Allens Accelerate

We leverage our extensive network to connect our Allens Accelerate clients with potential customers, investors, policy makers and business leaders.

We provide access to our program of client events, a seat at the table at luncheons for your sector’s most influential people, introductions with senior business leaders, and profiling opportunities in white papers and at conferences.

Your corporate governance structure will form the backbone of your company so it is vital that you get the legal framework right from the start. Speak to us about how to establish and run your business in a way that will comply with your regulatory obligations, enable you to scale and make it attractive to investors.

Visit our Head Office & Governance page.

Capital is the lifeblood of your business. We can guide you through the pre-investment process to ensure that your company is conducive to investment. We also assist with capital raising from preparing and reviewing term sheets through to execution, from pre-seed through to later stage series rounds and IPOs.

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People are the heart and soul of your business so it’s vital that you have the right framework in place to attract and keep top talent. You also need to ensure that your startup has the flexibility to grow.

We can:

• provide you with the documentation to engage employees, contractors and interns;
• help you to comply with your employment regulatory obligations; and
• assist you to implement employment frameworks such as employee share plans and vesting arrangements so that you can incentivise and retain top talent.

Your customers are your most significant asset and demonstrating the potential size and stickiness of your customer base can be critical to the valuation of your company.

Whether you’re looking to develop a proof-of-concept, formulate standard consumer terms and conditions or sign up a major corporate customer, we can help you to prepare the contracts you need and negotiate a reasonable position so that you can develop and maintain long and fruitful customer relationships.

A simple but brilliant idea is the core of many successful startups and it’s important you protect this key asset of your business. Consider whether a patent is right for your business and ensure that you have your IP arrangements appropriately documented.

Speak to one of our patent and trade mark attorneys if you would like to find out more.

Data can be a significant company asset, the foundation of new business models and can give your startup a competitive edge. We can help you to get the maximum benefit from your data while mitigating any regulatory and reputational risks.

Visit our Data, Privacy & Cyber page.

You’re disrupting industries and changing markets – but what can you do if incumbents block your way? You want to tell the world about your business – but could your claims get you into trouble? You want customers to love your product, but do you have to give a refund if they don’t?

Misleading advertising is a perennial focus for the ACCC, consumers and your competitors. Know where to draw the line in your sales and marketing claims, what to do if your competitors publish misleading material and ensure that your contracts (both with customers and suppliers) are fair and enforceable. Our Competition & Consumer Law team can help you with these issues and so much more.