Ed Browne

Practice Areas:
Business Services
Franchising
Intellectual Property

A partner in the commercial law group, Ed has a wealth of experience in advising clients in a diverse range of industries. With bachelor's degrees in Commerce and Law as well as a Masters in International Trade Law, Ed enjoys the dynamic nature of businesses and assisting his clients achieve commercial solutions to the issues they deal with on a day-to-day basis.

Since arriving in Australia from South Africa in 2002 Ed has advised clients on a range of areas including:

• The negotiation of stakeholder agreements and business succession agreements;
• Business and asset sale and purchase agreements;
• Trade Practices compliance; and
• Complex supplier, contractor and licence agreements.

Coupled with this, Ed has substantial experience advising clients on all aspects of Intellectual Property and Trade marks including:

• The protection, securitisation and enforcement of trade marks, copyright and designs;
• Licensing of Intellectual Property;
• The audit and due diligence of intellectual property assets; and
• Dispute resolution relating to intellectual property disagreements.

Ed's recent experience includes advising clients on:

• The negotiation of purchase and subsequent acquisition of a transport business;
• Entering into software service agreements with institutional clients;
• Trade mark commercialisation and registration;
• Providing advice to an exiting executive director on the sale of shares in a substantial private company; and
• Negotiating and completing the sale of a civil contracting business in Queensland to a Tasmanian purchaser.

An active member of the Collins Club, a club for expat business people, Ed enjoys assisting individuals, and also international companies to establish themselves in Australia.

Ed believes getting to know clients and their businesses thoroughly allows him to give practical advice targeted to their needs. More than a black letter lawyer he is a trusted advisor to his clients.