Lawyers

Types of Lawyers

As law is a vast and often confusing arena legal representatives specialize in a chosen field in order to provide their clients with the best possible service in that field. Below is a list of the types of law firm Lawyers that you may need to consult at varying stages of your life.

Immigrations Lawyers  

Immigration attorneys benefit their clients and the public interest by helping to reunite families, delivering economic benefits through skilled and business migration, and protecting those in danger through humanitarian programs.

Even within this field it is common for immigration law firms to specialize and appointing attorneys to deal only with specific areas of immigration law, such as business migration, skilled migration, family migration and refugee law.

Criminal Lawyers

Criminal law exists to punish those who commit offenses against the law. Criminal law covers the legal rights of those who are arrested, the arrest process, trial, pleas, juries, hearings, evidence and judgements.

Corporate and Commercial Lawyers

Corporate and commercial attorneys provide advice to large publicly listed corporations through to local small to medium sized enterprises. They advise of on a wide range of corporate and commercial legal matters, including corporate tax law, international trade, partnerships, franchising, liquor licensing, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), insolvency and bankruptcy and contractual disputes.

Property Lawyers

Property attorneys provide advice property and infrastructure sector clients on issues such as property acquisition, financing and management, commercial and residential real estate conveyancing, caveats and easements, property developments and tenancy disputes.

Estate and Succession Lawyers

Estate and Succession attorneys aim is to ensure that their clients assets are passed to the intended beneficiaries in an effective and efficient manner. They advise clients on estate planning and wills, trust administration, business succession planning and agreements, and deceased estate administration.

Employment Lawyers

An employment attorney will help both employee and employers to understand employment contracts including what they are, how they work, what rights, obligations and entitlements they impart. Employment Lawyers provide advice on the formation and content of employment contracts, confidentiality clauses, redundancy pay, unfair contracts cases, salary packaging and employer obligations.