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Employee share schemes
Phantom Equity and Cash-Settled Incentives: Alternatives When Issuing Real Shares Isn't Practical
9 Apr 2026|9 Mins Read

Real equity is the default answer for most Australian startups when the question is how do we align our people with the upside? It is also, sometimes, the wrong answer. There are situations where …

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Mergers and acquisitions
Startup Acquisitions: A Founder's Legal Guide to Navigating an M&A Exit
8 Apr 2026|10 Mins Read

For most founders, an acquisition is the destination they have been working towards from the day they incorporated. It is also the single most legally intensive event in the company’s life — the …

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Intellectual property
AI-Generated Content and Copyright: Who Owns What Your Startup Creates with AI?
7 Apr 2026|9 Mins Read

If your startup is using ChatGPT to draft marketing copy, Midjourney to create launch graphics, GitHub Copilot to write code, or any of the dozens of generative AI tools that have become standard …

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Employment
The Right to Disconnect: What Australia's New Laws Mean for Startups and Remote Teams
2 Apr 2026|8 Mins Read

If you run a startup in Australia, the chances are good that your team communicates on Slack at odd hours, that someone occasionally fires off an email at 10pm, and that the line between …

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Venture capital
Side Letters in VC Deals: What They Are and Why Australian Founders Should Care
1 Apr 2026|11 Mins Read

You have just agreed on a term sheet. The lead investor’s lawyers have sent through the subscription agreement, the shareholders’ agreement, and the company constitution amendments. You …

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Startups
Issuing Equity to Overseas Employees: Cross-Border Tax and Compliance for Australian Startups
31 Mar 2026|10 Mins Read

Equity compensation is one of the most powerful tools a startup has to attract and retain talent. For an Australian company hiring its first engineer in the Philippines, a product lead in the UK, or a …

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