Senior-led commercial, M&A and technology legal advice.

Get it right, and it could be one of your crowning achievements. But get it wrong, and it's a mistake that will haunt you forever. You need to make sure everything is done with a great degree of thought, care, and accuracy from a legal standpoint.

The Sierra Legal team are the experts you want on your side during any M&A process. Our lawyers have extensive experience and knowledge in this area. But, perhaps, more importantly, they genuinely care about achieving an excellent outcome for you. They'll put in the hard yards. They'll stick by you through what can be quite a lengthy and complex process. And they'll be there to pop the champagne cork and celebrate when the deal has been finalised.

Our M&A services include:

• Pre-transaction legal "audits" to prepare businesses for sale
• Legal vendor due diligence
• Identifying and approaching potential parties to an M&A transaction
• Preparation of nondisclosure agreements
• Transaction structuring advice
• Drafting and negotiation of term sheets, non-binding indicative offers and other similar documents
• Establishing and operating online data rooms to facilitate due diligence
• Conducting legal due diligence for buyers
• Drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, including sale and purchase agreements, shareholders agreements (for partial sell downs) and executive services agreements for key staff
• Assisting with pre-completion tasks, including preparation of completion agendas, and satisfying conditions precedent under sale and purchase agreements
• Organising and attending completion of transactions
• Assisting with post completion tasks, including any necessary lodgements with ASIC

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Getting contracts, risk allocation and exit rights right early reduces costly disputes later. Sierra Legal works with founders, in-house teams and procurement on practical, commercially grounded advice.

Whether you are procuring platforms, building products or navigating regulatory change, Sierra Legal can help you move quickly with confidence.

Our technology and IT services include:

• Software licensing, SaaS, PaaS and cloud services agreements
• IT outsourcing, managed services and systems integration contracts
• Technology procurement, vendor negotiations and SLA review
• Data protection, Privacy Act compliance and breach readiness
• AI governance, automated decision-making and emerging technology risk
• Due diligence on technology assets in M&A and investment transactions
• Contract transitions, carve-outs and critical system migration
• Security, confidentiality and incident response in vendor contracts
• Strategic advice on digital transformation and platform rollouts
• Review of marketplace, B2B platform and click-wrap terms
• Negotiation support and dispute avoidance for technology conflicts

Poor data handling can create regulatory exposure, reputational harm and deal risk. Sierra Legal focuses on clear accountability, proportionate controls and documentation that stands up to scrutiny.

From collection notices to cross-border transfers and crisis response, Sierra Legal supports organisations across the privacy lifecycle.

Our privacy and data security services include:

• Privacy policies, collection notices and consent frameworks
• APP compliance programs, audits and gap remediation
• Data breach readiness, notification and OAIC engagement
• Employee, contractor and HR records handling policies
• Marketing, cookies and direct marketing under the Privacy Act
• Data handling in M&A, due diligence and transaction disclosures
• Cross-border transfers, disclosure and contractual protections
• Outsourcing, cloud and subcontractor privacy arrangements
• Training, governance and accountability for privacy owners
• Vendor due diligence for privacy and security posture
• Regulatory engagement, statutory notices and investigations
• Strategic advice on privacy in product, analytics and AI use cases