Practice Areas.
Corporate & Commercial Law
Our team provides expert transactional and regulatory advice across the full range of corporate activities. We manage our clients’ legal and commercial risks and find solutions to business challenges.
IP Protection & Enforcement
We bring a range of scientific specialties and technical expertise together to assist our clients manage the full range of their IP needs.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Our focus is on understanding your position and providing the strategy – whether litigation or alternative dispute resolution – to help you achieve your business goals.
VIEW MOREWE’RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE FIRM.
Our team is friendly and approachable and is dedicated to achieving the best, and most cost-effective outcome for our clients.
The difference.
Our hand-picked team of lawyers and patent attorneys are recognised as being one of the best boutique legal teams in Australia. Combining legal and patent expertise we have the very best minds protecting, advancing and defending your company’s most important assets.
Our Purpose
Our Mission
We know that choosing the right lawyers to join your team is essential to achieving the results you are seeking. Our lawyers and patent attorneys are highly qualified and have substantial industry experience. Having a law firm that can provide you with a strategic edge in the global marketplace is imperative. S&A Law specialises in protecting, managing and defending your company’s most important commercial assets.
Our Expertise
S&A Law is a recognised leader in providing bespoke advice to a broad range of industries. We have close relationships with international legal and patent firms, enabling seamless management of global IP portfolios, cross-boundary transactions and cross-jurisdictional disputes. Where possible, and if necessary, S&A can assist clients with sourcing litigation funding.
FINDING SOLUTIONS TO BUSINESS CHALLENGES.
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL.
- Business succession planning
- Risk management
- Corporate regulatory compliance
- Commercial contracts
- Employment and Workplace Relations
- Estate planning
- Product development and licensing
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Start-up advice, including venture capital advice
- Shareholder agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions
- IPOs and capital raisings
Consumer goods Engineering Food and Beverage Information Technology Life Sciences Materials and Chemical Engineering Media and the Arts Medical and
Surgical Devices Pharmaceuticals Renewable Energy and Resources Robotics
Protecting, advancing and defending your
companies most important assets.
IP PROTECTION & ENFORCEMENT.
- Brand protection
- Commercialisation advice
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- Copyright
- Design registration
- Enforcement strategies
- “Freedom to Operate” (FTO) analysis
- Infringement disputes
- Innovation patents
- Licensing and assignment agreements
- Packaging clearances
- Passing-off actions
- Patent drafting, filing, prosecution and opposition
- Patentability advice
- Portfolio management
- Searches, watches, and monitoring
- Trade mark applications and oppositions
Understanding your position and providing the strategy.
LITIGATION & dispute resolution.
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Complex commercial disputes
- Consumer law disputes
- Cross-border dispute management
- Employment disputes
- Intellectual property disputes,
including infringement actions
- Insurance Disputes
- oppositions, non-use applications
- Patent Disputes
- Privacy disputes
- Product Liability
OUR CLIENTS.
TEAM DEDICATION.
OUR LEADERS
Dr Rob and Jessica Silberstein established S&A in 2014. Today the firm is setting a new benchmark of excellence in boutique law firms in Australia. Under their leadership, S&A has built a formidable team of legal specialists and IP experts dedicated to protecting, managing and defending their business assets.
By engaging with us, you will be assured that you will be working with legal professionals that are specialists in their field of expertise, and who are committed to achieving the best possible outcome for you.
DR. ROB SILBERSTEIN
Rob brings a wealth of experience to his practice, combining more than 20 years in both in-house and private practice roles, including at senior levels.
JESSICA SILBERSTEIN
Jessica’s vision is to create a firm that provides strategic advice which enables clients to reach the commercial objectives they set out to achieve.
“Our firm offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional law firm. Our team is friendly and approachable and is dedicated to achieving the best, and most cost-effective outcome for our clients.”
Mina Hyun
I am a collaborative team player and want to achieve the best possible outcome for my clients. This can only be achieved through a joint effort and contribution by as many interested stakeholders as possible.
John Wong
I have managed the patent and trade mark portfolios of large publicly listed companies, as well as individuals. The goal is to drive innovation in our world and ultimately enhance the lives of people.
Bing Nguyen
Having spent over 10 years working with Allens, I have solid experience and understanding of the Australian legal landscape.
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE.
AWARD-WINNING FIRM.
We have attracted significant recognition for both legal excellence and people management practices, winning the following awards:
NEWSROOM.
Katy Perry found to have infringed Australian designer’s trademark
Unfair Contract Terms now attract penalties – Businesses Beware!
Artificial intelligence systems are now recognised as valid inventors in Australia
Sapphire Group: A Fragrance Wonder
LawHack 2021: Disability Justice
The Growth Project
CONNECT WITH US.
Tel: (02) 9053 8000
Fax: (02) 9053 8001
Email: info@sandalaw.com.au
Address mail:
Level 36, 1 Macquarie Place, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia