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Clear advice and steady hands for the decisions that count.
Expert lawyers for business owners and families: franchising, commercial, property, disputes and family law. Advice you can act on, a scope agreed before the work starts, and a team that stays responsive from the first call to the last.
Before you sign
Contracts reviewed before you commit
Franchise agreements, leases and business purchases checked before you sign. 2,880 franchise agreements and 584 lease matters since 2013.
Since 2013
Disputes resolved at mediation
Most disputes end at the mediation table, not in court. 162 resolved there since 2013, for franchisors and franchisees.
A specialist team
The right lawyer for the matter
Special counsel, consultant lawyers and solicitors under one roof, matched to what your matter needs.
What we do
Our legal services and expertise
Expert lawyers across nine areas of practice, working as one team.
Franchising
Franchisors and franchisees across the whole lifecycle: entry, setup, growth, disputes and exit. 63 systems established since 2013.
Business & Commercial Law
Structuring, shareholder arrangements, contracts, and buying or selling a business.
Litigation & Disputes
Commercial disputes resolved at the lowest cost that still protects your position. Court where it is needed.
Family Law
Separation, parenting arrangements, property settlements and financial agreements, handled with care at a hard time.
Property & Conveyancing
Retail and commercial leasing, conveyancing and property transactions, PEXA certified.
Mediation
Nationally accredited mediation across commercial, franchise and family matters.
Mortgages & Finance
Loan and security documents explained before you sign, for borrowers, lenders and guarantors.
Intellectual Property
Trade marks, licensing and the confidential information a business runs on, protected and enforced.
Aviation Law
Aircraft transactions, maintenance, regulatory matters and disputes in a heavily regulated sector.
Since 2013 · Minerva Law
Franchise agreements reviewed
Lease matters negotiated
Business sale & acquisition transactions
Trust deeds & structuring
Disputes resolved at mediation
Shareholders agreements
Franchisor systems established
How we work
The judgment behind the advice
Minerva is the goddess of wisdom and strategy. Strength through wisdom is the idea the firm is built on, and it shows in four ways, whether the matter is a shareholder dispute or a separation.
Wisdom
Knowing the law is the entry fee. Knowing which parts of it matter to this business, in this transaction, on this timeline, is the work.
Courage
Telling a client the deal is bad, the claim is weak or the fight is not worth having. Advice that only ever agrees with you is not advice.
Battle ready
Prepared before it is needed. Documents drafted for the day they are argued over, and disputes prepared before the first letter goes out.
Pragmatic
Minerva is invoked for strategy, not for the fight itself. Most commercial problems are better solved than won.
Memberships & accreditations
Our philosophy
Clarity is the product. The decisions people bring us, in business and in family life, are high-stakes, long-term and hard to reverse. The advice has to be clear enough to act on.
Tsungai Mukushi · Principal & Director · Practising since 2008
Every figure above is the firm’s record since 2013. Each matter is led by a lawyer who has done that work many times, and our lawyers are business owners as well as advisers, so the advice weighs the deal, the cash and the timing, not only the clause.
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Voices of excellence
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Insights
From the firm
Regulatory updates explained simply, franchise agreement insights, and the traps that keep recurring.
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