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Areas of Practice
General Commercial Law
Franchising
Tax Law
Asset Protection
Trusts
Estate Planning and Probate
Leasing
Professional Experience
Dianne specialises in
the following areas of law:-
- Franchising - dispute resolution, buying and selling franchise businesses
and setting up new franchise systems.
- Commercial - setting up companies, trusts, acting for clients in the
purchase and sale of businesses. Assisting clients in the restructure of
businesses including setting up family discretionary trusts. Preparing
licenses and other commercial agreements, leasing.
- Tax Law - assisting charitable institutions in obtaining Deductible Gift
Recipient status, establishing scholarship fund and other funds for schools,
colleges, general tax advice, capital gains tax and GST.
- Estate Planning and Estate - establishing trusts, asset protection,
preparing Wills, Power of Attorney/Guardianship, administering deceased
estates.
Before joining Carroll & O'Dea in 2007, Dianne worked for one
of the major banks in Australia for a number of years in the dispute
resolution group. Dianne has represented numerous franchisees in
mediation proceedings with successful results.
Professional Qualifications
Dianne
obtained her commerce and law degrees from the University of South
Africa. Dianne practised law in South Africa. She was admitted as a
solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 13 July 2001.
Dianne obtained a Masters degree in Taxation from the University of
New South Wales in 2008.
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