
• Franchising law( Franchising agreements, franchisee & franchisor advice)
• Banking & finance law
• Loan agreements and guarantees
• Guarantor advice and borrower advice solicitor certificates
• Sale of business / Purchase of business
• Corporations and Insolvency Law
• Bankruptcy Law

Litigation & advocacy

• VCAT, Magistrates Court, County Court, Supreme Court, Federal Court matters civil litigation
• Small claims and Consumer Law
• Magistrates’ Court Criminal offences/charges.

Building and Construction Law

• Residential and Commercial Building disputes

Property and Real Estate Law

• All conveyancing and property dealings (sale of property, purchase of property, plan of  subdivision registrations, caveats, covenant removal applications & more)
• Subdivisions
• Investment Property legal advice 
• Real Estate Law 
• Leases and licensing (including Commercial and Retail Leasing Matters) 
• Covenant litigation (breaches/disputes) 
• Owners Corporation matters & disputes

Town planning law

• Planning Permit advice and assistance

Technology & intellectual property law

• Business name registrations
• Trademark applications
• Trademark claims/disputes

Administrative law

• Applications for review of decisions by all administrative bodies  including VCAT merits review & judicial review.