Protected by Law · Powered by Strategy

Business is good. Then it happens.

Get Lawyered Up, and structured right for growth.

We help Australian business owners go from exposed to protected, with a corporate lawyer and former State Senator in your corner before you need one.

✓ Protected in advance

✓ A business owner's mindset

✓ One fixed fee

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Watch Donald Betts explain Lawyer OnBoard for Business

Step 2 · Apply

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Affiliations & Representation

Why business owners choose Betts

Three parts to a business that is protected, and built to grow.

Part 1

Protected in advance

Your VOI and AML checks, done up front.
We can act the day you call.

Part 2

We learn your business

One hour with Donald, the Principal.
One fixed fee, agreed up front.

Part 3

Lawyered Up

Your standing legal counsel.
When something comes up, just call.

Donald Betts, Managing Principal, Betts Law Company

Who you are dealing with

A Principal who has done more than practise law.

Donald Betts · Managing Principal

Donald served in the Kansas House of Representatives, then as a Kansas State Senator, and a major US party nominated him to run for Congress. He holds a Juris Doctor from Monash and practised at Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the largest law firms in the world.

Today he is Managing Principal of Betts Law Company, a boutique corporate and commercial law firm in Melbourne, and standing counsel to owner-led businesses. He also served as Acting CEO of Kinaway, the Victorian Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce, and brings over two decades across politics, business and law to your strategy.

Common situations we help with

Setting up or restructuring an Australian entity

Shareholder and joint venture agreements

Supplier, customer and employment contracts

Protecting your brand, trademarks and IP

Director duties and company governance

Disputes, unpaid invoices and court matters

Mergers, acquisitions and business sales

And whatever your business runs into next

Apply to work with Donald

On the record

See Donald in the public arena

Interviews, national television and public talks.

The application

Apply to work with Donald

Business owners come to us for a long-term partner in protection and strategy. When you work with Donald, here is what you get.

Certainty

A lawyer who knows your business before anything goes wrong.

Business acumen

A Melbourne corporate lawyer who thinks like a business owner.

Strategy, not just law

Two decades across politics, business and law, working for your growth.

Betts Law Company office, Collins Street Melbourne

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BETTS LAW COMPANY

Corporate law and strategy for owner-led businesses.
470 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
+61 (3) 8726 1110 · admin@bettslawco.com

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