

Univa Legal is a Sydney-based boutique commercial law firm providing strategic advice across taxation, corporate structuring, commercial transactions, and dispute resolution. We work with business owners, private groups, investors, accountants, and advisers who require technically sophisticated legal solutions delivered with commercial practicality. Our approach is simple: legal advice should do more than identify risk. It should create opportunities, protect value, and support growth. We advise on complex tax and structuring matters, including business restructures, asset protection, trust and corporate structures, succession planning, transaction structuring, tax-effective acquisitions, and capital raising arrangements. Working alongside accountants, financial advisers, and corporate professionals, we help clients implement structures that are commercially effective while remaining robust under scrutiny from regulators, creditors, and revenue authorities. Where disputes arise, we focus on protecting our clients' commercial interests through strategic and efficient resolution. We act in complex taxation disputes, business and shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, trust disputes, debt recovery matters, and regulatory investigations. Whether negotiating a resolution, managing an audit, or conducting litigation, our objective remains the same: achieving the best commercial outcome with the least disruption to your business. Our Key Areas of Practice Tax Structuring and Reorganisations Trust, Corporate and Asset Protection Structures Tax Disputes and ATO Audits Business Succession and Family Group Structuring Commercial Contracts and Corporate Advisory Mergers and Acquisitions Banking and Finance Shareholder and Partnership Disputes Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Foreign Investment and FIRB Compliance
Univa Legal provides comprehensive legal services tailored to the needs of clients engaged in complex commercial transactions. With a focus on acquisitions, facility and security document negotiations, and the protection of intellectual property and technology assets, the firm ensures that clients navigate intricate legal landscapes effectively. This approach is particularly beneficial for clients in defence, advanced manufacturing, and those seeking guidance on trust and family office structures that withstand regulatory scrutiny. The firm's expertise extends into highly regulated sectors, including advice on FIRB approvals for international investors and compliance with Defence & Aerospace regulations. By offering targeted support in areas such as the National Reconstruction Fund, Univa Legal empowers businesses to not only safeguard their legal interests but also enhance their competitive position in the market.
Our ADR speciality provides clients with structured, efficient pathways to resolve disputes without the cost and delay of formal litigation. Practitioners in this category offer mediation, conciliation, negotiation, and arbitration services designed to achieve practical, fair, and timely outcomes. Clients benefit from a process focused on collaboration, clarity, and minimising conflict.
Our Tax Law speciality provides clients with clear, practical guidance across complex tax obligations. We assist individuals and businesses in navigating compliance, structuring transactions, resolving disputes, and understanding the implications of changing tax regulations. Clients gain access to practitioners with deep technical expertise and a strong focus on accuracy, efficiency, and strategic outcomes.
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