Protected by Law · Powered by Strategy
Business is good. Then it happens.

Get Lawyered Up, and structured right for growth.

We help Australian business owners go from exposed to protected, with a corporate lawyer and former State Senator in your corner before you need one.

✓ Protected in advance
✓ A business owner's mindset
✓ One fixed fee
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Affiliations & Representation
Why business owners choose Betts

Three parts to a business that is protected, and built to grow.

Part 1

Protected in advance

Your VOI and AML checks, done up front.We can act the day you call.

Part 2

We learn your business

One hour with Donald, the Principal.One fixed fee, agreed up front.

Part 3

Lawyered Up

Your standing legal counsel.When something comes up, just call.

Donald Betts, Managing Principal of Betts Law Company, Melbourne
Who you are dealing with

A Principal who has done more than practise law.

Donald Betts · Managing Principal

Donald served in the Kansas House of Representatives, then as a Kansas State Senator, and a major US party nominated him to run for Congress. He holds a Juris Doctor from Monash and practised at Norton Rose Fulbright, one of the largest law firms in the world.

Today he is Managing Principal of Betts Law Company, a boutique corporate and commercial law firm in Melbourne, and standing counsel to owner-led businesses. He also served as Acting CEO of Kinaway, the Victorian Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce, and brings over two decades across politics, business and law to your strategy.

Common situations we help with
Setting up or restructuring an Australian entity
Shareholder and joint venture agreements
Supplier, customer and employment contracts
Protecting your brand, trademarks and IP
Director duties and company governance
Disputes, unpaid invoices and court matters
Mergers, acquisitions and business sales
And whatever your business runs into next
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On the record

See Donald in the public arena

Interviews, national television and public talks.

Donald Betts interviewed live on ABC News Breakfast
Donald Betts speaking at the 19th Victorian Parliament Iftar Dinner
Donald Betts on the Rolling Through Negotiations podcast, episode 32
Donald Betts interviewed on The Young Lawyer podcast
Donald Betts speaking at the Progressive States Network Gala
Kinaway Chamber of Commerce welcomes Donald Betts as Deputy and Acting CEO
The application

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Business owners come to us for a long-term partner in protection and strategy. When you work with Donald, here is what you get.

Certainty
A lawyer who knows your business before anything goes wrong.
Business acumen
A Melbourne corporate lawyer who thinks like a business owner.
Strategy, not just law
Two decades across politics, business and law, for your growth.
Donald Betts in a business meeting at an industry event
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One risk mitigated, one new way forward, and you are already ahead.
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