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Commercial Law

At Cowen Schwarz Marschke we understand how challenging and broad an area Commercial Law can be. We employ the finest legal minds and draw on our wide multi-industry experience to facilitate the best and most comprehensive results in any commercial matter.

Richard Cowen is a past Chairman of the Insolvency Committee of the Law Council of Australia and of the Queensland Law Society’s Insolvency Committee.

Our in-depth experience means you are in experienced hands

The Cowen Schwarz Marschke team can advise you, prepare documents for complex commercial transactions such as service contracts and land acquisition through to asset protection, corporate restructuring and business sales.

Our team can also advise you on intellectual property, company and shareholder arrangements, trade practices advice, and taxation.

Representation at some of Australia’s largest commercial trials

When represented by Cowen Schwarz Marschke, you are being represented by a firm that has been involved in some of the country’s most ground breaking trials. These high profile court cases have involved everything from franchising and commercial agreement disputes to professional negligence claims and defamation actions. This experience is reflected in our commercial work as we understand how the courts will deal with matters. This gives us the knowledge and expertise to advise on transactional matters.

Cowen Schwarz Marschke is ideally placed to provide you with premium advice and assistance on:

  • Business sales, structures and reorganisations
  • Competition and consumer law advice
  • Commercial terms and conditions
  • Intellectual property
  • Company and shareholder arrangements
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Succession planning
  • Asset protection
  • Large commercial property transactions

For more details on how Cowen Schwarz Marschke can meet your commercial law requirements, please contact us today. Our team of professionals are standing by to take your call and advise you on the best way forward.

Please contact us using the web form below or you are welcome to call 07 300 300 00.

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Richard Cowen & Justin Marschke, and Cowen Schwarz Marschke Lawyers Recognised again in 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers and Best Law Firms in Australia

We are pleased to announce that Cowen Schwarz Marschke Lawyers has again been recognised as one of Australia’s best law firms for Litigation, Insolvency and Reorganisation Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms Australia by Best Lawyers® International.

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