Areas of Legal Expertise

Burgess Thomson is a specialist law firm in Newcastle with over 40 years’ experience in the following areas of law:

Property &
Conveyancing

Burgess Thomson conveyancing solicitors and licensed conveyancers provide expert legal advice to clients on residential, commercial and industrial property conveyancing including buying and selling property as well as commercial and retail leases.

Wills, Estate Planning & Deceased Estates

We specialise in estate planning including wills, testamentary trusts, life interest trusts, enduring powers of attorney and appointments of enduring guardians as well as deceased estates including applications for probate, letters of administration, estate administration, contested will disputes and family provision claims.

Business &
Commercial

Our Business & Commercial lawyers can assist with most business and commercial law matters including shareholder agreements, business sale and purchase transactions, unit and discretionary trusts and companies, self managed superannuation funds, and asset protection.

Other areas include:

Contract preparation and contract reviews
Business law including business sale and purchase transactions
Business structures and asset protection
Unit and discretionary trusts and companies
Shareholders agreements

Self Managed Superannuation Funds
Testamentary trusts
Commercial legal advice
Business Succession Planning
Business structuring for high net worth individuals and privately held family groups