Holley Nethercote was created by Grant Holley and Tim Nethercote in March 1995.
In 1994, Grant Holley was a member of the Victorian Bar providing advice and advocacy services to solicitors and their clients. His practice was primarily commercial and corporate based, involving representation of many medium to large sized corporations in courts and tribunals at all levels.
One of the solicitors who regularly briefed Grant was Tim Nethercote who practised as a solicitor in the Melbourne CBD. In this capacity, Tim was responsible for looking after the legal interests of commercial clients (including a bank and an insurance company).
In the second half of 1994, Grant and Tim started exploring the idea of establishing their own practice with a specific focus on preventative law. In other words, to try to keep clients out of court. With Tim's teaching background and Grant's experience as an occasional lecturer, this focus extended beyond the legal practice to the establishment of a business with a "legal awareness" training focus. Again the focus was to assist companies and other organisations avoid the costs, stress and time involved in legal disputes and litigation by providing relevant, practical, interactive and enjoyable training. These philisophical underpinnings still guide the business today.
After considerable planning, Grant and Tim established two businesses in March 1995:
Since that time the firms have grown considerably. We now employ approximately 20 staff: big enough to provide real expertise and get things done; small enough to stay true to our small business service-oriented roots.
Profile
- Established in 1995 by Grant Holley and Tim Nethercote , Holley Nethercote Commercial Lawyers is a commercial law firm situated in Melbourne’s CBD with a particular focus on the financial services industry.
- We aim to provide our clients with comprehensive and prompt legal advice, which is reliable and responsive to the individual business's needs with an emphasis on risk management.
- We provide business law services to financial services providers, government regulators, and other medium and large sized entities.
- We provide expert and practical commercial law services in the areas of:
- Financial services law, licensing and related issues
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Debt recovery
- Intellectual property
- Employment law for employers
- Insolvency
- Contracts
- Litigation and commercial dispute resolution
- Trade practices
- Privacy
- Franchising
- Copyright
- Trade marks
- Leases
- Other general business legal matters
- In conjunction with our associated business Compact-Compliance & Corporate Training (www.compliance-training.com.au), we have helped a vast array of businesses obtain and vary Australian Financial Services (AFS) licences, including start-up companies, ex-authorised representatives, and multi-national companies entering the Australian market.
- We also offer expert advice in matters relating to AFS licence holders, including conducting AFS licensee reviews and providing legal creation or revision of financial services legal documentation.
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