Talking Law

In this episode, we talk with Mark Bouris – the very well known Executive Chairman of publicly-listed Yellow Brick Road, Chairman of SME Association of Australia – and of course, the host of the television show The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice on the Nine Network and The Mentor on the Seven Network. Mark is a passionate advocate of SMEs and in this two part series, Joanna and Mark discuss the many lessons that he learnt along the way in business, his family history of small business, and the impact of working with Kerry Packer.

If you’re a business owner, it’s likely that at one time or another you’ve been asked to provide a personal guarantee to a contract. But just because it’s asked, doesn’t mean it’s required. Here’s everything you need to know before signing a personal guarantee.

In today’s episode, we talk to Jeremy Harbour of The Unity Group of Companies about how M&A can be a key strategy in driving growth for SMEs. Tune in as we draw from Jeremy’s multiple M&A experiences to look at opportunities in the market for SMEs, take a look at the concept of the value of SMEs and much more.

Whether you have one or hundreds of trademarks, developing and managing your trademark portfolio are critical to maximising and protecting a company's brands. Here’s a quick overview of everything you need to know with some pro-tips from our experts.

In today’s episode we have our expert panel, Matthew Grech from SME Business Sales and Aspect Legal’s very own Fiona Yiend and Joanna Oakey. Today our panel really drills and digs into the importance of brokers and lawyers working together.

Selling your business can be a really stressful process. Many unprepared business owners break under all the pressure and it can get pretty ugly. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Fiona Yiend, the head of our M&A division at Aspect Legal, talks about a battle plan that will help you exit your business elegantly.

As the quote goes “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”. Today’s is dedicated to our accountants. Here's a quick overview of everything you need to know about the Accountant Advisors Community which is a joint initiative of Aspect Legal, National Australia Bank and HLB Mann Judd.

It’s been two years since we launched our first episode back in August 2017, and now we’re thrilled to welcome you to our 100th episode on The Deal Room Podcast! To celebrate this milestone, we took a dive into our archives and collected our 10 most popular episodes.

Welcome to the final half of our two-part series with serial entrepreneur Sarah Riegelhuth of Grow My Team. Find out how her mistakes from multiple business exits changed the way she now approaches growing a business. She has great tips for businesses who are building for sale into the future.

Whether you have one or hundreds of trademarks, developing and managing your trademark portfolio are critical to maximising and protecting a company's brands. Here’s a quick overview of everything you need to know with some pro-tips from our experts.