With over 10,000 practical resources available globally, Practical Law makes sure you get expert guidance to understand what is important, why it’s important, and how you should proceed.

• Practice Notes 
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• Standard documents and clauses 
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• Checklists and flowcharts 
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• Legal updates 
  Keep up with changes in the law and regulations in your practice area with legal updates.

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• Presentation materials 
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Practical Law Australia offers comprehensive resources across 9 key practice areas, each maintained by specialist legal experts who ensure our content remains current, practical, and authoritative.

• Banking and Finance Law
  Our banking and finance experts provide guidance on everything from the Personal Property Securities Act to loan documentation and set-off rules. Key coverage includes lending and security (bilateral, syndicated, guarantees), specialist transactions (acquisition finance, ESG finance, debt capital markets), and essential contract formalities.

• Commercial Law
  Our everyday business operations resources cover advertising and marketing, contract law fundamentals, cybersecurity, data protection, distribution and supply chains, e-commerce, ethical trading, intellectual property protection, and technology contracting - including emerging areas like artificial intelligence and cloud services. 

• Commercial Real Estate Law
  Our property experts deliver practical tools for leasing (commercial and retail) and conveyancing transactions, covering electronic conveyancing, mortgages and security, development projects (including aged care and retirement villages), and essential due diligence procedures.

• Company Law
  Access practical know-how on company formation, corporate governance, directors' duties, shareholder rights, dividends, managed funds, trusts, and whistleblower protections—all maintained by corporate law specialists.

• Competition and Regulation Law
  Navigate complex regulatory environments with expert resources on Australian Consumer Law, restrictive trade practices, cartel conduct, market power issues, financial services regulation, and dealing effectively with regulators.

• Corporate Transactions
  From private acquisitions to public takeovers, our experts cover due diligence, schemes of arrangement, joint ventures, equity capital markets, IPOs, and specialized areas like start-ups and share schemes.

• Dispute Resolution Law
  Access comprehensive litigation resources covering pre-litigation strategy through to enforcement of judgments across Federal, State and Territory courts, plus corporate insolvency (receivership, liquidation), personal insolvency, and specialized proceedings.

• Employment Law
  Navigate workplace complexities with practical guidance on discrimination, disputes, industrial relations, termination, workplace management, employee entitlements, and protecting business interests through effective restraints of trade.

• Insolvency and Restructuring Law
  Our specialists cover all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency—from appointment processes to stakeholder management and court applications—plus resources for managing financially distressed businesses.