When a commercial issue lands on your desk, you want a straight answer from someone who deals with this every day. Lord Commercial Lawyers is a Melbourne CBD firm that acts for business owners, directors and investors across the full run of commercial law: leases, contracts, disputes, and the sale and purchase of businesses. From our office on Queen Street we've spent decades keeping Melbourne businesses out of trouble, and getting them out when it finds them anyway.
What we handle
- Commercial leasing. Reviews before you sign, negotiations, transfers, subleases and surrenders. The clauses that catch tenants (rent reviews, make-good, personal guarantees) are the ones we check first. See our commercial lease lawyer page, plus types of commercial leases and the retail lease disclosure statement.
- Buying or selling a business. Due diligence, contracts, settlement, and the questions that decide whether a deal is sound. See buying a business and selling a business in Victoria.
- Commercial disputes and litigation. Recovery, contract disputes, partnership fallouts. Resolved commercially where possible, run hard where it isn't.
- Contracts and terms. Supply agreements, terms of trade, shareholder and partnership agreements. The documents that stop the dispute happening.
Why Melbourne businesses use Lord
- CBD-based, Victoria-wide. Level 10, 167 Queen Street. Face to face when it matters.
- Commercial answers, not just legal ones. Advice framed around the deal, the risk and the dollars, in plain English.
- A network behind the firm. As part of the Sather Legal Group, matters outside commercial law (property, family, estates) hand across to trusted firms without you starting again.
How engagement works
First conversation, then a clear scope and fee approach before work starts. You'll know who is doing the work and what it costs.
Frequently asked questions
What does a commercial lawyer cost in Melbourne?
It depends on the matter, but you should never be guessing. We scope the work and agree the fee approach up front, before anything is on the clock.
Can you review a lease or contract before I sign?
Yes, and it's the cheapest legal work you'll ever buy. An hour of review beats a year of dispute.
Do you act for landlords or tenants?
Both, though never on the same matter. Acting on each side is exactly why we know where the traps are.
To talk to a Melbourne commercial lawyer, call (03) 9600 0162 or visit us at Level 10, 167 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.
