Overview
From single-site cafes to multi-venue hospitality groups and food product businesses, we cover the leasing, licensing, employment and supplier issues that make or break margins in a low-margin industry.
Common challenges
Where we're usually pulled in.
- Commercial lease negotiation and make-good disputes
- Liquor and food licensing across state jurisdictions
- Hospitality Award and casual employment compliance
- Franchise and multi-venue expansion structures
How we help
Services tuned for this industry.
Commercial leases
Lease reviews, heads of agreement and negotiation for cafes, restaurants and dark kitchens.
Supplier & distribution
Supplier terms, wholesale distribution and private-label manufacturing agreements.
Employment frameworks
Contracts, casual conversion policies and workplace investigations under the Hospitality Award.
Group structuring
Multi-venue trust and holding structures that ring-fence risk between sites.
Professions we support
Legal for your specific role.
Pick your profession for a tailored view of how we help — with cross-links to the insights and services most relevant to your work.
Cafes & Restaurants
→Lease, licensing, employment and supplier terms.
Food Trucks
→Council permits, event agreements and mobile-food compliance.
Bars & Licensed Venues
→Liquor licensing, security and venue compliance.
Catering Businesses
→Event contracts, deposits and supplier risk.
Food Product & CPG Brands
→Manufacturing, labelling and retailer terms for packaged food.
FAQs
Questions we hear often.
- We're signing our first lease — where do we start?
- Before you sign the heads of agreement. Most of the leverage is lost once terms are locked in.
Talk to us
Legal built for hospitality & food.
Send us a note about what you're working on. We'll respond within one business day and, if we're a fit, book a free 15-minute consultation with a senior lawyer.